SAFF South Asia Championship 1993 to 2021
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia. It runs the SAFF Championship a football competition of mainly South Asian countries and territories. It is held every two years. Together with a Table of Merit.
| Host Nation(s) | Year | # | Winner | Score | Runner-Up | Third | Score | Fourth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pakistan | 1993 | 1 |  | India | Group |  | Sri Lanka |  | Nepal | Group | | Pakistan |
| Sri Lanka | 1995 | 2 | | Sri Lanka | 1 - 0 | | India |  | Bangladesh | Group | | Nepal |
| Nepal | 1997 | 3 | | India | 5 - 1 |  | Maldives | | Pakistan | 1 - 0 | | Sri Lanka |
| India | 1999 | 4 | | India | 2 - 0 | | Bangladesh | | Maldives | 2 - 0 | | Nepal |
| Bangladesh | 2003 | 5 | | Bangladesh | 1-1 (p5-3) | | Maldives | | India | 2 - 1 | | Pakistan |
| Pakistan | 2005 | 6 | | India | 2 - 0 | | Bangladesh | | Maldives | Shared | | Pakistan |
| Maldives | 2008 | 7 | | Maldives | 1 - 0 | | India |  | Bhutan | Shared | | Sri Lanka |
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| Bangladesh | 2009 | 8 | | India | 0-0 (p3-1) | | Maldives | | Bangladesh | Shared | | Sri Lanka |
| India | 2011 | 9 | | India | 4 - 0 |  | Afghanistan | | Maldives | Shared | | Nepal |
| Nepal | 2013 | 10 | | Afghanistan | 2–0 | | India | | Maldives | Shared | | Nepal |
| India | 2015 | 11 | | India | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | | Afghanistan | | Maldives | Shared | | Sri Lanka |
| Bangladesh | 2018 | 12 | | Maldives | 2–1 | | India | | Nepal | Shared | | Pakistan |
| Maldives | 2021 | 13 | | India | 3 - 0 | | Nepal | | Maldives | Group | ||
AFC EAAF East Asia Football Federation Cup 1990 to 2019 Table of Merit
| Nation | Winners | Second | Third | Fourth | Top 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Maldives | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Nepal | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Bhutan | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 13 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 51 | |
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