2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	1–10 August 2011
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Dasarath Stadium (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	42 (3.82 per match)
Attendance	33,173 (3,016 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohamad Bilal (4 Goals)
Best player(s)	Mansoor Khan

The 2011 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship hosted by Nepal from 1 to 10 August 2011 at Dasarath Stadium. Six teams from the region participated in the tournament.

Pakistan is the 2011 champion who have beat India by 2–1 goals in the final on 10 August 2011.

Participated teams

The following six nations participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	1st
Sri Lanka	1st
India	1st
Maldives	1st
Nepal (Host)	1st
Pakistan	1st

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
India	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
Maldives	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

1 August 2011

15:30 NST

Pakistan	1–0	India
Khan 20'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4806

Referee: F. Ahamed (Bangladesh)

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3 August 2011

15:30 NST

Maldives	0–6	Pakistan
	Report	Bilal 5', 56', 84', 90' Ali 79', 80'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1631

Referee: Alamgir Khan (Bangladesh)

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5 August 2011

15:30 NST

India	5–0	Maldives
Lalhimpuia 31' Raja Rawat 36' Laldanta Sanga 45+2', 54' Prokash Majumdar 63'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2346

Referee: Dulal Mridha (Bangladesh)

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6	4
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	2	12	−10	0

2 August 2011

15:30 NST

Bangladesh	6–2	Sri Lanka
Mohamad Mezbahuddin 8', 40', 64' Ali 14' Akash Shaha 15' Mohammad Sabbir 57'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4468

Referee: P.Singh (India)

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4 August 2011

15:30 NST

Nepal	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4870

Referee: Ashish Roy (India)

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6 August 2011

15:30 NST

Sri Lanka	0–6	Nepal
	Report	Lama 14', 58' Rai 48' Shrestha 48' Magar 68', 70'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1841

Referee: Amin Bepari (Bangladesh)

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 August 2011 – Kathmandu
	Bangladesh	0
					10 August 2011 – Kathmandu
	Pakistan	2
					Pakistan	2
	8 August 2011 – Kathmandu
					India	1
	India (p)	1 (4)
	Nepal	1 (2)
					Third place match
					10 August 2011 – Kathmandu
					Pakistan	2
					Bangladesh	1

Semi-finals

8 August 2011

13:00 NST

Bangladesh	0–2	Pakistan
		Khan 89' Sher Ali 90'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4611

Referee: Prakash Roy (India)

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8 August 2011

15:30 NST

India	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Nepal
Nitin Jayal 90'		Rishi Thapa 20'
Penalties
Lalrammuana Sanga Saha Mendes Singh	4–2	Thapa Aditya Umesh Sagar Bibek

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 3164

Referee: S. Banarjee (Bangladesh)

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Fifth place playoff

9 August 2011

13:30 NST

Maldives	2–0	Sri Lanka

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 941

Referee: B. Torofdar (Bangladesh)

Third place match

10 August 2011

Nepal	2–1	Bangladesh

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1549

Referee: R. Rashid (Bangladesh)

Final

10 August 2011

15:30 NST

Pakistan	2–1	India
Muhammad Zeeshan 23' Khan 50'	Report	Lalhimpuia 44'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2946

Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

Awards

2011 SAFF U-16 Championship champions
Pakistan First title

Goalscorers

There have been 42 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.

3 goals

• Mohamad Mezbahuddin
• Mohamed Ali

2 goals

• Sher Ali

1 goal

• Suman Lama
• Daniel Lalhlimpuia
• Mansoor Khan
• Mohamad Ali
• Akash Shaha
• Mohammad Sabbir