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

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]

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.
Main article: Football at the 2019 South Asian Games

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

Main article: Football at the 2019 South Asian Games – Men's team squads

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.

External links edit

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