South Asian Football Federation Championship cup which is
also renowned as SAFF Suzuki cup will be taken place in Bangabandhu National
Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It gives the opportunity to young and dynamic
players all around South Asia to battle against each other for the
championship. Total of eight countries in the south Asian region will compete
in the tournament and the finals of the tournament to be held on 15th of
September 2018. History of the Tournament. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Afghanistan are the countries will
compete in the tournament. The inaugural South Asian Football Federation was
held in 1997 in Nepal. And from the inception, this tournament became the most
prominent soccer tournament for south Asia. Out of the 8 countries, India has
won the tournament 07 times while Maldives, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri
Lanka have won the tournament a single time.
In 2016 the
tournament’s executive committee decided to award the hosting rights of the
tournament to Bangladesh and they have held the games twice before in 2003 as
well as 2009. For 2018 SAFF games, Trivandrum in India along with Maldives and
Bhutan also made bids to host the games. The games will be held at Bangabandhu
National Stadium in Dhaka which can hold up to 30,000 spectators. Teams have
been divided into two groups. Group A consists of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal,
and Pakistan. And Group B consists of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. After
the group stages top two teams from each group will battle in a knockout phase
and from the winner will be decided on 15th of September 2018.
You can
watch SAFF Suzuki cup 2018 live from Yupp TV as it has been awarded the rights
to the tournament. Yupp TV is one of the largest television broadcasters in the
South Asian region with their headquarters based in Atlanta and Hyderabad. With
their high-quality broadcasting technology, all matches can easily be viewed on
their channel.
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