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
Sri Lanka
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 SAAF South Asia Football Federation Championship 1993 to 2021 Table of Merit