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The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup is 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 will be the fifth edition of the tournament with six teams competing from 1 to 12 October 2018.[1]
Participating teams
There will be Six nations that will compete in the 2018 edition of the Bangabandhu Cup.[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 are the first teams except for the Philippines which brought their second team.[5]
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]