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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 
| year         = 2011
| other_titles = 
| image        = 2011 SAFF Championship logo.svg
| size         = 150px
| caption      = Logo 2011 SAFF Championship
| country      = India
| dates        = 2 December – 11 December
| num_teams    = 8
| venues       = 1
| cities       = 1
| champion     = India
| count        = 6
| second       = Afghanistan
| second-flagvar = 2004
| matches      = 15
| goals        = 44
| attendance   = 
| top_scorer   = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]] (7 goals)
| player       = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
| prevseason   = [[2009 SAFF Championship|2009]]
| nextseason   = [[2013 SAFF Championship|2013]]
|updated   =30 March 2019
}}

The '''2011 [[SAFF Championship|South Asian Football Federation Championship]]''', sponsored by [[Karbonn Mobiles]] and officially named '''Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2011/12/02/karbonn-mobile-becomes-title-sponsor-of-saff-championship/#axzz1fNOssnFY |title=Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship |publisher=Indian Football Network |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011 }}</ref> was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in [[New Delhi]], [[India]].

==Venue==
It was originally scheduled to take place in [[Orissa, India]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2247 |title=AIFF Executive committee meeting |work=The-AIFF.com |publisher=All India Football Federation |access-date=23 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716215106/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2247 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status = dead}}</ref> but was switched to New Delhi by the Executive Committee of the [[All India Football Federation]] on 22 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2748 |title=Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog |work=The-AIFF |publisher=All India Football Federation |access-date=23 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925102945/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2748 |archive-date=2011-09-25 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

The [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for [[Indian national football team]] and hosted the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]].
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! [[New Delhi]]
|rowspan="4"| {{location map+|India|float=center|width=250|caption=|places= 
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| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''60,000'''
|-
| [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium CWG opening ceremony.jpg|200px]]
|}
</center>

==Squads==
{{main|2011 SAFF Championship squads}}

==Draw==
The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] General Secretary Kushal Das, [[South Asian Football Federation|SAFF]] General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4012 |title=Maldives in group of death |publisher=Maldives Soccer |access-date=2 November 2011 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426050528/http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4012 |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" width=58%
|-
!width=20%|Group A
!width=20%|Group B
|-
|
{{fb|IND}} (162) (1st Seed)<br>
{{fb|SRI}} (176)<br>
{{fb|AFG|2004}} (178)<br>
{{fb|BHU}} (198)
|
{{fb|MDV}} (166) (2nd Seed)<br>
{{fb|BAN}} (142)<br>
{{fb|NEP}} (143)<br>
{{fb|PAK}} (174)
|}
(The [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA rankings]] of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

==Group stage==
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – [[UTC+05:30|UTC+5:30]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
|-
|bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"|
|align=left|Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
|}

===Group A===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=AFG|name_AFG={{fb|AFG|2004}}
|team2=IND|name_IND={{fb|IND}}
|team3=SRI|name_SRI={{fb|SRI}}
|team4=BHU|name_BHU={{fb|BHU}}
|win_AFG=2|draw_AFG=1|loss_AFG=0|gf_AFG=12|ga_AFG=3
|win_IND=2|draw_IND=1|loss_IND=0|gf_IND=9|ga_IND=1
|win_SRI=1|draw_SRI=0|loss_SRI=2|gf_SRI=4|ga_SRI=6
|win_BHU=0|draw_BHU=0|loss_BHU=3|gf_BHU=1|ga_BHU=16

|col_Q=#ccffcc|text_Q=
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source={{url|https://saffederation.org/saff-championship-india-2011/|SAFF.com}}
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{{football box
  | date = 3 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
  | score = 1 – 1
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204043113/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70130/india-vs-afghanistan/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
  | goals1 = [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|10}}
  | goals2 = [[Balal Arezou|Arezou]] {{goal|5}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = [[Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
{{football box
  | date = 3 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
  | score = 3 – 0
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2773/saff-championship/2011/12/03/2786966/sri-lanka-3-0-bhutan-the-island-nation-snap-the-first-three Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|BHU}}
  | goals1 = Mohamed Zain {{goal|29}} <br> [[Nipuna Bandara|Nipuna]] {{goal|35||65}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Masoud Tufayelieh ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date = 5 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|AFG|2004}}
  | score = 3 – 1
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71287/afghanistan-vs-sri-lanka/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|SRI}}
  | goals1 = [[Sandjar Ahmadi|Ahmadi]] {{goal|22||36}} <br> [[Ata Yamrali|Yamrali]] {{goal|79}}
  | goals2 = Mohamed Zain {{goal|17}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Timur Faizullin ([[Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic|Kyrgyzstan]])
}}

