Football at the 2004 South Asian Games

2004 South Asian Games
Football Event
Tournament details
Host country Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan
Dates 28 March - 5 April 2004
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Pakistan (3rd title)
Runners-up  India
Third place  Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 21 (1.62 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pakistan Muhammad Essa(4)
Bangladesh Mehdi Hassan Uzzal (2)
India Debabrata Roy (2)
India Sunil Chhetri (2)

Men's football tournament at 2004 South Asian Games was held across 3 venues in Pakistan from March 28 to April 6, 2004. The tournament was delayed twice due to conflicts between the Pakistani alliance with Afghanistan/Iraq and US foreign policy at the time during the events that followed 9/11.[1]

The tournament was the first to introduce an under-23 tournament system for the football events. However, India entered with an under-20 team.[2]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 321030+37
 Pakistan 320151+46
 Bangladesh 311122+04
 Afghanistan 300317-60

28 March 2004
India  0 – 0  Bangladesh
Report

28 March 2004
Pakistan  3 – 0  Afghanistan
Muhammad Essa  5', 62'
Farooq Shah  52' 		Report

30 March 2004
Bangladesh  2 – 1  Afghanistan
Mehdi Hassan Uzzal  2', 41' Report Rozzedin Omidwar  75'

30 March 2004
Pakistan  0 – 1  India
Report Debabrata Roypakias  72' (p)

1 April 2004
Pakistan  1 – 0  Bangladesh
Muhammad Essa  86' (p) Report

1 April 2004
India  2 – 0  Afghanistan
Jerry Zirsanga  42'
Sutang Marlanki  75' 		Report

Group B

Bhutan won a toss against Nepal for 2nd place.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 220020+26
 Bhutan 201101-11
   Nepal 201101-11
 Maldives Withdrew

27 March 2004
Nepal    0 – 0  Bhutan
Report

29 March 2004
Sri Lanka  1 – 0    Nepal
Mohammed Azmeer  62' Report

31 March 2004
Sri Lanka  1 – 0  Bhutan
Siyaguna Kosgodage  13' Report

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
3 April – Islamabad, Pakistan
  India  4  
  Bhutan  1  
 
5 April – Islamabad, Pakistan
      India  0
    Pakistan  1
Third place
3 April – Islamabad, Pakistan 5 April – Islamabad, Pakistan
  Sri Lanka  0 (4)   Bhutan  0 (2)
  Pakistan (pen.)  0 (5)     Sri Lanka (pen.)  0 (3)

Semi finals

3 April 2004
India  4 – 1  Bhutan
Debabrata Roy  15'
Sunil Chhetri  33', 76'
Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep  90' 		 37' Chema Chophe

3 April 2004
Sri Lanka  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Pakistan
M.Naveed Akram  86' (o.g.)  64' Muhammad Essa
  Penalties  
4–5[3]

Bronze medal play-off

5 April 2004 (2004-04-05)
Bhutan  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Sri Lanka ( Bronze)
  Penalties  
Krishna Subba
Nawang Dhendup 		2–3[4] C.M.Weerasingha
T.Rangana
M.A.Dilshan

Gold medal match

5 April 2004
( Silver) India  0 – 1  Pakistan ( Gold)
 18' Abdul Aziz
Islamabad, Pakistan
Attendance: 37,000

Winner

 Football at the 2004 South Asian Games 

Pakistan
Third title

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Pakistan (PAK) 540172+513
2  India (IND) 531171+610
3  Sri Lanka (SRI) 431031+29
4  Bhutan (BHU) 401315-41
5  Bangladesh (BAN) 311122+04
6  Nepal (NEP) 201101-11
7  Afghanistan (AFG) 300317-60
-  Maldives (MDV) Withdrew

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". rsssf. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". rsssf. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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