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
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