Football at the 2019 South Asian Games – Men's tournament

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2019 South Asian Games
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates1–10 December 2019
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Nepal (4th title)
Runners-up Bhutan
Third place Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored23 (2.09 per match)
Attendance87,750 (7,977 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Sujal Shrestha
Nepal Abhishek Rijal
(3 goals each)
2016
2024
All statistics correct as of 10 December 2019.

Men's Football at the 2019 South Asian Games was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2 December to 10 December 2019. It was the 13th edition of the tournament.[1]

Venue[edit]

Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Capacity: 16,000

Participating nations[edit]

Country Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
28 November 2019
 Bangladesh 5th Champions (1999, 2010) 187
 Bhutan 5th Fourth-Place (2004) 189
 Maldives 4th Runners-Up (1991) 155
   Nepal (Host) 5th Champions (1984, 1993, 2016) 170
 Sri Lanka 5th Runners-Up (2006) 205

Squads[edit]

Each nation must submit a squad of 20 players, 17 of whom must be born on or after 1 January 1997, and three of whom can be older dispensation players.


Officials[edit]

Fixtures and results[edit]

All times are local, NST (UTC+05:45).

Round Robin stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Nepal (H) 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Advance to Final
2  Bhutan 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 9
3  Bangladesh 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4
4  Maldives 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 2
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 2 2 1 5 −4 2
Source: 2019 SAG Unogoal
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Bangladesh 0−1 Bhutan
Report
  • Gyeltshen 64'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

Sri Lanka 0−0 Maldives
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 500
Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

Bhutan 0−4   Nepal
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kasun Weerakkody Karage (Sri Lanka)

Maldives 1−1 Bangladesh
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 450
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Nepal   1−1 Sri Lanka
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

Bhutan 2−1 Maldives
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 200
Referee: MD Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh 1−0 Sri Lanka
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)

Nepal   2−1 Maldives
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: MD Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Sri Lanka 0−3 Bhutan
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

Nepal   1-0 Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta (India)

Gold medal match[edit]

Nepal   2–1Bhutan 
Report
Attendance: 17,600
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta (India)

Winner[edit]

 Football at the 2019 South Asian Games 
  
Nepal
Fourth title

Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 23 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.09 goals per match (as of 10 December 2019).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final results[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1    Nepal (H) 5 4 1 0 10 3 +7 13 Gold Medal
2  Bhutan 5 3 0 2 7 7 0 9 Silver Medal
3  Bangladesh 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4 Bronze Medal
4  Maldives 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 2
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 2 2 1 5 −4 2
Source: 2019 SAG Unogoal
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nepal groups with Bangladesh & Bhutan". Goal Nepal. 22 November 2019.

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