1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 4–13 September |
Teams | 6 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 29 (2.9 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Kathmandu, Nepal between 4 and 13 September.[1] India won the championship after defeating the Maldives 5–1 in the final.[2][3][4]
Venues
[edit]Kathmandu | |
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Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | |
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Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Maldives ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Saeed ![]() |
Report | Nakib ![]() |
India ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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IM Vijayan ![]() Bhutia ![]() |
Report |
Knockout phase
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 0 | 3rd Place | ||||||
A1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 1 |
Semi-finals
[edit]India ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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IM Vijayan ![]() |
Report |
Third-place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 29 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Champion
[edit]SAFF Gold Cup 1997 |
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![]() India Second title |
References
[edit]- ^ SAFF Official Website
- ^ "1997 SAFF Championship; global sport archive.com". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "1997 SAFF Championship; Olympics.org". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "1997 South Asian Championship;11v11.com". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "India v Maldives, 13 September 1997". Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- "South Asian Gold Cup 1997 (Kathmandu, Nepal)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-12-28.