1987 South Asian Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates21–26 November
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (2nd title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Third place Pakistan
Fourth place Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Ganesh Thapa
(5 goals)
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Men's football took place at the 1987 South Asian Games in Calcutta, India. India won its second title by defeating Nepal in the final and became the first team to defend the title successfully.[1][2]

Participating nations

Country Appearance
 India (Host) 2nd
   Nepal 3rd
 Pakistan 2nd
 Maldives 3rd
 Bangladesh 3rd
 Bhutan 3rd

Fixtures and results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 3  Gold medal match
2  Pakistan 2 1 0 1 1 0 +1 2  Bronze medal match
3  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
India 0–0 Pakistan
Pakistan 1–0 Maldives
Sharafat Ali
India 5–0 Maldives
Shareef (o.g.)
Sisir Ghosh
Amit Bhadra
Deepak Kumar
Krishanu Dey

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Nepal 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 4  Gold medal match
2  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 2  Bronze medal match
3  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
Nepal   1–0 Bangladesh
 Report
Bangladesh 3–0 Bhutan
 Report
Nepal   6–2 Bhutan

Bronze medal match

Pakistan 1–0 Bangladesh

Gold medal match

India 1–0   Nepal
Mohammed Farid 89'

Winners

 Football at the 1987 South Asian Games 

India
Second title

References

  1. ^ "3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "India NT Results". archive.org.
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