2011 SAFF Championship

The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.

Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India, but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All [India Football Federation] on 22 September.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.

Group A	Group B

Group stage

All times are Indian Standard Time – UTC+5:30

Group A

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Group B

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Statistics

Goalscorers

;7 goals

Sunil Chhetri

;6 goals

Balal Arezou

;3 goals

Clifford Miranda

;2 goals

;1 goal

;Own goal

Bandara Warakagoda

Other statistics

Most wins India 4 wins
Most Losses Bhutan 3 loss
Most Draws Pakistan 3 draws
First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for Maldives vs Nepal
Most goals scored in a match Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Bhutan
Lowest scores in a match 1. Bangladesh vs Pakistan 0-0

2. Pakistan vs Maldives 0-0

Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for vs 4 Goals
Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for vs in 4 Minutes
Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of
Best match of the tournament vs 1-0

Broadcasting

YouTube Live

In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.

Television

¹ Only Afghan matches
² Only Indian matches