Biannual tournament for the nations surrounding the Indian Peninsula. In 1993 the tournament was called "South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation" Gold Cup, in 1995 simply "South Asian Gold Cup 95"; since 1997 onwards it is known as the "South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup" or "South Asian Football Federation Championship" .
year winner runners-up venue
1993 India Sri Lanka Lahore, Pakistan
1995 Sri Lanka India Colombo, Sri Lanka
1997 India Maldives Kathmandu, Nepal
1999 India Bangladesh Margao, Goa
2003 Bangladesh Maldives Dhaka, Bangladesh [*]
2005 India Bangladesh Karachi, Pakistan
2008 Maldives India Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009 India Maldives Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011 India Afghanistan New Delhi, India
[*] postponed from Oct/Nov 2001 to Jan/Feb 2002; then postponed due to suspension of
Bangladesh FA from FIFA; rescheduled for Jan 2003
Number of Titles (9; runners-up finishes between square brackets)
6 [2] India
1 [3] Maldives
1 [2] Bangladesh
1 [1] Sri Lanka
[1] Afghanistan
With thanks to Malik Riaz Hai Naveed (info@footballpakistan.com)
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