Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals.[1][2]
| Founded | Men: 1985 Women: 2010 |
|---|---|
| Region | SAFF (South Asia) |
| Current champions | M:  NepalW:  India(2019) |
| Most successful team(s) | M: Nepal &  Pakistan(4 titles each) W: India (3 titles) |
 2019 (M), 2019 (W) | |
Results
editMen's tournament
editAccurate as of 10 December 2019.[5]
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold
|
Score |  Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1984 |
Kathmandu, Nepal |  Nepal |
4−2 |  Bangladesh |
 Maldives |
unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record | |||
| 1985 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |  India |
1−1 (4–1 p) |
Bangladesh |
Nepal |
2–2 (3–2 p) |
 Pakistan | ||
| 1987 |
Culcutta, India | India |
1−0 | Nepal |
Pakistan |
1–0 | Bangladesh | ||
| 1989 |
Islamabad, Pakistan | Pakistan |
1−0 | Bangladesh |
India |
2–1 | Nepal | ||
| 1991 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
2−0 | Maldives |
Bangladesh |
2–0 | Nepal | ||
| 1993 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh | Nepal |
2−2 (4–3 p) |
India |
 Sri Lanka |
3–1 | Maldives | ||
| 1995 |
Madras, India | India |
1−0 | Bangladesh |
Sri Lanka |
0–0 (5–3 p) |
Nepal | ||
| 1999 |
Kathmandu, Nepal | Bangladesh |
1−0 | Nepal |
India |
3–1 | Maldives | ||
Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold
|
Score | Silver
|
Bronze
|
Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004 |
Islamabad, Pakistan | Pakistan |
1−0 | India U-20 |
Sri Lanka |
0–0 (3–2 p) |
 Bhutan | ||
| 2006 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
1−0 | Sri Lanka |
Nepal |
2–0 | India U-20 | ||
| 2010 |
Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
4−0 |  Afghanistan |
Maldives |
0–0 (3–1 p) |
India U-19 | ||
| 2016 |
Guwahati & Shillong, India | Nepal |
2−1 | India |
Bangladesh |
2–2 (5–4 p) |
Maldives | ||
| 2019 |
Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal | Nepal |
2−1 | Bhutan |
As a result of Round-robin | Maldives | |||
Women's tournament
editAccurate as of 9 December 2019.[5]
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold
|
Score | Silver
|
Bronze
|
Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2010 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh | India |
3−1 | Nepal |
Bangladesh |
As a result of Round-robin | Pakistan | ||
| 2016 |
Guwahati & Shillong, India | India |
2−1 | Nepal |
Bangladesh |
As a result of Round-robin | Maldives | ||
| 2019 |
Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal | India |
2−0 | Nepal |
Maldives |
As a result of Round-robin | Sri Lanka | ||
Medal table
editMen's medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepal/ Nepal U-23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Pakistan/ Pakistan U-23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | India/ India U-23/ India U-20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Bangladesh/ Bangladesh U-23 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 |  Sri Lanka/ Sri Lanka U-23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Maldives/ Maldives U-23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Afghanistan U-23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bhutan/ Bhutan U-23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Women's medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Nepal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Total
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India (IND) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Nepal (NEP) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 |  Maldives (MDV) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bhutan (BHU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nepal win gold in men's football, earning hard-fought victory over Bhutan". Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "South Asian Games". IndianFootball.De. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "South Asian Games: Bala Devi grabs brace as India mauls Maldives 5–0". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Indian women's football team trounces Sri Lanka 6–0 in South Asian Games". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ a b "South Asian Federation Games". RSSSF. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2022-05-05.