Bangabandhu Cup

Bangabandhu Cup
Founded 1996
Region International
Current champions    Nepal
Most successful team(s) Malaysia Malaysia B/U-23 (2 titles)

The Bangabandhu Cup, also known as The Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was first launched in 1996, and The second Bangabandhu Cup was staged in 1999. BFF had considered re-launching the tournament in 2009. It was finally given the go-ahead in 2014 for a third edition to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.[1][2] Nepal is the new champion by defeating Bahrain in the 2016 tournament.

Results

Year Final
Winner Score Runner-up
1996-97
Details 		Malaysia
Malaysia B 		2 - 1 Indonesia
PSM Makassar
1999
Details 		Japan
Japan League XI		 3 - 2 Ghana
Ghana Olympic
2015
Details 		Malaysia
Malaysia U-23		 3 - 2 Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2016
Details 		Nepal
Nepal		 3 - 0 Bahrain
Bahrain U-23

Venues

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bangabandhu Gold Cup coming to life". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "BFF outlines Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Jan". Dhaka Tribune. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

External References

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