2018 SAFF Championship Final
# 2018 SAFF Championship Final

The 2018 SAFF Championship Final is a football match that took place on 12 September 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. It was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the Bangabandhu nation stadium, Dhaka. The Maldives came out 2–1 winners against India to secure their second SAFF Championship.

## Route to the final

| Maldives | Maldives | Round | India | India |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| Sri Lanka | 0–0 | Match 1 | Sri Lanka | 2–0 |
| India | 0–2 | Match 2 | Maldives | 2–0 |
| Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 220040+26  Maldives 201102-21  Sri Lanka 201102-21 | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 220040+26  Maldives 201102-21  Sri Lanka 201102-21 | Final standings | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 220040+26  Maldives 201102-21  Sri Lanka 201102-21 | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  India 220040+26  Maldives 201102-21  Sri Lanka 201102-21 |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Nepal | 3–0 | Semi-finals | Pakistan | 3–1 |

## Match

### Details

| Maldives | India |
| - | - |
| GK | 22 | Mohamed Faisal |
| RB | 4 | Hussain Sifaau |
| CB | 2 | Ali Samooh |
| CB | 13 | Akram Abdul Ghanee (c) | | 39' |
| LB | 25 | Samdhooh Mohamed |
| DM | 23 | Hussain Nihan |
| DM | 20 | Ibrahim Waheed Hassan |
| RW | 7 | Ali Fasir | 66' 67' |
| AM | 17 | Ibrahim Mahudhee | 19' |
| LW | 10 | Hamza Mohamed | | 88' |
| CF | 11 | Naiz Hassan | | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Ahmed Numaan | | 39' |
| MF | 6 | Mohamed Arif | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Asadhulla Abdulla | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Petar Segrt ||
| GK | 1 | Vishal Kaith |
| RB | 5 | Davinder Singh | | 45' |
| CB | 2 | Salam Ranjan Singh |
| CB | 12 | Sarthak Golui |
| LB | 3 | Subhasish Bose (c) | 45+1' |
| RM | 22 | Nikhil Poojari |
| CM | 14 | Vinit Rai |
| CM | 7 | Anirudh Thapa | | 73' |
| LM | 19 | Ashique Kuruniyan |
| CF | 15 | Farukh Choudhary | | 68' |
| CF | 9 | Manvir Singh |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Germanpreet Singh | | 45' |
| MF | 11 | Hitesh Sharma | | 73' |
| FW | 10 | Sumeet Passi | 90+2' | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Stephen Constantine ||
| Assistant referees: Hossein Ziari (Iran) Apichit Nophuan (Thailand) Fourth official: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand) | Match rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if scores level Penalty shoot-out if scores still level 12 substitutes named, of which three may be used |
