SAFF Championship History

Championship History

Year	Host	Final
		Champion	Score	Runner-up
1993	Pakistan	India	2 - 0	Sri Lanka
1995	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1 - 0	India
1997	Nepal	India	5 - 1	Maldives
1999	India	India	2 - 0	Bangladesh
2003	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1 - 1 5 - 3 (pens)	Maldives
2005	Pakistan	India	2 - 0	Bangladesh
2008	Maldives and  Sri Lanka	Maldives	1 - 0	India
2009	Bangladesh	India	0 - 0 3 - 1 (pens)	Maldives
2011	India	India	4 - 0	Afghanistan

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SAFF Championship 2013: Schedule

Schedule

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SAFF Championship 2013: Venues

Championship Venues

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Stadium Capacity: 18,000
Address: Kantipath Road, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Armed Forces Stadium

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SAFF Championship 2013: Info

Background

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship kicked off in Kathmandu in 1997, evolving out of its Forerunner, the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Gold Cup.

Since its Inception, the biennial competition has developed into South Asia's premier football tournament, promoting the regional development of the game and providing plenty of exciting action and wonderful skills for fans to savour in one of the most populous areas of the world.

All eight SAFF members - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will take part in the 10th Edition of this event which will take place in Kathmandu from 31st Aug - 11th Sep 2013.

Roll of Honour

Year Winner
2011 India
2009 India
2008 Maldives
2005 India
2003 Bangladesh
1999 India
1997 India
1995 Sri Lanka
1993 India

Event Format

The 2013 edition of the SAFF Championship will see 8 teams divided into two (2) groups of four (4) for single round-robin play, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

All matches will be played in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Event Date

31st Aug - 11th September 2013

Hosts

All Nepal Football Federation (ANFA) and South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Prize Money

Champions: US$50,000

Runner-up: US$25,000
Third/Fourth: US$10,000 each

Entries

Afghanistan

Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

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SAFF Championship 2013: Nepal National Team Final Squad Announced

ANFA announced 20-member Nepal National team final squad for SAFF Championship which is starting from August 31.

Head coach Jack Stefanowski and his assistant Richard Orlowski selected the players for the championship.

Nepal is grouped with India, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the mega SAARC event.

Final Squad:

Goalkeepers: Kiran Chemjong, Ritesh Thapa, Bishal Shrestha.

Defenders: Sagar Thapa, Biraj Maharjan, Rabin Shrestha, Sabindra Shrestha, Sandip Rai, Rohit Chand.

Midfielders: Bhola Silwal, Raju Tamang, Bikram Lama, Jagjeet Shrestha, Tanka Basnet, Prakash

Forwards: Anil Gurung, Jumanu Rai, Santosh Sahukhala, Bharat Khawas, Bimal Gharti Magar .

Nirajan Khadka, Bijaya Dhimal, Ananta Tamang, Tek Budhathoki and Bijaya Gurung couldn't make it to the final squad.

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ACC Emerging Teams Cup, Group A: India Under-23s v Nepal at Singapore, Aug 20, 2013

India Under-23s 268/5 (50 ov)
Nepal 184/8 (50.0 ov)

India Under-23s won by 84 runs

Bowling and batting display of Nepal...

It was an easy win for India U-23s, Opened with the spinner, runs were dried up, Nepal batsman couldn't score freely, they kept on loosing wickets at regular intervals, for India U-23s Ankeet Bawne gave the crutial break troughs with his off break, other bowlers also chipped in with few wicklets, from here on for Nepal its very tough to qualify for the knock outs

Surya Kumar Yadav has been announced the Man of the Match for his all round performance with the bat and bowl, In the other match its bit close UAE need 59 of 33 balls looks like a nail biter.

Points table:

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Nepal Football: Friendly Match: Second String Nepal National Team Hammers Al- Arabi SC

Second string Nepal National Team overpowered Al-Arabai 8-2 in a friendly match played in Al- Arabi Stadium, Mansouriya, Kuwait.

Bimal Gharti Magar scored a hat trick while Santosh Sahukhala scored a brace.

Nirajan Khadka, Bijaya Gurung and tek Budhathoki contributed one each for the winning side.

Nepal conceded two goals, one through own goal and another through spot kick.

Nepal XI: Bishal, Rohit, Ananta, Bijay, Sabindra, Bikram, Tek, Nirajan, Bijay, Santosh, Bimal. Bijay Gurung is the skipper of the team.

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Nepal National Team Beats Kuwait U-20 In A Friendly Match 17 Aug 2013

Jumanu Rai and Anil Gurung scored apiece as Nepal National Team defeated Kuwait U-20 Team 2-0 in a friendly match played at Al Kazma SC ground on Sunday morning.

Jumanu Rai scored a beautiful goal in 42nd minute making use of cross from Anil Gurung just before going for a half time break.

Anil Gurung supplied a cross to Jumanu Rai who made no mistake in slamming home the second goal in 58th minute.

Nepal will now take on Al arabi SC on Sunday at the same ground.

