Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Football at the 1985 South Asian Games
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates21–25 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Third place   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)India Sisir Ghosh
(4 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 1985 South Asian Games was held from 21 to 25 December 1985 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nepal was the defending champion.

India won the tournament by defeating Bangladesh in the final.[1][2]

Participating nations

Country Appearance
 Bangladesh (Host) 2nd
 Bhutan 2nd
 India 1st
 Maldives 2nd
   Nepal 2nd
 Pakistan 1st

Fixtures and results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 4  Gold medal match
2  Pakistan 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2  Bronze medal match
3  Maldives 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh 2–1 Pakistan
  • Mahfuzul 27', 89'
Pakistan 3–1 Maldives
Agha Saeed 18', 44'
Shaukat 39'		 Moosa 48'
Bangladesh 8–0 Maldives
 Report
Referee: Roshan Kumar Shrestha (Nepal)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4  Gold medal match
2    Nepal 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2  Bronze medal match
3  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: RSSSF
India 2–0   Nepal
Sisir
Nepal   1–0 Bhutan
Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan 32'
India 3–0 Bhutan
Babu Mani 62', 72'
Sisir 83'
Referee: Zahirul Haque (Bangladesh)

Bronze medal match

Pakistan 2–2   Nepal
Mahmood Anwar 11'
Agha Saeed 58'		 Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan 44'
AMB Mala 83'
Penalties
Agha Saeed soccer ball with check mark
Mukhtar soccer ball with check mark
Nasir Abbas soccer ball with red X
Zulfiqar Ahmed soccer ball with red X
Shaukat soccer ball with red X		 2–3 Mani Shah soccer ball with check mark
Ganesh soccer ball with check mark
Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan soccer ball with check mark

Gold medal match

India 1–1 Bangladesh
Sisir 37' Aslam 39'
Penalties
Krishnendu soccer ball with check mark
Debashis Misra soccer ball with check mark
Krishanu soccer ball with check mark
Prasanta soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 Kaiser soccer ball with check mark
Aslam soccer ball with red X
Abu Yusuf soccer ball with red X

Winners

 Football at the 1985 South Asian Games 

India
First title

References

  1. ^ Garin, Erik. "2nd South Asian Federation Games 1985 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "India NT Results". archive.org.
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