2018 Bangabandhu Cup

The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 5th edition of the tournament with six teams competing from 1 to 12 October 2018.[1]

2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates1–12 October 2018
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Palestine (1st title)
Runners-up Tajikistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored15 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Komron Tursunov (2 goals)
Best player(s) Abdelatif Bahdari

Participating teams

Six nations competed in the tournament.[2] BFF president Kazi Salahuddin has previously stated that the BFF wanted to get one team from each of the Asian Football Confederation's sub-confederations.[3] Afghanistan was also reported as a potential participant.[4] All teams were the first teams except for the Philippines which brought their second team.[5]

Country FIFA Ranking1 Previous best performance
 Bangladesh (Host) 193 Runners-up (2015)
 Laos 178 N/A (Debut)
   Nepal 160 Winners (2016)
 Palestine 100 N/A (Debut)
 Philippines 114 N/A (Debut)
 Tajikistan 120 N/A (Debut)

Draw

The draw took place on 1 September 2018 at the Le Méridien Dhaka Hotel in Dhaka. The six teams were drawn into two groups with three teams each for the group stage.[2][6]

Venues

Matches were played in three venues. The Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet hosted the group stage matches while the Cox's Bazar Stadium in Cox's Bazar hosted the semifinals. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the venue for the final.[7]

Dhaka Sylhet Cox's Bazar
Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium Cox's Bazar Stadium
Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 5,000

Officials

Group stage
  • Times listed are UTC+6:00.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Palestine 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3    Nepal 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: Soccerway
Nepal   0–2 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Tajikistan 0–2 Palestine
Report
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Palestine 1–0   Nepal
 Report
Referee: Mohammed Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bangladesh (H) 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3  Laos 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: Soccerway
(H) Host.
Bangladesh 1–0 Laos
 Report
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Philippines 3–1 Laos
 Report
Bangladesh 0–1 Philippines
Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 October – Cox's Bazar
 
 
 Philippines0
 
12 October – Dhaka
 
 Tajikistan2
 
 Tajikistan0 (3)
 
10 October – Cox's Bazar
 
 Palestine (p)0 (4)
 
 Palestine2
 
 
 Bangladesh0
 

Semi-finals
Philippines 0–2 Tajikistan
Report
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Palestine 2–0 Bangladesh
 Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Final
Tajikistan 0–0 (a.e.t.) Palestine
Report
Penalties
 3–4
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Sponsorship

Local sports marketing company K-Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures.[3]

References
  1. "Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2018 from Oct 1 with 6 international teams". BFF. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. "Bangladesh pitted with Philippines, Laos". Dhaka Tribune. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "K-Sports snaps up rights to Gold Cup". The Daily Star. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. "Gold Cup in October?". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. "First teams add fire". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. "Bangabandhu Gold Cup draw held". BFF. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. "Bangladesh, Laos to kick off Bangabandhu Gold Cup". Dhaka Tribune. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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