2013 SAFF Championship


The 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly referred to as 2013 SAFF Championship, was the 10th SAFF Championship for men's national football teams organized by the South Asian Football Federation. The tournament took place from 31 August to 11 September 2013, and was hosted by Nepal for the second time, with the previous being in 1997.

Host selection

Nepal were selected as hosts in September 2012 during the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.

Broadcasting

The tournament was broadcast live in Nepal on Kantipur Television Network, Tolo TV in Afghanistan and Television Maldives in Maldives. Every match was broadcast live on YouTube.

Participating nations

Along with the hosts, the other seven nations from the South Asian region participated in the tournament. India came into the tournament as the reigning champions from the 2011 edition.
TeamAppearances
in the SAFF Championship		Previous best performanceFIFA Ranking
at start of event
10thThird-Place 170
6thRunners-up 139
9thChampions 158
6thSemi-finals 207
10thChampions 145
8thChampions 153
10thThird-Place 167
10thChampions 170

Group Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 30 July 2013 at Kathmandu's Soaltee Crowne Plaza was attended by a host of dignitaries including All Nepal Football Association Chairman Ganesh Thapa, SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin, Secretary Alberto Colaco and National Sports Council Member-Secretary Yubaraj Lama.
Group AGroup B








Venues


KathmanduKathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala StadiumHalchowk Stadium
Capacity: 25,000Capacity: 3,500

Squads

Match officials

On 22 August 2013, SAFF announced the 15 referees for the tournament.
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SAFF confirmed the groups and schedule on 30 July 2013.
All times listed are Nepali Standard Time.

Group A


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Group B


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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Winner

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2013 SAFF Championship.

Team of the tournament

The team was appointed by Sportskeeda:
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersStrikers

Mansur Faqiryar
Mustafa Hadid

Zohib Islam Amiri

Zesh Rehman

Rabin Shrestha
Francis Fernandes

Rafi Barekzai

Mohamed Arif

Bharat Khawas
Sandjar Ahmadi

Ali Ashfaq

Prize money

The prize money given to the top four teams:
Final placingPrize money
Champions50,000
Runner-up25,000
Semi-Finalists10,000

Goalscorers

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