Football at the South Asian Games

Football at the South Asian Games - Men's tournament

Founded	1984
Region	SAFF (South Asia)
Current champions	Nepal (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Pakistan (4 titles)
Men's Football at the 2016 South Asian Games

Football at the South Asian Games - Women's tournament

Founded	2010
Region	SAFF (South Asia)
Current champions	India (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	India (2 titles)
Women's Football at the 2016 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. Pakistan is currently the most successful country in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals while India is the most successful in Women's event with 2 Gold Medals.

Women's football tournaments were introduced in 2010.

Champions

Men's tournament

Accurate as of 13 February 2016.^[1]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1984	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	Dhaka, Bangladesh		India	1−1 4–1 pen.	Bangladesh		Nepal	2–2 3–2 pen.	Pakistan
1987	Culcutta, India		India	1−0	Nepal		Pakistan	1–0	Bangladesh
1989	Islamabad, Pakistan		Pakistan	1−0	Bangladesh		India	2–1	Nepal
1991	Colombo, Sri Lanka		Pakistan	2−0	Maldives		Bangladesh	2–0	Nepal
1993	Dhaka, Bangladesh		Nepal	2−2 4–3 pen.	India		Sri Lanka	3–1	Maldives
1995	Madras, India		India	1−0	Bangladesh		Sri Lanka	0–0 5–3 pen.	Nepal
1999	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	Islamabad, Pakistan		Pakistan	1−0	India U-20		Sri Lanka	0–0 3–2 pen.	Bhutan
2006	Colombo, Sri Lanka		Pakistan	1−0	Sri Lanka		Nepal	2–0	India U-20
2010	Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh		Bangladesh	4−0	Afghanistan		Maldives	0–0 3–1 pen; no extra time	India U-19
2016	Guwahati & Shillong, India	Nepal	2−1	India	Bangladesh	2–2 5–4 pen.	Maldives

Women's tournament

Accurate as of 13 February 2016.^[2]

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

Medal table

Men's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pakistan/  Pakistan U-23	4	0	1	5
2	India/  India U-23/  India U-20	3	3	2	8
3	Nepal/    Nepal U-23	3	2	2	7
4	Bangladesh/  Bangladesh U-23	2	4	2	8
5	Sri Lanka/  Sri Lanka U-23	0	1	3	4
6	Maldives/  Maldives U-23	0	1	2	3
7	Afghanistan U-23	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 nations)		12	12	12	36

Women's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	2	0	0	2
2	Nepal	0	2	0	2
3	Bangladesh	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 nations)		2	2	2	6

See also

• SAFF Championship

References