SAFF C’ship in Trivandrum

May 04, 2015 - 11:26:21 |
SAFF Championship to be held in December this year in Trivandrum

Male’, MALDIVES – Football Association of Maldives has announced that the 11th edition of regional football tournament, SAFF Championship is to be held in Trivandrum, India on 23rd December.

General Secretary of Football Association of Maldives, Bassam Adeel Jaleel said that it will be a good tournament for us.

“It will be a good tournament for us as Trivandrum is a place where many Maldivians are living and we hope that they will use this opportunity to support us to bring back the trophy to Maldives.”

Afghanistan is the defending champions of the tournament while India is the most successful country with 6 titles.

Maldives won the tournament just once in 2008.

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Imma on May 04
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This is great news! The fact that it is being held in December is very good because the World Cup qualifiers would have taken a break by then, and also the local football season of Maldives would have just finished. Also, Trivandrum is a football mad city, unlike Delhi, so this could be an epic football festival. The Maldivian presence in that city might also make it feel like we're hosting the tournament!
Ashley Serrao on Jun 05
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wrong report....tournament dates are being shifted to this month of June as December is not a good time considering the packed schedule of the Aiff....so hope to see red snappers in June....based on the report of 30th April from TIMES OF India as confirmed by AIFF secretary Marcus melgurao

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