{{football box
  | date = 5 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BHU}}
  | score = 0 – 5
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120523005755/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71288/bhutan-vs-india/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|IND}}
  | goals1 = 
  | goals2 = [[Syed Rahim Nabi|Nabi]] {{goal|29}} <br> [[Clifford Miranda|Clifford]] {{goal|44||58}} <br> [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|69||84}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Sukhbir Singh ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date = 7 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BHU}}
  | score = 1 – 8
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140312140042/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70137/bhutan-vs-afghanistan/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
  | goals1 = [[Chencho Gyeltshen|Chencho]] {{goal|22}}
  | goals2 = [[Ata Yamrali|Yamrali]] {{goal|4}} <br> [[Zohib Islam Amiri|Amiri]] {{goal|10}} <br> [[Balal Arezou|Arezou]] {{goal|15||18||45+2||83}} <br> [[Djelaludin Sharityar|Sharityar]] {{goal|48|pen.}} <br> [[Mohammad Mashriqi|Mashriqi]] {{goal|60}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Nivon Robesh Gamini ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}

{{football box
  | date = 7 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
  | score = 3 – 0
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111207163602/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70138/india-vs-sri-lanka/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|SRI}}
  | goals1 = [[Jeje Lalpekhlua|Jeje]] {{goal|50}} <br> [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|70}} <br> Bandara Warakagoda {{goal|90+3|o.g.}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Timur Faizullin ([[Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic|Kyrgyzstan]])
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=MDV|name_MDV={{fb|MDV}}
|team2=NEP|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|team3=PAK|name_PAK={{fb|PAK}}
|team4=BAN|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}
|win_MDV=1|draw_MDV=2|loss_MDV=0|gf_MDV=4|ga_MDV=2
|win_NEP=1|draw_NEP=2|loss_NEP=0|gf_NEP=3|ga_NEP=2
|win_PAK=0|draw_PAK=3|loss_PAK=0|gf_PAK=1|ga_PAK=1
|win_BAN=0|draw_BAN=1|loss_BAN=2|gf_BAN=1|ga_BAN=4

|col_Q=#ccffcc|text_Q=
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source={{url|https://saffederation.org/saff-championship-india-2011/|SAFF.com}}
}}

{{football box
  | date = 2 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
  | score = 0 – 0
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70127/bangladesh-vs-pakistan/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|PAK}}
  | goals1 = 
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Timur Faizullin ([[Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic|Kyrgyzstan]])
}}

{{football box
  | date = 2 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}
  | score = 1 – 1
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70128/maldives-vs-nepal/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = [[Ali Ashfaq|Ashfaq]] {{goal|45+2}}
  | goals2 = [[Sandip Rai|Sandip]] {{goal|51}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Sukhbir Singh ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date = 4 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}
  | score =  1 – 0
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71127/nepal-vs-bangladesh/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
  | goals1 = [[Sagar Thapa|S. Thapa]] {{goal|90+5}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = [[Santosh Kumar (referee)|Santosh Kumar]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
}}

{{football box
  | date = 4 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
  | score = 0 – 0
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71128/pakistan-vs-maldives/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|MDV}}
  | goals1 = 
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Nivon Robesh Gamini ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date = 6 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
  | score = 1 – 1
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70135/pakistan-vs-nepal/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = [[Samar Ishaq|Ishaq]] {{goal|49|pen.}}
  | goals2 = [[Bharat Khawas|Khawas]] {{goal|37}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = [[Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}

{{football box
  | date = 6 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}
  | score = 3 – 1
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70136/maldives-vs-bangladesh/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
  | goals1 = [[Ahmed Thariq|Thariq]] {{goal|6||17|}} <br> [[Ali Ashfaq|Ashfaq]] {{goal|70}}
  | goals2 = Shahed {{goal|29}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Masoud Tufayelieh ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi finals  -->
| 9 December — [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|New Delhi]]|{{fb|MDV}}|1|'''{{fb|IND}}'''|'''3'''
| 9 December — [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|New Delhi]]|'''{{fb|AFG|2004}}''' {{aet}}|'''1'''|{{fb|NEP}}|0
<!--final  -->
| 11 December — [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|New Delhi]]|'''{{fb|IND}}'''|'''4'''|{{fb|AFG|2004}}|0|
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
  | date = 9 December 2011
  | time = 15:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}
  | score = 1 – 3
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109172912/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71545/maldives-vs-india/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|IND}}
  | goals1 = [[Shamweel Qasim|Shamweel]] {{goal|60}}
  | goals2 = [[Syed Rahim Nabi|Nabi]] {{goal|24}} <br> [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|70|pen.|90+1}}
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Timur Faizullin ([[Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic|Kyrgyzstan]])
}}

