Football at the South Asian Games

Football at the South Asian Games
Founded	1984
Region	SAFF (South Asia)
Current champions	Nepal (2016)
Most successful team(s)	Pakistan (4 titles)
Football at the 2016 South Asian Games

Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three over aged players for each squad, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. However, in many editions India entered with their Under-20 or Uder-19 team (2004, 2006, 2010 U-19).

Women's football tournament were introduced in 2010.

Champions

Men's tournament

Accurate as of 13 February 2016.^[1]

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	01 ! Gold	Score	02 ! Silver	03 ! Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1984	Kathmandu, Nepal	Nepal	4−2	Bangladesh	Maldives	unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record
1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh	India	1−1 4–1 pen.	Bangladesh	Nepal	2–2 3–2 pen.	Pakistan
1987	Culcutta, India	India	1−0	Nepal	Pakistan	1–0	Bangladesh
1989	Islamabad, Pakistan	Pakistan	1−0	Bangladesh	India	2–1	Nepal
1991	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2−0	Maldives	Bangladesh	2–0	Nepal
1993	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal	2−2 4–3 pen.	India	Sri Lanka	3–1	Maldives
1995	Madras, India	India	1−0	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	0–0 5–3 pen.	Nepal
1999	Kathmandu, Nepal	Bangladesh	1−0	Nepal	India	3–1	Maldives

Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams.

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
Year	Host		01 ! Gold	Score	02 ! Silver		03 ! Bronze	Score	Fourth Place

2004	Islamabad, Pakistan		Pakistan	1−0	India U-20		Sri Lanka	0–0 3–2 pen.	Bhutan
2006	Colombo, Sri Lanka		Pakistan	1−0	Sri Lanka		Nepal	2–0	India U-20
2010	Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh		Bangladesh	4−0	Afghanistan		Maldives	0–0 3–1 pen; no extra time	India U-19
2016	Guwahati & Shillong, India	Nepal	2−1	India	Bangladesh	2–2 5–4 pen.	Maldives

Women's tournament

Accurate as of 13 February 2016.^[2]

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	01 ! Gold	Score	02 ! Silver	03 ! Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh	India	3−1	Nepal	Bangladesh	As a result of Round-robin	Pakistan
2016	Guwahati & Shillong, India	India	4−0	Nepal	Bangladesh	As a result of Round-robin	Maldives

References

Sports at the South Asian Games

Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Field hockey Football Handball Shooting Swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Football at the South Asian Games

Tournaments

1984
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1999
2004
2006
2010 (men • women)
2016 (men • women)

Squads

Men	1984 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2004 2006 2010 2016

Women	2010 2016

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

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