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2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates1–12 October 2018
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored13 (1.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tajikistan Komron Tursunov (2 goals)
← 2016
All statistics correct as of 9 October 2018.

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]

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 will be played in three venues. The Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet will host group stage matches while the Cox's Bazar Stadium in Cox's Bazar will host the semifinals. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka will be 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

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
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) Hosts
Bangladesh 1–0 Laos
 Report
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Philippines 3–1 Laos
 Report
  • Kongmathilath 88' (pen.)
Bangladesh 0–1 Philippines
Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 October
 
 
 Philippines 'B'0
 
12 October
 
 Tajikistan2
 
 Tajikistan
 
10 October
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
 Palestine
 
 
 Bangladesh
 

Semifinals

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

Final

Tajikistan vWinner Semi-final 2

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.86 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Tajikistan Komron Tursunov

1 goal

Sponsorship

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

References

  1. ^ "Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2018 from Oct 1 with 6 international teams". Bangladesh Football Federation. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Bangabandhu Gold Cup: Bangladesh pitted with Philippines, Laos". Dhaka Tribune. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "K-Sports snaps up rights to Gold Cup". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 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". Bangladesh Football Federation. 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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