2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	1–10 August 2011
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (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
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The 2011 SAFF U-16 Championship was the first 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 became the 2011 champions after beating India 2–1 in the final on 10 August 2011. Pakistan's Mohammad Bilal was the top scorer with 4 goals. Mansoor Khan, also from Pakistan, was declared the tournament's best player.

The following six nations participated in the tournament.

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

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)

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)

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: 2,346

Referee: Dulal Mridha (Bangladesh)

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: 4,468

Referee: P.Singh (India)

4 August 2011

15:30 NST

Nepal	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,870

Referee: Ashish Roy (India)

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: 1,841

Referee: Amin Bepari (Bangladesh)

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

8 August 2011

13:00 NST

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

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,611

Referee: Prakash Roy (India)

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: 3,164

Referee: S. Banarjee (Bangladesh)

9 August 2011

13:30 NST

Maldives	2–0	Sri Lanka

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 941

Referee: B. Torofdar (Bangladesh)

10 August 2011

Nepal	2–1	Bangladesh

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,549

Referee: R. Rashid (Bangladesh)

10 August 2011

15:30 NST

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

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,946

Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

2011 SAFF U-16 Championship champions
Pakistan First title

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal