Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Football at the 1985 South Asian Games
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates21–25 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Third place   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)India Sisir Ghosh
(4 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 1985 South Asian Games was held from 21 to 25 December 1985 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nepal was the defending champion.

India won the tournament by defeating Bangladesh in the final.[1][2]

Participating nations

Country Appearance
 Bangladesh (Host)2nd
 Bhutan2nd
 India1st
 Maldives2nd
   Nepal2nd
 Pakistan1st

Fixtures and results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 4  Gold medal match
2  Pakistan 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2  Bronze medal match
3  Maldives 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh 2–1 Pakistan
Pakistan 3–1 Maldives
Agha Saeed 18', 44'
Shaukat 39'		 Moosa 48'
Referee: Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 8–0 Maldives
 Report
Referee: Roshan Kumar Shrestha (Nepal)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4  Gold medal match
2    Nepal 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2  Bronze medal match
3  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: RSSSF
India 2–0   Nepal
Sisir
Nepal   1–0 Bhutan
Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan 32'
Referee: Ataul Huq Mallik (Bangladesh)
India 3–0 Bhutan
Babu Mani 62', 72'
Sisir 83'
Referee: Zahirul Haque (Bangladesh)

Bronze medal match

Pakistan 2–2   Nepal
Anwar 11'
Saeed 58'		 Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan 44'
AMB Mala 83'
Penalties
Agha Saeed football with check mark
Mukhtar football with check mark
Nasir Abbas football with red X
Zulfiqar Ahmed football with red X
Shaukat football with red X		 2–3 Mani Shah football with check mark
Ganesh Pandey football with check mark
Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan football with check mark

Gold medal match

Winners

 Football at the 1985 South Asian Games 

India
First title

References

  1. ↑ Garin, Erik. "2nd South Asian Federation Games 1985 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF.
  2. ↑ "India NT Results". archive.org.
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