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Maldives in a tough group in this year's SAFF C'Ship
Date: 03 Oct 2009 Hussain Sinan Send your Comments
Maldives is drawn with India, Nepal and Afghanistan
Dhaka, BANGLADESH - Maldives is drawn in a tough group in the 2009's SAFF Championship which is to be held from 4 -14th December, 2009. The draw was held moments ago in Hotel Sheraton in Bangladesh. Maldives is drawn with India, Nepal and Afghanistan. Group B consists of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bhutan.

India has won the tournament four times while Nepal is a growing talent in the regional tournaments.

Maldives has won against India in the last edition of SAFF Championship final by a single goal to lift the cup.

The congress of SAFF would kick off at 7pm this evening. The congress will elect a new committee and a dynamic Kazi Salahuddin, the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation, is the popular choice to take the hot seat from All Nepal Football Federation president Thapa, who has been criticized for being inactive since taking over the SAFF presidency in 2001.

Meanwhile, the last SAFF congress was held in Colombo in 2004 while the first one took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 2000.
 
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Let's make this years SAFF-CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 also ahremenge faharah, WE are with you NATIONAL TEAM & COACH.
[ abey ] posted on: 03 Oct 2009
Haven't we forgotten something here? How come the last Champion and Runners-up are lumped into one groups? Bangladesh is hosting! Is this "third world" style political corruption? What does the FIFA and the AFC have to say? Local media seems to be oblivious to this issue as well! I bet they have written this into the "rules"! or maybe some precedent....hehe! Where is the "ethics committee"? Where is the FAM? After all this is the moment for President Azim to speak up and take the lead. What is the Indian FA saying? What is going on?
[ maldivesoccer ] posted on: 03 Oct 2009
i think group B is more taugh.Maldives and India would qualify to the second round. but see group B, Pakistan,Sri lanka and host bangladesh will fight for second round.
[ from sri lanka ] posted on: 03 Oct 2009
I dnt think its a tough group
[ valancia Boy ] posted on: 03 Oct 2009
 
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