2020 Bangabandhu Cup
# 2020 Bangabandhu Cup

The 2020 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2020 Bangabandhu Cup was an international football tournament organized and hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a name of tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 6th edition of the tournament, with six teams competing from 15 to 25 January 2020.

Palestine were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after beating Burundi 3–1 on 25 January 2020.

## Participating nations

The FIFA Rankings of participating national teams before the draw, as of 19 December 2019.

| Country | FIFA Ranking | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - |
| Bangladesh (Host) | 187 | Runners-up (2015) |
| Palestine | 106 | Champions (2018) |
| Burundi | 151 | Debut |
| Mauritius | 172 | Debut |
| Seychelles | 200 | Debut |
| Sri Lanka | 205 | Group stage (2016) |

## Draw

The draw was held on 4 January 2020 at 12:00 BST at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka. The 6 teams were drawn into 2 groups of 3, by selecting one team from each of the 3 ranked pots.

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| - | - | - |
| Palestine (106) Burundi (151) | Mauritius (172) Bangladesh (187) (hosts) | Seychelles (200) Sri Lanka (205) |

## Venue

All matches were held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

| Dhaka | Dhaka |
| - | - |
| Bangabandhu National Stadium | Dhaka |
| 23°43′40.2″N 90°24′48.4″E﻿ / ﻿23.727833°N 90.413444°E﻿ / 23.727833; 90.413444﻿ (Dhaka) | Dhaka |
| Capacity: 36,000 seats | Dhaka |

## Group stage

* Times listed are UTC+6:00 (BST)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Palestine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bangladesh (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Burundi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Seychelles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

* Times listed are UTC+6:00 (BST)
* In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 January – Dhaka | 22 January – Dhaka |
| Palestine | 1 |
| Palestine | 1 | 25 January – Dhaka | 25 January – Dhaka |
| Seychelles | 0 | 25 January – Dhaka | 25 January – Dhaka |
| Seychelles | 0 | Palestine | 3 |
| 23 January – Dhaka | 23 January – Dhaka | | Palestine | 3 |
| 23 January – Dhaka | 23 January – Dhaka | Burundi | 1 |
| Burundi | 3 | Burundi | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | | |

## Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.11 goals per match.

7 goals

* Jospin Nshimirimana

3 goals

* Layth Kharoub
* Khaled Salem

2 goals

* Motin Mia
* Asman Ndikumana
* Amissi Tambwe
* Adrien François
* Perry Monnaie

1 goal

* Mohammad Ibrahim
* Jason Ferré
* Mahmoud Abu Warda
* Sameh Maraaba
* Gervais Waye-Hive

## Sponsorship

Local sports marketing company K–Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures.

## Prize money

The following prize money amounts were given at the end of the tournament.

| Position | Amount (thousand USD) | Amount (thousand USD) |
| - | - | - |
| Position | Per team | Total |
| Champions | 30 | 30 |
| Runners-up | 20 | 20 |
| Total | Total | 50 |

## Broadcasting rights

| Country | Broadcaster |
| - | - |
| Bangladesh | RTV BTV |
| Burundi | BeTV |
| Mauritius | MBC1 |
| Palestine | Al-Quds TV |
| Seychelles | StarTimes |
| Sri Lanka | Dialog TV |
