2018 SAFF Championship final

The 2018 SAFF Championship Final was a football match that took place on 15 September 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. It was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the Bangabandhu nation stadium, Dhaka.^[1] The Maldives came out 2–1 winners against India to secure their second SAFF Championship. ^[2][3]

2018 SAFF Championship Final

Event	2018 SAFF Championship
Maldives India 2 1
Date	15 September 2018 (2018-09-15)
Venue	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
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Route to the final

Maldives		Round	India
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Sri Lanka	0–0	Match 1	Sri Lanka	2–0
India	0–2	Match 2	Maldives	2–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 2 2 0 0 4 0 +2 6  Maldives 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1  Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 2 2 0 0 4 0 +2 6  Maldives 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1  Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Nepal	3–0	Semi-finals	Pakistan	3–1

Match details

Maldives	2–1	India
Mahudhee 19' Fasir 66'	Report	Passi 90+2'

15 September 2018

18:30 BST

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka^[4]

Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)^[4]

Maldives

India

GK 22 Mohamed Faisal RB 4 Hussain Sifaau CB 2 Ali Samooh CB 13 Akram Abdul Ghanee (c)  39' LB 25 Samdhooh Mohamed DM 20 Ibrahim Waheed Hassan DM 10 Hamza Mohamed  88' AM 17 Ibrahim Mahudhee AM 23 Hussain Nihan SS 7 Ali Fasir  67' CF 11 Naiz Hassan  79' Substitutions: DF 3 Ahmed Numaan  39' MF 6 Mohamed Arif  88' FW 9 Asadhulla Abdulla  79' Manager: Petar Šegrt

GK 1 Vishal Kaith CB 12 Sarthak Golui CB 2 Salam Ranjan Singh CB 14 Vinit Rai RWB 5 Davinder Singh  46' LWB 3 Subhasish Bose (c)  45+1' CM 22 Nikhil Poojari CM 7 Anirudh Thapa  73' CM 19 Ashique Kuruniyan CF 9 Manvir Singh CF 15 Farukh Choudhary  68' Substitutions: MF 8 Germanpreet Singh  46' MF 11 Hitesh Sharma  73' FW 10 Sumeet Passi  68' Manager: Stephen Constantine

Assistant referees:[4] Hossein Ziari (Iran) Apichit Nophuan (Thailand) Fourth official:[4] Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Match rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if scores level Penalty shoot-out if scores still level 12 substitutes named, of which three may be used

See also

• 2018 SAFF Championship