The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.
Venue It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India, but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games. New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Capacity: 60,000
Squads
Draw The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.
Group AGroup B (162) (1st seed) (176) (178) (198) (166) (2nd seed) (142) (143) (174) (The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)
Group stage All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30 Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Champion
Awards Fair Play Award Top Scorer Player of the Tournament Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri
Statistics
Goalscorers 7 goals Sunil Chhetri
6 goals Balal Arezou
3 goals Clifford Miranda
2 goals
Sandjar Ahmadi Ata Yamrali Syed Rahim Nabi Jeje Lalpekhlua Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Thariq Nipuna Bandara Mohamed Zain
1 goal
Zohib Islam Amiri Mohammad Mashriqi Djelaludin Sharityar Shahedul Alam Shahed Chencho Gyeltshen Sushil Kumar Singh Shamweel Qasim Bharat Khawas Sandip Rai Sagar Thapa Samar Ishaq
Own goal Bandara Warakagoda (against India)
Other statistics Most wins India 4 wins Most Losses Bhutan 3 loss Most Draws Pakistan 3 draws First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for Maldives vs Nepal Most goals scored in a match Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Bhutan Lowest scores in a match 1. Bangladesh vs Pakistan 0-0 2. Pakistan vs Maldives 0-0 Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for vs 4 Goals Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for vs in 4 Minutes Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of Best match of the tournament vs 1-0
Broadcasting
YouTube Live In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.
Television Countries Broadcaster
TEN Action+ NEO Sports Ariana TV1 Doordarshan2 MNBC One 1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches
References