SAFF Championship Rest of Asia

2018 SAFF Championship draw concluded, India in Group B with Sri Lanka and Maldives

2018 SAFF Suzuki Cup official draw was concluded on Wednesday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka as seven South Asian teams from SAFF conference learned their opponent and pool groupings.

Hosts Bangladesh are in Pool A along with Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan while defending champions India are in Group B with Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

The tournament will kick off on September 4th and group stages will continue till 9th and the two semi-finals will be held on September 12th with the final on 15th September 2018.

SAFF President Kazi Md Salahuddin speaking to media delegates said: “We raised the curtain on what will be the 12th edition of our region’s biggest and most important international tournament.”