who won the SAFF cup 2018?
Options
1) India
2)Maldives
3)Bangladesh
4)Sri lanka
answer
2)Maldives
Other details
Maldives have won the 2018 South Asian Football Federation Cup.
In the final at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka , they defeated defending champions India 2-1.
At half-time, the winners led One-nil.
The win for Maldives comes 10 years after their first SAFF Cup title in 2008.
Seven-time champions India had started as favourites in the summit-clash.
The Indian team, comprising mostly under-23 players, was the only unbeaten side in the tournament.
The last time the Bangabandhu Stadium hosted the tournament in 2009, India and Maldives faced each other in the summit clash and both sides could not score a goal even in the extra time.
India won that final match in penalty shootout.
The South Asian Football Federation Championship or SAFF Championship, officially called SAFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation.
Most successful team(s): India (7 titles)
Date founded: 1993
Options
1) India
2)Maldives
3)Bangladesh
4)Sri lanka
answer
2)Maldives
Other details
Maldives have won the 2018 South Asian Football Federation Cup.
In the final at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka , they defeated defending champions India 2-1.
At half-time, the winners led One-nil.
The win for Maldives comes 10 years after their first SAFF Cup title in 2008.
Seven-time champions India had started as favourites in the summit-clash.
The Indian team, comprising mostly under-23 players, was the only unbeaten side in the tournament.
The last time the Bangabandhu Stadium hosted the tournament in 2009, India and Maldives faced each other in the summit clash and both sides could not score a goal even in the extra time.
India won that final match in penalty shootout.
The South Asian Football Federation Championship or SAFF Championship, officially called SAFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation.
Most successful team(s): India (7 titles)
Date founded: 1993
