2018 Bangabandhu Cup

2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host country Bangladesh
Dates 1–12 October 2018
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Palestine (1st title)
Runners-up  Tajikistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 15 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tajikistan Komron Tursunov (2 goals)
Best player State of Palestine Abdelatif Bahdari

The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup is an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This will be the fifth edition of the tournament with six teams competing from 1 to 12 October 2018.[1]

Participating teams

There will be Six nations that will compete in the 2018 edition of the Bangabandhu Cup.[2] BFF president Kazi Salahuddin has previously stated that the BFF wanted to get one team from each of the Asian Football Confederation's sub-confederations.[3] Afghanistan was also reported as a potential participant.[4] All teams are the first teams except for the Philippines which brought their second team.[5]

Country FIFA Ranking1 Previous best performance
 Bangladesh (Host) 193 Runners-up (2015)
 Laos 178 N/A (Debut)
   Nepal 160 Winners (2016)
 Palestine 100 N/A (Debut)
 Philippines 114 N/A (Debut)
 Tajikistan 120 N/A (Debut)

Draw

The draw took place on 1 September 2018 at the Le Méridien Dhaka Hotel in Dhaka. The six teams were drawn into two groups with three teams each for the group stage.[2][6]

Venues

Matches will be played in three venues. The Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet will host group stage matches while the Cox's Bazar Stadium in Cox's Bazar will host the semifinals. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka will be the venue for the final.[7]

Dhaka Sylhet Cox's Bazar
Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium Cox's Bazar Stadium
Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 5,000

Officials

Group stage

All times listed below are local time.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Palestine 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3    Nepal 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: Soccerway
Nepal    0–2  Tajikistan
Report
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Tajikistan  0–2  Palestine
Report
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Palestine  1–0    Nepal
 Report
Referee: Mohammed Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bangladesh (H) 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3  Laos 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: Soccerway
(H) Host.
Bangladesh  1–0  Laos
 Report
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Philippines  3–1  Laos
 Report
  • Kongmathilath  88' (pen.)
Bangladesh  0–1  Philippines
Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 October
 
 
 Philippines0
 
12 October
 
 Tajikistan2
 
 Tajikistan0 (3)
 
10 October
 
 Palestine (p)0 (4)
 
 Palestine2
 
 
 Bangladesh0
 

Semi-finals

Philippines  0–2  Tajikistan
Report
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Palestine  2–0  Bangladesh
 Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Final

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Tajikistan Komron Tursunov

1 goal

Sponsorship

Local sports marketing company K-Sports has bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and will provide all the expenditures.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2018 from Oct 1 with 6 international teams". Bangladesh Football Federation. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Bangabandhu Gold Cup: Bangladesh pitted with Philippines, Laos". Dhaka Tribune. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "K-Sports snaps up rights to Gold Cup". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Gold Cup in October?". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "First teams add fire". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bangabandhu Gold Cup draw held". Bangladesh Football Federation. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh, Laos to kick off Bangabandhu Gold Cup". Dhaka Tribune. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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