1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	4–13 September
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maldives
Third place	Pakistan
Fourth place	Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	29 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	IM Vijayan (6 goals)
← 1995 1999 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Kathmandu, Nepal between 4 and 13 September. ^[1] India won the championship after defeating Maldives in the final. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Venues

Kathmandu	Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Pakistan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Nepal (H)	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Maldives	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

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Knockout phase

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	A1	Sri Lanka	1
	B2	Maldives	2
						B2	Maldives	1
						B1	India	5
	B1	India	2
	A2	Pakistan	0			3rd Place
						A1	Sri Lanka	0
						A2	Pakistan	1

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Champion

SAFF Gold Cup 1997
India Second title

References

• "South Asian Gold Cup 1997 (Kathmandu, Nepal)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-12-28.