2009 ANFA Cup

2009 Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament

2009 ANFA Cup
Tournament details
Country	Nepal
Dates	5 - 14 March 2009
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Nepal Red[a]
Runner-up	Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	24 (2.67 per match)

2009 ANFA Cup, marketed as Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament, the thirteenth version of the ANFA Cup, a knock-out football tournament organized by the All Nepal Football Association. All matches were played at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu. Six teams participated in the tournament.^[1][2][3]

Teams

• Nepal Red^[a][4]
• Nepal Blue^[b][4]
•  Sri Lanka
•  Pakistan
• Arambagh KS
• JW GROUP

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	JW GROUP	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Nepal Blue[b] (H)	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Nepal Blue v  Sri Lanka

5 March 2009	Nepal Blue	2-3	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu[5]
	Santosh Sahukhala 7' Santosh Nepali 73'		E.B Channa 25' Chathura Gunaratne 28' Chatura Madhuranga 65'

Nepal Blue v JW GROUP

7 March 2009	Nepal Blue	1-1	JW GROUP	Kathmandu[6]
	Yougal Kishor Rai 41'		Rachanath 83'

 Sri Lanka v JW GROUP

9 March 2009

Sri Lanka

0-0

JW GROUP

Kathmandu

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nepal Red[a] (H)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Arambagh KS	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Pakistan	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Nepal Red v Arambagh KS

6 March 2009	Nepal Red	1-1	Arambagh KS	Kathmandu[7]
	Anajan KC 8'		Khalid Saifulla 52'

Arambagh KS v  Pakistan

8 March 2009

Arambagh KS

1-1

Pakistan

Kathmandu

Nepal Red v  Pakistan

11 March 2009	Nepal Red	1-0	Pakistan	Kathmandu[8]
	Jaffar Khan 67' (o.g.)

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 March
	Sri Lanka	4
					14 March
	Arambagh KS	0
					Nepal Red (pen.)	0 (4)
	13 March
					Sri Lanka	0 (2)
	Nepal Red	2
	JW GROUP	0

Matches

Semi-finals

 Sri Lanka v Arambagh KS

12 March 2009

Sri Lanka

4-0

Arambagh KS

Kathmandu

Nepal Red v JW GROUP

13 March 2009

Nepal Red

2-0

JW GROUP

Kathmandu

Final

Nepal Red v  Sri Lanka

14 March 2009	Nepal Red	0-0 (4-2 after penalties) (4-2[9] p)	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu
	Penalties
	Anil Gurung Sandip Rai Raju Tamang Biraj Maharjan		Chathurn Maduranaga Kasun Jayasuriya Sanjay Pradeep Kumara E.B. Chanua

Notes

1. Nepal Red was effectively a full national team
2. Nepal Blue was effectively a national B team

See also

• ANFA Cup

References

1. "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
2. "Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh in Nepal's Prime Minister Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
3. "Prime Minister's Cup Invitational Soccer SL to meet Nepal Red XI today". The Island. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
4. "Nepal Selects Squad For PM Cup". Goal.com. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
5. "Nepal PM Cup: Lanky Lankans Go Through". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
6. "Nepal Blue Suffers Another Pain". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
7. "PM Cup: Pakistan, Arambagh Ready For Clash". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
8. "Pakistan crash out of Prime Minister's Cup in Nepal". The News. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
9. "Nepal beat Sri Lanka in a cliffhanger". The Island. 15 March 2009.