Thursday, November 29, 2012

2013 SAFF Championship Dates Announced

The next edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship from September 20th to October 2nd in Nepal. The decision was made in the SAFF executive committee meeting held in Kuala Lampur in a side event of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) executive committee this evening.

Earlier this year, the executive committee decided that Nepal would host the next edition of SAFF Championship.

Nepal hosted first SAFF Championship back in 1997 which India won defeating Maldives in the final.

The last edition of SAFF Men's Championship was held at New Delhi, India where India lifted the trophy by beating Afghanistan.

Eight South Asian countries will take part in the prestigious event of SAARC region.

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