Football at the 1987 South Asian Games

1987 South Asian Games Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	21–26 November
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Third place	Pakistan
Fourth place	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	20 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ganesh Thapa (5 goals)
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Men's football took place at the 1987 South Asian Games in Calcutta, India. India won its second title by defeating Nepal in the final and became the first team to defend the title successfully.^[1][2]

Participating nations[edit]

Country	Appearance
India (Host)	2nd
Nepal	3rd
Pakistan	2nd
Maldives	3rd
Bangladesh	3rd
Bhutan	3rd

Fixtures and results[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	3	Gold medal match
2	Pakistan	2	1	0	1	1	0	+1	2	Bronze medal match
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

21 November 1987

India	0–0	Pakistan

22 November 1987

Pakistan	1–0	Maldives
Sharafat Ali

23 November 1987

India	5–0	Maldives
Shareef (o.g.) Sisir Ghosh Amit Bhadra Deepak Kumar Krishanu Dey

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nepal	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	4	Gold medal match
2	Bangladesh	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2	Bronze medal match
3	Bhutan	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0

21 November 1987

Nepal	1–0	Bangladesh
Mani Shah	Report

22 November 1987

Bangladesh	3–0	Bhutan
Khurshid Alam Babul Badal Das Masul Ahmed Ali	Report

23 November 1987

Nepal	6–2	Bhutan
Ganesh Thapa Mani Shah		Khare Basnet

Bronze medal match[edit]

25 November 1987

Pakistan	1–0	Bangladesh

Gold medal match[edit]

26 November 1987

India	1–0	Nepal
Mohammed Farid 89'

Winners[edit]

Football at the 1987 South Asian Games
India Second title

References[edit]