1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host country Nepal
Dates 4 September – 13 September
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  India (2nd title)
Runners-up  Maldives
Third place  Pakistan
Fourth place  Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 29 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s) India IM Vijayan (6 goals)

The 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Kathmandu, Nepal between 4 September 1997 and 13 September 1997.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 220051+46
 Pakistan 21012203
   Nepal 200215-40

September 4, 1997
Nepal    0 2  Pakistan
Mohammed Nauman  28'
Mohammed Ijaz  68'

September 6, 1997
Sri Lanka  2 0  Pakistan
Roshan Pereira  54'
Mohamed Amanulla  86'

September 8, 1997
Nepal    1 3  Sri Lanka
Deepak Amayta  72' Roshan Pereira  15'  70'  86'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 211052+34
 Maldives 20203302
 Bangladesh 201114-31

September 5, 1997
Maldives  1 1  Bangladesh
Lirugam Saeed  ?' Imtiaz Ahmed  53'

September 7, 1997
India  3 0  Bangladesh
IM Vijayan  74'  76'
Baichung Bhutia  88'

September 9, 1997
India  2 2  Maldives
Baichung Bhutia  30'
Jo Paul Ancheri  55'
Ibrahim Rasheed  65'
Mohamed Nizam  83'

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

September 10, 1997
Sri Lanka  1 2  Maldives
KM Kabeer  21' Shah Ismail  19'
Mohammed Nizam  89'

September 11, 1997
India  2 0  Pakistan
IM Vijayan  42'  76'

Third Place Match

September 13, 1997
Pakistan  1 0  Sri Lanka
Haseemdeen  76' (o.g.)

Final

September 13, 1997
India  5 - 1  Maldives
Jo Paul Ancheri  9'
Baichung Bhutia  15'
IM Vijayan  20'  53'
Amit Das  49'
Adam Abdul Lateef  43'

Champion

 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 1997 

India
Second title
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