2021 SAFF Championship

2021 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Maldives
Dates	1–16 October
Teams	5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (8th title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	22 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sunil Chhetri; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Sunil Chhetri
Fair play award	Maldives
	← 2018 2023 →

The 2021 SAFF Championship, known as Ooredoo SAFF Championship 2021 for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the thirteenth edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organised by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Initially, it was decided to be hosted by Pakistan in 2020, but was postponed to September 2021 in Bangladesh. However, the tournament was postponed again to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Maldives as host.^[2]^[3]

^ Zalif, Zunana (20 September 2021). "Ooredoo named title sponsor of SAFF Championship 2021". Raajje. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference official was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference hosts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Zalif, Zunana (20 September 2021). "Ooredoo named title sponsor of SAFF Championship 2021". Raajje. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[official-2] Cite error: The named reference official was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[hosts-3] Cite error: The named reference hosts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1]

[2]

[3]