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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.
Venue
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 Indian national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
| New Delhi | Template:Location map+ |
|---|---|
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| Capacity: 60,000 | |
| File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium CWG opening ceremony.jpg |
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 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)
Group stage
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
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Awards
| Fair Play Award | Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri | Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Template:Flagicon Sandjar Ahmadi
- Template:Flagicon Ata Yamrali
- Template:Flagicon Syed Rahim Nabi
- Template:Flagicon Jeje Lalpekhlua
- Template:Flagicon Ali Ashfaq
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Thariq
- Template:Flagicon Nipuna Bandara
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Zain
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Zohib Islam Amiri
- Template:Flagicon Mohammad Mashriqi
- Template:Flagicon Djelaludin Sharityar
- Template:Flagicon Shahedul Alam Shahed
- Template:Flagicon Chencho Gyeltshen
- Template:Flagicon Sushil Kumar Singh
- Template:Flagicon Shamweel Qasim
- Template:Flagicon Bharat Khawas
- Template:Flagicon Sandip Rai
- Template:Flagicon Sagar Thapa
- Template:Flagicon Samar Ishaq
- Own goal
- Template:Flagicon Bandara Warakagoda (against India)
Other statistics
- Most wins Template:Flagicon India 4 wins
- Most Losses Template:Flagicon Bhutan 3 loss
- Most Draws Template:Flagicon Pakistan 3 draws
- First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for Template:Flagicon Maldives vs Template:Flagicon Nepal
- Most goals scored in a match Template:Flagicon Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Template:Flagicon Bhutan
- Lowest scores in a match 1. Template:Flagicon Bangladesh vs Template:Flagicon Pakistan 0-0
2. Template:Flagicon Pakistan vs Template:Flagicon Maldives 0-0
- Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for Template:Fb vs Template:Fb 4 Goals
- Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for Template:Fb vs Template:Fb in 4 Minutes
- Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of Template:Fb
- Best match of the tournament Template:Fb vs Template:Fb 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 SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.Template:Citation needed
Television
| Countries | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| TEN Action+ NEO Sports Ariana TV1 MNBC One |
1 Only Afghan matches
References
- ↑ Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship. Indian Football Network(2 December 2011). Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ AIFF Executive committee meeting. All India Football Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ↑ Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog. All India Football Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ↑ Maldives in group of death. Maldives Soccer. Retrieved 2 November 2011.