Nepal XI: Kiran(GK), Sagar(C), Biraj, Sandip, Rabin, Bhola, Raju, Tanka, Jagjeet, Jumanu, Anil.

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Match Info: ACC Emerging Teams Cup, Group A: Afghanistan v Nepal at Singapore, Aug 17, 2013

Afghanistan 169/9 (50 ov)

Nepal 157 (45.3/46 ov, target 161)

Afghanistan won by 3 runs (D/L method)

Afghanistan pull it out of the fire! These two teams always find a way to win close matches, one of them had to lose, it's like Djokovic v Nadal, only good performances are good enough! Nepal had it won, maybe inexperience cost them, certainly some great death bowling by Hamid did too. A game played in trying conditions by both sides, batting was never easy with so much moisture in the air and then bad light and rain but it was an awesome game irrespective of all that and Paras Khadka and Hamid Hassan carried the flag for their nations with immense distinction. Lots of candidates for Man of the Match but we're all in agreement, Paras Khadka had the biggest impact on the match.

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Check out what our captain has to say about the Sri lanka Tour..

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ACC EMERGING TEAMS CUP: PREVIEW

ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2013: The captains pose with the trophy

The ACC Emerging Teams Cup has been created by the Asian Cricket Council for the specific cause of developing the talents of the most prominent young cricketers of Asia. The event, the inaugural edition of which is being held in Singapore, follows on from the Council’s highly successful U-19 Asia Cup series. The most recent ACC U-19 Asia Cup was played in front of packed houses, the Final, played between India and Pakistan, going down to the last ball and ending in a tie. The event served as a direct warm-up for the ICC U19 World Cup and this Emerging Teams Cup is directed at promoting the careers of the cricketers in the Test-playing countries and our leading Associate nations.

Those with the most potential to succeed on the highest stage have been selected by the Test-playing countries, and the three Associate nations’ teams who join hosts Singapore in the event, have won the right to match themselves against the Under-23 cricketers of the Test-playing nations by virtue of their standings in the most recent ACC Trophy in 2012. In a year of highly exciting ACC finals, the last ACC Trophy ended in yet another tie, this time between UAE and Nepal. Afghanistan weren’t at their best in that particular event, perhaps wearied by their efforts at the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka just a couple of weeks earlier, but they have been showing some form in the lead-up to this Emerging Teams Cup. I know that the National Academies of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been filled by their U-23s in recent weeks, what has also impressed is the intensity with which Afghanistan in Namibia, Nepal in Sri Lanka, and the UAE in Canada, have been preparing for this ACC Emerging Teams Cup. We are just starting a highly significant six months for the Associate teams, with T20 and 50-over World Cup places at stake in various qualifiers and this ACC Emerging Teams Cup can only help our ACC Associate teams’ causes.

Honours even at the end of the 2012 U-19 Asia Cup

With the gracious support of the Test-playing nations, not least through their unwavering support for the Asia Cup, the next one of which will be played in Bangladesh in February 2014 and which does so much to raise the funds necessary for our Development Program, the ACC Emerging Teams Cup is likely to be a regular biennial feature of the ACC tournament calendar from now on. The gap between the Test-playing nations and Associates at U-19 level has narrowed, we trust that the U-23 cricketers of the Test-playing nations will now also be pushed hard, perhaps even to the limit, by Associate cricketers who have been guided, trained and developed by our Asian Cricket Council tournament and coaching programs, Development Officers and management practises.

With so many first-class cricketers in the event already, future Test, ODI and T20 stars could become apparent in a very short space of time, such is the prominence and competitiveness of this event. We are a development body. This is what we do: provide the best possible conditions for Asian cricket and Asian cricketers to succeed.

ACC Emerging Teams Cup

Source: http://www.asiancricket.org/

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Achivements of Nepalese Cricket Team:

Achivements of Nepalese Cricket Team in recent years:

2009 Winners, ACC U-17 Elite Cup,

2009 Third, ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship,

2010 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5,

2010 Finalists, ACC U-16 Elite Cup,

2010 Finalists, ACC Trophy Elite Cup,

2010 Winners, ACC U-19 Women’s Championship,

2011 Finalists, ACC U-19 Elite Cup,

2012 Winners, ACC U-19 Women’s Championship,

2012 Seventh, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier,

2012 Finalists, ACC U-16 Elite Cup,

2012 Participants, ACC U-19 Asia Cup,

2012 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4,

2012 Joint winners, ACC Trophy Elite,

2012 Participants, ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup,

2013 Third, ACC Women’s Championship,

2013 Finalists, ACC Twenty20 Cup,

2013 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3,

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Team's announcement for upcoming ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2013

All teams have announced their squad for this event. All eight teams are divided into two groups A and B. India, Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan are included in group A while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE and Singapore belong to group A. Top teams from each group will qualify for semi final which will be held on Friday, 23th August 2013 and the winners of semi final will be played in final match on Sunday, 25th August 2013.

