Football at the 2006 South Asian Games

2006 South Asian Games
Football Event

Tournament details
Host country	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dates	14–26 August 2006
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (4th title)
Runners-up	Sri Lanka
Third place	Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	36 (2.25 per match)
← 2004 2010 → All statistics correct as of 30 November 2013.

The Men's football tournament at 2006 South Asian Games was held across in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 14 to 26 August 2006. All matches took place at Sugathadasa Outdoor Sport Complex. India enter with their U-20 team; the other sides are U-23 teams.

Fixtures and results

Results correct as of 1 December 2013.^[1]

• Times listed are UTC+05:30.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sri Lanka	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Pakistan	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Maldives	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Bhutan	3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0

14 August 2006

18:00

Sri Lanka	1–0	Maldives
Fernando	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium

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16 August 2006

Maldives	1–0	Bhutan
Assad Ali	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium

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19 August 2006

Sri Lanka	0–1	Pakistan
	Report	Lashari

Sugathadasa Stadium

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21 August 2006

Maldives	3–1	Pakistan
	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium

21 August 2006

Sri Lanka	4–0	Bhutan
	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium

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23 August 2006

Pakistan	4–0	Bhutan
Adeel Ahmed Essa Shahid Ahmed 40', 68'	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
India	3	1	2	0	4	5	+1	5
Bangladesh	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
Afghanistan	3	0	2	1	1	5	–4	2

14 August 2006

India	0–0	Afghanistan
	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

14 August 2006

Bangladesh	1–1	Nepal
Faisal 13'	Report Report	Anjan 39'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

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16 August 2006

Afghanistan	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

16 August 2006

Nepal	1–1	India
Shahukhala (pen.)	Report	Sushil 63'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

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19 August 2006

India	2–1	Bangladesh
Sushil 11' Branco 23'	Report	Firoz 80' (pen.)

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

19 August 2006

Nepal	5–1	Afghanistan
Gurung 14' Ju Manu Rai 17', 44', 62' Rai 18'	Report	Hafizullah 54'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 August – Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Pakistan	2
					26 August – Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Nepal	1
					Sri Lanka	0
	24 August – Colombo, Sri Lanka
					Pakistan	1
	India	1 (5)
	Sri Lanka (p)	1 (6)
					Third place
					26 August – Colombo, Sri Lanka
					India	0
					Nepal	2

Semi finals

24 August 2006

India	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sri Lanka
Sadlan Perera 120'	Report	Lalramluaha 98'
Penalties
	5–6

Colombo, Sri Lanka

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24 August 2006

Pakistan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Nepal
Essa 70'	Report	Rai 30' Anjan 55' (o.g.)

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Bronze medal match

26 August 2006

India	0–2	Nepal ( Bronze)
	Report	Rai 4' Maharjan 13'

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Gold medal match

26 August 2006

( Silver) Sri Lanka	0–1	Pakistan ( Gold)
	Report	Adeel Ahmed 45'

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Winner

Football at the 2006 South Asian Games
Pakistan Fourth title

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	9	4	+5	12
2	Sri Lanka	5	3	0	2	6	3	+3	9
3	Nepal	5	2	2	1	10	5	+5	8
4	India	5	1	2	2	5	8	–3	5
5	Maldives	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
6	Bangladesh	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
7	Afghanistan	3	0	2	1	1	5	–4	2
8	Bhutan	3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0

Notes and references

1. "South Asian Games Sri Lanka 2006". Footballinternational.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

External links

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