Bangabandhu Cup

Bangabandhu Cup
Founded 1996
Region International
Current champions    Nepal
Most successful team(s) Malaysia Malaysia B/U-23 (2 titles)

The Bangabandhu Cup, also known as The Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was first launched in 1996, and The second Bangabandhu Cup was staged in 1999. BFF had considered re-launching the tournament in 2009. It was finally given the go-ahead in 2014 for a third edition to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.[1][2] Nepal is the new champion by defeating Bahrain in the 2016 tournament.

Results

Year Final
Winner Score Runner-up
1996-97
Details
Malaysia
Malaysia B
2 - 1 Indonesia
PSM Makassar
1999
Details
Japan
Japan League XI
3 - 2 Ghana
Ghana Olympic
2015
Details
Malaysia
Malaysia U-23
3 - 2 Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2016
Details
Nepal
Nepal
3 - 0 Bahrain
Bahrain U-23

Venues

See also

References

  1. "Bangabandhu Gold Cup coming to life". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. "BFF outlines Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Jan". Dhaka Tribune. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

External References

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