Logo 2011 SAFF Championship
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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 |  India (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Afghanistan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 44 (2.93 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sunil Chhetri (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Sunil Chhetri |
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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.
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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| Afghanistan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
| India
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
 Sri Lanka
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
 Bhutan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| India | 1–1 | Afghanistan |
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Chhetri  10' |
Report | Arezou 5' |
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
| Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Bhutan |
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| Zain 29' Nipuna 35', 65' |
Report |
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
| Afghanistan | 3–1 | Sri Lanka |
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| Ahmadi 22', 36' Yamrali 79' |
Report | Zain 17' |
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
| Bhutan | 0–5 | India |
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| Report | Nabi 29' Clifford 44', 58' Chhetri 69', 84' |
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
| Bhutan | 1–8 | Afghanistan |
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| Chencho 22' |
Report | Yamrali 4' Amiri 10' Arezou 15', 18', 45+2', 83' Sharityar 48' (pen.) Mashriqi 60' |
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
| India | 3–0 | Sri Lanka |
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| Jeje 50' Chhetri 70' Warakagoda 90+3' (o.g.) |
Report |
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Maldives
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
 Nepal
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
 Pakistan
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Bangladesh
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0–0 | Pakistan |
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| Report |
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
| Maldives | 1–1 | Nepal |
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| Ashfaq 45+2' |
Report | Sandip 51' |
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
| Nepal | 1–0 | Bangladesh |
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| S. Thapa 90+5' |
Report |
Referee: Santosh Kumar (India)
| Pakistan | 0–0 | Maldives |
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| Report |
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
| Pakistan | 1–1 | Nepal |
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| Ishaq 49' (pen.) |
Report | Khawas 37' |
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
| Maldives | 3–1 | Bangladesh |
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| Thariq 6', 17' Ashfaq 70' |
Report | Shahed 29' |
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 9 December — New Delhi | |||||
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| Maldives | 1 | ||||
| 11 December — New Delhi | |||||
| India | 3 | ||||
| India | 4 | ||||
| 9 December — New Delhi | |||||
| Afghanistan | 0 | ||||
| Afghanistan (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||
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| Nepal | 0 | ||||
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| Maldives | 1–3 | India |
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| Shamweel 60' |
Report | Nabi 24' Chhetri 70' (pen.), 90+1' |
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
| Afghanistan | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Nepal |
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| Arezou 101' |
Report |
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
| India | 4–0 | Afghanistan |
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| Chhetri 71' (pen.) Clifford 79' Jeje 80' Sushil 90+5' |
Report |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
| SAFF Championship 2011 |
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 India Sixth title |
| Fair Play Award | Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament | ||||||
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| India
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Sunil Chhetri
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Sunil Chhetri
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Ata Yamrali Syed Rahim Nabi Jeje Lalpekhlua Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Thariq Nipuna Bandara Mohamed Zain Mohammad Mashriqi Djelaludin Sharityar Shahedul Alam Shahed Chencho Gyeltshen Sushil Kumar Singh Shamweel Qasim Bharat Khawas Sandip Rai Sagar Thapa Samar Ishaq Bandara Warakagoda (against India) India 4 wins Bhutan 3 loss Pakistan 3 draws Maldivesvs Nepal Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Bhutan Bangladeshvs Pakistan 0-0 Afghanistanvs Bhutan 4 Goals Afghanistanvs Bhutan in 4 Minutes Afghanistan Afghanistanvs Nepal 1-0In 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 |
1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches
