1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

1999 SAFF Coca-Cola Cup
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates 22 April – 1 May
Teams  (from SAFF confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  India (3rd title)
Runners-up  Bangladesh
Third place  Maldives
Fourth place    Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 26 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nepal Naresh Joshi (3 goals)
India Baichung Bhutia (3 goals)
Bangladesh Mihazur Rehman (3 goals)
Maldives Mohamed Wildhan (3 goals)

The 1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup (also known as SAFF Coca-Cola Cup due to sponsorship reasons) was held in Goa, India between 22 April 1999 and 1 May 1999. The Nehru Stadium in Margao played host to all matches.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 211040+44
 India 211020+24
 Pakistan 200206-60

April 22, 1999
India  0 0  Bangladesh

April 24, 1999
Pakistan  0 4  Bangladesh
Hossain Iqbal  7'
Alfaz Ahmed  33'
Mizanur Rehman  62' 65'

April 26, 1999
India  2 0  Pakistan
Baichung Bhutia  24'
Syed Shabir Pasha  87'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Maldives 211032+14
   Nepal 21015503
 Sri Lanka 201123-11

April 23, 1999
Sri Lanka  0 0  Maldives

April 25, 1999
Sri Lanka  2 3    Nepal
Roshan Pereira  22'
Mohamed Amanulla  24'
Naresh Joshi  4'  41'  81'

April 27, 1999
Nepal    2 3  Maldives
Hari Khadka  65' 90'
Thapa  87'
Shah Ismail  1'
Mohamed Wildhan 74'
Mausoon Bul Ghafoor  85'

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

April 29, 1999
Bangladesh  2 1    Nepal
Mihazur Rehman  5'
Alfaz Ahmed  62'
Balgopal Maharajan  74'

April 29, 1999
Maldives  1 2  India
Mohamed Wildhan  43' Baichung Bhutia  30'
Bruno Coutinho  84'

Third Place Match

May 1, 1999
Maldives  2 0    Nepal
Mohamed Wildhan  60'
Mohamed Ibrahim  85'

Final

May 1, 1999
Bangladesh  0 2  India
Bruno Coutinho  26'
Baichung Bhutia  44'

Champion

 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 1999 

India
Third title
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