Soccer South Asian Championship 2003

South Asian Football Federation Championship 2003 2003 South Asian Football Federation Cup ™

Number of nations	8th
South Asian Champion	Bangladesh
venue	Dhaka , Bangladesh
opening	January 10, 2003
Endgame	January 20, 2003
Gates	39 (Ø: 2.4 per game)
Top scorer	Sarfraz Rasool (PAK) 4 goals

The fifth South Asian Football Federation Championship , officially South Asian Football Federation Cup 2003 , held from 10th to 20th January 2003 in Dhaka in Bangladesh instead. Eight South Asian nations took part in the tournament. South Asian champions 2003 hosted Bangladesh after a penalty shoot-out against the Maldives . Defending champion India finished third in the tournament. For the first time, Bhutan and Afghanistan took part in the SAFF Cup. Afghanistan was invited at the request of the Asian Football Confederation . It wasn't on the list of participants in 2002.

venue

Bangladesh was supposed to host the 2001 South Asian Championship in October / November 2001. However, these were postponed to the period between January 26th and February 5th, 2002 and then relocated again on January 11th, 2002 due to a FIFA suspension of the Bangladeshi football association BFF . In this way, in 2001 the biennial tournament was skipped. The venue for all tournament games was the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital Dhaka . It was the first to host the SAFF Cup and an international football nation tournament in Bangladesh.

competition

Group A

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Pakistan	4: 1	9
2	India	5: 2	4th
3	Sri Lanka	3: 3	4th
4th	Afghanistan	0: 6	0

January 10, 2003
India	-	Pakistan	0: 1
January 10, 2003
Sri Lanka	-	Afghanistan	1-0
January 12, 2003
Pakistan	-	Sri Lanka	2: 1
January 12, 2003
India	-	Afghanistan	4-0
January 14, 2003
Afghanistan	-	Pakistan	0: 1
January 14, 2003
India	-	Sri Lanka	1: 1

Group B

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Bangladesh	5-0	9
2	Maldives	9: 3	6th
3	Nepal	4: 4	3
4th	Bhutan	0:11	0

January 11, 2003
Maldives	-	Bhutan	6-0
January 11, 2003
Bangladesh	-	Nepal	1-0
January 13, 2003
Nepal	-	Bhutan	2-0
January 13, 2003
Bangladesh	-	Maldives	1-0
January 15, 2003
Nepal	-	Maldives	2: 3
January 15, 2003
Bangladesh	-	Bhutan	3-0

Semifinals

January 18, 2003	Pakistan	-	Maldives	0: 1
January 18, 2003	Bangladesh	-	India	2: 1 according to the Basic Law .

3rd place match

January 20, 2003	Pakistan	-	India	1: 2 according to the Basic Law .

final

January 20, 2003	Bangladesh	-	Maldives	1: 1 n.V., 5: 3 n.e.

South Asian Champion 2003 Bangladesh