Third South Asian Football Federation

Final Bangladesh 1 Nepal 0

Booters play Maldives today
Hosts Bangladesh take on Maldives in their second Group B match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The game will start at 5.45pm. Fresh after their 1-0 win over Nepal on Saturday, the boys of Austro-Hungarian coach George Kottan will be looking for a repeat act to seal their place in the semifinals. It will be Bangladesh's first meeting with the tiny islanders after the 1-1 drawn encounter in a four-nation invitational tournament in Male in 2000. Maldives also won their opening match against newcomers Bhutan 6-0 on Saturday.The national team trained at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the morning where Kottan said he would start with the same team that played against Nepal.

Pakistan Team after the match!

Pakistan first into last four!
Pakistan continued to defy the formbook by becoming the first team to reach the semifinals of the Third South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship with a 2-1 victory against Sri Lanka at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Starting the eight-nation meet as underdogs, the unheralded Pakistan team floored a much-vaunted Lankans to carry on from their upset 1-0 win against defending champions India in the tournament opener on Friday. After a barren first half Zahid Niaz struck for Pakistan in the 50th minute. Shrafaraz Rasool, who scored the all-important against India, confirmed a back-to-back Pakistan win adding the second in the 86th minute.. More>>