2009 ANFA Cup

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2009 Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament
2009 ANFA Cup
Tournament details
Country Nepal
Dates5 - 14 March 2009
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsNepal Nepal Red[a]
Runner-up Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored24 (2.67 per match)

2009 ANFA Cup, marketed as Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament, the thirteenth version of the ANFA Cup, a knock-out football tournament organized by the All Nepal Football Association. All matches were played at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu. Six teams participated in the tournament.[1][2][3]

Teams[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Knockout stage
2 ThailandJW GROUP 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Nepal Nepal Blue[b] (H) 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
5 March 2009 Nepal Nepal Blue 2-3  Sri Lanka Kathmandu[5]
Santosh Sahukhala 7'
Santosh Nepali 73'		 E.B Channa 25'
Chathura Gunaratne 28'
Chatura Madhuranga 65'
7 March 2009 Nepal Nepal Blue 1-1 ThailandJW GROUP Kathmandu[6]
Yougal Kishor Rai 41' Rachanath 83'
9 March 2009  Sri Lanka 0-0 ThailandJW GROUP Kathmandu

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nepal Nepal Red[a] (H) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Knockout stage
2 BangladeshArambagh KS 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Pakistan 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
6 March 2009 Nepal Nepal Red 1-1 BangladeshArambagh KS Kathmandu[7]
Anajan KC 8' Khalid Saifulla 52'
8 March 2009 BangladeshArambagh KS 1-1  Pakistan Kathmandu
11 March 2009 Nepal Nepal Red 1-0  Pakistan Kathmandu[8]
Jaffar Khan 67' (o.g.)

Bracket[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 12 March
 
 
 Sri Lanka 4
 
 14 March
 
BangladeshArambagh KS 0
 
Nepal Nepal Red (pen.) 0 (4)
 
 13 March
 
 Sri Lanka 0 (2)
 
Nepal Nepal Red 2
 
 
ThailandJW GROUP 0
 

Matches[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

12 March 2009  Sri Lanka 4-0 BangladeshArambagh KS Kathmandu
13 March 2009 Nepal Nepal Red 2-0 ThailandJW GROUP Kathmandu

Final[edit]

14 March 2009 Nepal Nepal Red 0-0
(4-2 after penalties)
(4-2[9] p)		  Sri Lanka Kathmandu
Penalties

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nepal Red was effectively a full national team
  2. ^ a b Nepal Blue was effectively a national B team

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh in Nepal's Prime Minister Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister's Cup Invitational Soccer SL to meet Nepal Red XI today". The Island. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Nepal Selects Squad For PM Cup". Goal.com. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Nepal PM Cup: Lanky Lankans Go Through". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Nepal Blue Suffers Another Pain". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. ^ "PM Cup: Pakistan, Arambagh Ready For Clash". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Pakistan crash out of Prime Minister's Cup in Nepal". The News. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Nepal beat Sri Lanka in a cliffhanger". The Island. 15 March 2009.
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