The 2020 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2020 Bangabandhu Cup was an international football tournament organized and hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a name of tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 6th edition of the tournament, with six teams competing from 15 to 25 January 2020.
Palestine were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after beating Burundi 3–1 on 25 January 2020.
Participating nations The FIFA Rankings of participating national teams before the draw, as of 19 December 2019.
CountryFIFA Ranking1Previous best performance 187 (2015) 106 (2018) 151 172 200 205 (2016)
Draw The draw was held on 4 January 2020 at 12:00 BST at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka. The 6 teams were drawn into 2 groups of 3, by selecting one team from each of the 3 ranked pots.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Venue All matches were held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dhaka Bangabandhu National Stadium Capacity: 36,000 seats
Match officials
Referees Mizanur Rahman Mohammed Jalal Uddin Virendha Rai Yaasin Hanafiah Sudish Pandey
Assistant Referees Manir Ahmmad Dali Mohammad Nuruzzaman Pema Hariff Akhir Rojen Shrestha
Group stage Times listed are UTC+6:00 (BST)
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Times listed are UTC+6:00 (BST) In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
Sponsorship Local sports marketing company K–Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures.
Prize money The following prize money amounts were given at the end of the tournament.
Position Amount (thousand USD) Per team TotalChampions 30 30Runners-up 20 20 Total 50
Broadcasting rights CountryBroadcasterRef.RTVBTVBeTVMBC1Al-Quds TVStarTimesDialog TV
References