2012 H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa Under-23 International Football Trophy

2012 H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa Under-23 International Football Trophy
Tournament details
Host country Sri Lanka
Dates 3 – 9 December
Teams 4[1]
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up  Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 7
Goals scored 11 (1.57 per match)
Top scorer(s) Maldives Hassan Adhuham
Maldives Assadhulla Abdulla
(2 goals each)

The 2012 H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa Under-23 International Football Trophy was the first edition of the tournament which took place in Sri Lanka from 39 December 2012.[2]

The tournament was won by Maldives, who defeated Pakistan 2–1 in the final.[3]

Hosts

Sri Lanka were the hosts of the tournament as this is organised by the Ministry of Sports in association with the Football Federation of Sri Lanka.[1]

Venue

Nawalapitiya
Jayathilake Sports Complex[4]
Capacity: 20,000[5]

Participated nations

Group stage

All times are Sri Lanka Time (SLST) – UTC+05:30

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advance to the finals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Maldives 320141+36
 Pakistan 31111104
 Sri Lanka 311113−24
 Bangladesh 310212−13

3 December 2012
14:00
Sri Lanka  0 3  Maldives
Report Assadhulla
Adhuham  pen.'

3 December 2012
16:00
Bangladesh  0 1  Pakistan
Report  80' Saeed

5 December 2012
13:30
Pakistan  0 1  Maldives
Report Imaaz

5 December 2012
15:30
Sri Lanka  1 0  Bangladesh
Prasad  71' Report

7 December 2012
13:30
Maldives  0 1  Bangladesh
Report  31' Touhidul Alam

7 December 2012
15:30
Sri Lanka  0 0  Pakistan
Report

Final

9 December 2012
15:30
 Maldives 1 – 2 Pakistan 
Rilwan  57'
Assadhulla  61'
Report  84' (o.g.) Yaamin

Winner

 2012 Mahinda Rajapaksa Under-23 International Football Trophy 

Maldives
First title

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. 1 2 "Four nations soccer tourney a boost for local players". nation.lk. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. "Football: Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football Trophy from tomorrow". cricturf.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. "Maldives U 23 win Rajapaksa tournament". maldivesoccer.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. "Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football Tournament from December 3 to 9 at Nawalapitiya". lankanews.lk. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. "President launches redeveloped Jayathilake Sports Complex". development.lk. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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