Men's football tournament at 2004 South Asian Games was held across 3 venues in Pakistan from March 28 to April 6, 2004. The tournament was delayed twice due to conflicts between the Pakistani alliance with Afghanistan/Iraq and US foreign policy at the time during the events that followed 9/11.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Dates | 28 March – 5 April 2004 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Pakistan (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | India |
| Third place | Sri Lanka |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 20 (1.54 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Muhammad Essa (4 goals) |
← 1999 2006 →
All statistics correct as of 30 November 2013. | |
The tournament was the first to introduce an under-23 tournament system for the football events. However, India entered with an under-20 team.[2]
Squads
Group stage
Summarize
Perspective
- Times listed are UTC+05:00.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
 Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
 Bangladesh |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 4 |
 Afghanistan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
| India | 0–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Pakistan | 3–0 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
Essa  5', 62'Farooq Shah 52' |
Report |
| Bangladesh | 2–1 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Ujjal 2', 41' |
Report | Omidwar 75' |
| Pakistan | 1–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Essa 86' (pen.) |
Report |
| India | 2–0 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Zirsanga 42' Marlanki 75' |
Report |
Group B
Bhutan won a toss against Nepal for 2nd place.
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 3 April – Islamabad, Pakistan | ||||||
| India | 4 | |||||
| 5 April – Islamabad, Pakistan | ||||||
 Bhutan | 1 | |||||
| India | 0 | |||||
| 3 April – Islamabad, Pakistan | ||||||
| Pakistan | 1 | |||||
 Sri Lanka | 0 (4) | |||||
| Pakistan (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 5 April – Islamabad, Pakistan | ||||||
| Bhutan | 0 (2) | |||||
| Sri Lanka (p) | 0 (3) | |||||
Semi finals
| India | 4–1 | Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| Roy 15' Sunil Chhetri 33', 76'Pradeep 90' |
Chophe 37' |
Bronze medal play-off
Gold medal match
( Silver) India | 0–1 | Pakistan ( Gold) |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul Aziz 18' |
Attendance: 37,000
Winner
| Football at the 2004 South Asian Games |
|---|
 Pakistan Third title |
Goalscorers
There have been 20 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 1.54 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Farooq Shah
Rozeddin Omidwar
Jerry Zirsanga- Sutang Marlanki
- Debabrata Roypakias
Mohammed Azmeer- Siyaguna Kosgodage
- Debabrata Roy
- Pappachen Pradeep
Chema Chophe- Abdul Aziz
1 own goal
- Naveed Akram (against Sri Lanka)
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 |
| 2 | India |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 9 |
| 4 | Bhutan |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 5 | Bangladesh |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Nepal |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 |
| 7 | Afghanistan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
| — |  Maldives |
Withdrew | |||||||
References
External links
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