{{football box
  | date = 9 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|AFG|2004}}
  | score = 1 – 0
  | aet = yes
  | report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71546/afghanistan-vs-nepal/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = [[Balal Arezou|Arezou]] {{goal|101}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = Masoud Tufayelieh ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])
}}

===Final===
{{main|2011 SAFF Championship Final}}
{{football box
  | date = 11 December 2011
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
  | score = 4 – 0
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120418013608/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71650/india-vs-afghanistan/report Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
  | goals1 = [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|71|pen.}} <br> [[Clifford Miranda|Clifford]] {{goal|79}} <br> [[Jeje Lalpekhlua|Jeje]] {{goal|80}} <br> [[Sushil Kumar Singh|Sushil]] {{goal|90+5}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
  | attendance = 30,000
  | referee = Sukhbir Singh ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}

==Awards==
{{winners|fb|2011 SAFF Championship Winners|IND|Sixth}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto"
!colspan="3"| Fair Play Award
!colspan="3"| Top Scorer
!colspan="3"| Player of the Tournament
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{fb|IND}}
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
|}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers===
;7 goals
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]

;6 goals
* {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Balal Arezou]]

;3 goals
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Clifford Miranda]]

;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Sandjar Ahmadi]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Ata Yamrali]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Rahim Nabi]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeje Lalpekhlua]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ali Ashfaq]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ahmed Thariq]]
* {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Nipuna Bandara]]
* {{flagicon|SRI}} Mohamed Zain
{{colend}}

;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Zohib Islam Amiri]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Mohammad Mashriqi]]
* {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Djelaludin Sharityar]]
* {{flagicon|BAN}} Shahedul Alam Shahed
* {{flagicon|BHU}} [[Chencho Gyeltshen]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sushil Kumar Singh]]
* {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Shamweel Qasim]]
* {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Bharat Khawas]]
* {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Sandip Rai]]
* {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Sagar Thapa]]
* {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Samar Ishaq]]                           
{{colend}}

;Own goal
* {{flagicon|SRI}} Bandara Warakagoda (against [[India national football team|India]])

===Other statistics===
* Most wins {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]] 4 wins
* Most Losses {{flagicon|BHU}} [[Bhutan]] 3 loss
* Most Draws {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan]] 3 draws
* First goal of the tournament [[Ali Ashfaq]] for {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Maldives]] vs {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Nepal]]
* Most goals scored in a match {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Afghanistan]] 8 Goals vs {{flagicon|BHU}} [[Bhutan]] 
* Lowest scores in a match 1. {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Bangladesh]] vs {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan]] 0-0
2. {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan]] vs {{flagicon|MDV}} [[Maldives]] 0-0 
* Most Goals in a match by one player [[Balal Arezou]] for {{fb|AFG|2004}} vs {{fb|BHU}} 4 Goals
* Fastest Goal of the tournament [[Ata Yamrali]] for {{fb|AFG|2004}} vs {{fb|BHU}} in 4 Minutes
* Best Defender [[Djelaludin Sharityar]] of {{fb|AFG|2004}}
* Best match of the tournament {{fb|AFG|2004}} vs {{fb|NEP}} 1-0

==Broadcasting==

===YouTube Live===
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 [https://www.youtube.com/SAFFChampionship SAFF Youtube Channel] except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="128pt"| Countries !! Broadcaster
|-
|
* {{flag|Afghanistan|2004}}
* {{flag|Bangladesh}}
* {{flag|Bhutan}}
* {{flag|India}}
* {{flag|Maldives}}
* {{flag|Nepal}}
* {{flag|Pakistan}}
||[[TEN Action+]] <br> [[NEO Sports]] <br> [[Ariana TV]]1 <br> [[MNBC One (TV Channel)|MNBC One]]
|}
<sup>1</sup> Only [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] matches

==References==
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