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The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011,[1] was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | India |
Dates | 2–11 December |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.93 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,[2] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.[3]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
New Delhi | |
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
Capacity: 60,000 | |
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The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.[4]
Group A | Group B |
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(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
India ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Chhetri ![]() |
Report | Arezou ![]() |
Afghanistan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ahmadi ![]() Yamrali ![]() |
Report | Zain ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Bangladesh ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Nepal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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S. Thapa ![]() |
Report |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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11 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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Afghanistan ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Arezou ![]() |
Report |
SAFF Championship 2011 |
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![]() India Sixth title |
Fair Play Award | Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament | ||||||
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In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.[citation needed]
Countries | Broadcaster |
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TEN Action+ NEO Sports Ariana TV1 Doordarshan2 MNBC One |
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