2011 SAFF Championship

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Tournament details
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
← 2009 2013 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

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 India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi	New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

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]

(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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
India	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Bhutan	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

3 December 2011

15:00

India	1–1	Afghanistan
Chhetri 10'	Report	Arezou 5'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

3 December 2011

18:00

Sri Lanka	3–0	Bhutan
Zain 29' Nipuna 35', 65'	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

5 December 2011

15:00

Afghanistan	3–1	Sri Lanka
Ahmadi 22', 36' Yamrali 79'	Report	Zain 17'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

5 December 2011

18:00

Bhutan	0–5	India
	Report	Nabi 29' Clifford 44', 58' Chhetri 69', 84'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

7 December 2011

15:00

Bhutan	1–8	Afghanistan
Chencho 22'	Report	Yamrali 4' Amiri 10' Arezou 15', 18', 45+2', 83' Sharityar 48' (pen.) Mashriqi 60'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

7 December 2011

18:00

India	3–0	Sri Lanka
Jeje 50' Chhetri 70' Warakagoda 90+3' (o.g.)	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Maldives	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Nepal	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Pakistan	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Bangladesh	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

2 December 2011

15:00

Bangladesh	0–0	Pakistan
	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

2 December 2011

18:00

Maldives	1–1	Nepal
Ashfaq 45+2'	Report	Sandip 51'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

4 December 2011

15:00

Nepal	1–0	Bangladesh
S. Thapa 90+5'	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Santosh Kumar (India)

4 December 2011

18:00

Pakistan	0–0	Maldives
	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

6 December 2011

15:00

Pakistan	1–1	Nepal
Ishaq 49' (pen.)	Report	Khawas 37'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

6 December 2011

18:00

Maldives	3–1	Bangladesh
Thariq 6', 17' Ashfaq 70'	Report	Shahed 29'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 December — New Delhi
	Maldives	1
					11 December — New Delhi
	India	3
					India	4
	9 December — New Delhi
					Afghanistan	0
	Afghanistan (a.e.t.)	1
	Nepal	0

Semi-finals

9 December 2011

15:00

Maldives	1–3	India
Shamweel 60'	Report	Nabi 24' Chhetri 70' (pen.), 90+1'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

9 December 2011

18:00

Afghanistan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Nepal
Arezou 101'	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Final

11 December 2011

18:00

India	4–0	Afghanistan
Chhetri 71' (pen.) Clifford 79' Jeje 80' Sushil 90+5'	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Champion

SAFF Championship 2011
India Sixth title

Awards

Fair Play Award			Top Scorer			Player of the Tournament
India			Sunil Chhetri			Sunil Chhetri

Statistics

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Sunil Chhetri

6 goals

• Balal Arezou

3 goals

• Clifford Miranda

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Bandara Warakagoda (against India)

Other statistics

• Most wins India 4 wins
• Most Losses Bhutan 3 loss
• Most Draws Pakistan 3 draws
• First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for Maldives vs Nepal
• Most goals scored in a match Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Bhutan
• Lowest scores in a match 1. Bangladesh vs Pakistan 0-0

2. Pakistan vs Maldives 0-0

• Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for  Afghanistan vs  Bhutan 4 Goals
• Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for  Afghanistan vs  Bhutan in 4 Minutes
• Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of  Afghanistan
• Best match of the tournament  Afghanistan vs    Nepal 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.^{[citation needed]}

Television

¹ Only Afghan matches ² Only Indian matches