| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Maldives Sri Lanka |
| Dates | 3–14 June |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Maldives (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
| Top scorer |  H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1] |
| Best player | Ali Ashfaq |
← 2005 2009 → | |
The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.
Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.
Venues
[edit]| Stadiums | |
|---|---|
| Colombo | Malé |
| Sugathadasa Stadium | Rasmee Dhandu Stadium |
| Capacity:25,000[2] | Capacity:11,850[3] |
|
|
| Host city of Sri Lanka | Host city of Maldives |
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| Maldives
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
 Nepal
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
 Pakistan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
3 June 2008
21:00
| Maldives | 3–0 | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
Shifan  45+2'Thoriq 47'Akram 90+' (o.g.) |
Report |
Attendance: 15,000
5 June 2008
21:00
| Maldives | 4–1 | Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed 9', 46' Fazeel 50', 62' |
Report | Gouchan 10' |
Attendance: 8,000
Group B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sri Lanka
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
 Bhutan
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Bangladesh
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Afghanistan
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
Source: RSSSF
4 June 2008
19:00
| Sri Lanka | 2–2 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Gunarathna 8' Ediri 75' (pen.) |
Report | H. A. Habib 8', 49' |
6 June 2008
16:30
| Bangladesh | 2–2 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Ameli 51' (pen.) Mamunul 75' |
Report | H. A. Habib 9' Hadid 22'[4] |
8 June 2008
17:00
| Afghanistan | 1–3 | Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| H. A. Habib 88' |
Report | Dorji 13' Gyeltshen 31', 80' |
Knockout phase
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 11 Jun – Malé | ||||||
| India | 2 | |||||
| 14 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
| Bhutan | 1 | |||||
| India | 0 | |||||
| 11 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
| Maldives | 1 | |||||
| Maldives | 1 | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]11 June 2008
16:00
| India | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| Chhetri 30' Gouramangi 120' |
Report Report |
Dorji 18' |
Attendance: 12,000
Final
[edit]Champion
[edit]| SAFF Championship 2008 |
|---|
 Maldives First title |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]Other statistics
[edit]- Most goals scored by: Maldives and India (9 goals)
- Fewest goals scored by: Pakistan (2 goals)
- Most goals conceded by: Nepal and Pakistan (9 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded by: Maldives (2 goals)
- Fastest goal by: Raju Tamang for Nepal against Pakistan (
3')
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
- ^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".