Football at the South Asian Games

Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals.[1][2]

Football at the South Asian Games
FoundedMen: 1985
Women: 2010
RegionSAFF (South Asia)
Current championsM:    Nepal
W:  India
(2019)
Most successful team(s)M:    Nepal &  Pakistan
(4 titles each)
W:  India (3 titles)
2019 (M), 2019 (W)

Women's football tournaments were introduced in 2010.[3][4]

Results

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Men's tournament

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Accurate as of 10 December 2019.[5]

Year Host Final Third Place Match
  Gold Score   Silver   Bronze Score Fourth Place
1984
details
Kathmandu, Nepal  
Nepal
4−2  
Bangladesh
 
Maldives
unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record
1985
details
Dhaka, Bangladesh  
India
1−1
(4–1 p)
 
Bangladesh
 
Nepal
2–2
(3–2 p)
 
Pakistan
1987
details
Culcutta, India  
India
1−0  
Nepal
 
Pakistan
1–0  
Bangladesh
1989
details
Islamabad, Pakistan  
Pakistan
1−0  
Bangladesh
 
India
2–1  
Nepal
1991
details
Colombo, Sri Lanka  
Pakistan
2−0  
Maldives
 
Bangladesh
2–0  
Nepal
1993
details
Dhaka, Bangladesh  
Nepal
2−2
(4–3 p)
 
India
 
Sri Lanka
3–1  
Maldives
1995
details
Madras, India  
India
1−0  
Bangladesh
 
Sri Lanka
0–0
(5–3 p)
 
Nepal
1999
details
Kathmandu, Nepal  
Bangladesh
1−0  
Nepal
 
India
3–1  
Maldives

Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams.

Year Host Final Third Place Match
  Gold Score   Silver   Bronze Score Fourth Place
2004
details
Islamabad, Pakistan  
Pakistan
1−0  
India U-20
 
Sri Lanka
0–0
(3–2 p)
 
Bhutan
2006
details
Colombo, Sri Lanka  
Pakistan
1−0  
Sri Lanka
 
Nepal
2–0  
India U-20
2010
details
Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh  
Bangladesh
4−0  
Afghanistan
 
Maldives
0–0
(3–1 p)
 
India U-19
2016
details
Guwahati & Shillong, India  
Nepal
2−1  
India
 
Bangladesh
2–2
(5–4 p)
 
Maldives
2019
details
Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal  
Nepal
2−1  
Bhutan

 
Bangladesh

As a result of Round-robin  
Maldives

Women's tournament

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Accurate as of 9 December 2019.[5]

Year Host Final Third Place Match
  Gold Score   Silver   Bronze Score Fourth Place
2010
details
Dhaka, Bangladesh  
India
3−1  
Nepal
 
Bangladesh
As a result of Round-robin  
Pakistan
2016
details
Guwahati & Shillong, India  
India
2−1  
Nepal
 
Bangladesh
As a result of Round-robin  
Maldives
2019
details
Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal  
India
2−0  
Nepal
 
Maldives
As a result of Round-robin  
Sri Lanka

Medal table

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Men's medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1    Nepal/
    Nepal U-23
4228
2  Pakistan/
  Pakistan U-23
4015
3  India/
  India U-23/
  India U-20
3328
4  Bangladesh/
  Bangladesh U-23
2439
5  Sri Lanka/
  Sri Lanka U-23
0134
6  Maldives/
  Maldives U-23
0123
7  Afghanistan U-230101
  Bhutan/
  Bhutan U-23
0101
Totals (8 entries)13131339

Women's medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  India3003
2  Nepal0303
3  Bangladesh0022
4  Maldives0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Total

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  India (IND)63211
2  Nepal (NEP)45211
3  Pakistan (PAK)4015
4  Bangladesh (BAN)24511
5  Maldives (MDV)0134
  Sri Lanka (SRI)0134
7  Afghanistan (AFG)0101
  Bhutan (BHU)0101
Totals (8 entries)16161648

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nepal win gold in men's football, earning hard-fought victory over Bhutan". Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ "South Asian Games". IndianFootball.De. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ "South Asian Games: Bala Devi grabs brace as India mauls Maldives 5–0". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Indian women's football team trounces Sri Lanka 6–0 in South Asian Games". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "South Asian Federation Games". RSSSF. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2022-05-05.