SAFF - South Asian Football Federation - 2023

Introduction 

The 2023 SAFF competition (for sponsorship reasons known as the 2023 Bangabandhu SAFF Championship) was the 14th edition of the SAFF Championship, South Asia's biennial international men's football competition organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). From the 21st of June to the 4th of July, 2023, the competition was held in the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, India. India, who were the reigning champions, won their tenth title by claiming victory over Kuwait in the championship match.

Table of Content

• Details 

• History 

• Selecting a Host 

• Participating Countries

• Winning Coach 

• Result 

• Awards

• Champion 

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Details

History 

Currently, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are participating in the tournaments. Once every two years, in fact. In 2005, Afghanistan became a member of SAFF, however by 2015, it had moved on to create the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).

As a successor to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Gold Cup, the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship made its debut in Lahore that same year, 1993. The event, which is held every two years, has become the most prestigious in South Asian football since it began. Due to the Bangladesh Football Federation's ban from FIFA, the SAFF Championship 2001 was initially scheduled for October/November 2001 but was moved to January/February 2002 and then to 2003. Bangladesh played host in 2018. The 2021 tournament was postponed twice because of the COVID-19 epidemic, and the final date will now be in October 2021.

Selecting a Host

On October 17, 2021, in the Maldives, Football Sri Lanka submitted a bid to host the tournament to the SAFF Executive Committee. On 21 January 2023, however, FIFA banned Sri Lanka from hosting or participating in any football tournaments. 

When the deadline for applications to host SAFF was January 29, 2023, only Nepal had submitted a bid at the time. Following the SAFF members' meeting at the 33rd AFC Congress in Manama, Bahrain on February 1, 2023, the host was expected to be announced. India has been selected to host the 14th annual championship on February 14, 2023. On March 19, 2023, AIFF revealed that Bangalore would be hosting the 2023 SAFF Championship.

Participating Countries

On 21 January 2023, FIFA banned Sri Lankan football, rendering the national team ineligible for international competition. To raise the level of competition and the total number of teams participating in the championship, Kuwait and Lebanon were invited as guest teams.

Winning Coach

Result

Awards

Champion 

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