Group A

NEPAL

Paras Khadka (captain), Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Rahul Vishwakarma, Shakti Gauchan, Basant Regmi, Sagar Pun, Pradeep Airee, Anil Mandal, Prithu Baskota, Binod Bhandari, Chandra Sawad, Subash Khakurel, Avinash Karn and Ramnaresh Giri.

AFGHANISTAN

Mohammad Nabi (Captain), Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Shahzad, Dawlat Zadran, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Mohibullah Oryakhil, Mirwais Ashraf, Gulbadin Naib, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi.

PAKISTAN U-23

Hammad Azam (Captain), Azeem Ghumman, Babar Azam, Bilawal Bhatti, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Waqas, Nasir Malik, Raza Hasan, Rumman Raees, Umar Siddiq, Umar Waheed, Usman Qadir and Usman Salahuddin.

INDIA U-23

Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), K L Rahul, Kaustubh Pawar, Ankit Bawne, Unmukt Chand, Ashok Maneria, Manprit Juneja, Smit Patel, Prashant Chopra, Jasprit Bumrah, Sandeep Warrier, Harshal Patel, Akshar Patel, Sandeep Sharma and B Aparajith.


Group B

SINGAPORE

Saad Khan Janjua (Captain), Chetan Suryawanshi, Andre de Lange, Anish Param, Kshitij Shinde, Ishaan Shekar, Shoib Razak, Prasheen Param, Amjad Mahboob, Chaminda Ruwan, Timothy Singham, Abhiraj Singh, Irfan Madakia, Rezza Gaznavi and Narender Reddy.

UAE

Ahmed Raza (Captain), Saqib Ali, Vikrant Shetty, Shaiman Anwar, Nasir Aziz, Abdul Shakoor, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Naveed, Manjula Guruge, Shareef Asadullah, Fayyaz Ahmed, Shadeep Silva, Dan D’Souza, Swapnil Patil and Muhammad Azam.

BANGLADESH U-23

Litton Das (Captain), Mizanur Rahman, Myshukur Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Rumman Ahmed, Mohammad Mithun, Asif Ahmed, Nurul Hasan, Alauddin Babu, Mahamadul Hasan, Taijul Islam, Dewan Sabbir and Abu Jayed.

SRI LANKA U-23

Kithruwan Vithanage (Captain), Shehan Jayasuriya, Niroshan Dikwella, Udara Jayasundera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Rumesh Buddhika, Kusal Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Amila Aponso, Maduka Liyanapathirange, Lahiru Jayaratne, Kasun Madushanka, Lahiru Madushanka, Chathuranga Kumara and Charith Jayampathi.

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Practice Match: 5th match: Nepal Vs North East Province

Match Info:

Nepal won the match by 168 runs...

North East Province: 105 all out

Nepal 273/8 (50 ov)

Nepal's bowling performance:

Avinash 6 overs-2 maidens -18 runs-3 wickets
Ram Naresh Giri 5 overs-1 maidens-23 runs-1 wickets
Chandra 5 overs-1 median -18 runs-2 wickets
Shakti Gauchan6 overs-4 maidens-13 runs-1 wicket
Sahrad 4 overs-0 maiden-19 runs-3 wickets
Gynendra Mall 2 overs-0 madiens-13 runs-0 wicket


Nepal has managed to score 273 runs losing 8 wickets in the end of their innings of 50 overs.

Anil mandal-64
Subash Khukurel-26
Gyandera Malla-19
Paras Khadka-38
Binod Bhandari-30
Sharad-20
Sagar Pun-10
Shakti-4
Basanta-11*
Rahul-25*

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Nepal In The T20 World Cup Race

Nepali Cricket Team will start their T20 world cup campaign on November 15 against Denmark. The tournament will begin from November 15- November 30. After the defeat against Italy in European Qualification, Denmark was selected in the difficult pool along with Nepal. Afghanistan, Scotland, Netherland, Papua New Guinea(PNG), Kenya, Bermuda are the other team in Group B along with Nepal and Denmark.

While, the host nation UAE is in group A along with Ireland, Canada, Hongkong, Uganda, America, Namibia and Italy. The top 5 team from each group will advance to the next round and among the top 10 teams, 6 team will make the final berth for the T20 World Cup, Bangaldesh that wil be held from March 16 – April 6.

Meanwhile Nepal will play their warm up match against host UAE on November 12, and with USA on November 13.

In the last T20 World Cup Qualifier, Nepal defeated Kenya, Bermuda, Denmark and Papua New Guinea while lost against Afghanistan and Netherland and Nepal finished 7th in the tournament by defeating PNG. Scotland will be the new opponents for Nepal.Fixture Of Nepali Cricket Team :

November 15: Nepal Vs Denmark ( Global Cricket Academy-2, Dubai)

November 16: Nepal Vs Kenya ( Global Cricket Academy-2, Dubai)

November 18: Nepal Vs Scotland ( Global Cricket Academy-2, Dubai)

November 19: Nepal Vs Papua New Guinea (Sharjah)

November 20: Nepal Vs Netherland (Sharjah)

November 22: Nepal Vs Afghanistan (Sharjah)

November 23: Nepal Vs Bermuda ( Global Cricket Academy-2, Dubai)

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