SAFF Championship 2023:A great news has come out for the sports lovers of India and Pakistan. Apart from the ongoing controversies regarding Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup, the football teams of both the countries will be seen clashing with each other after almost five years. actually on wednesday saif championship 2023 The draws were drawn and in this the defending champions India and Pakistan have been placed in the same group. The tournament will be played in Bengaluru from June 21 to July 4. In such a situation, Pakistan’s football team will come to India soon. Pakistan’s players and support staff will get visas to participate in the tournament.
India and Pakistan in same group
Defending champions India, Pakistan, Kuwait and Nepal have been placed in Group A while Lebanon, Maldives, Bangladesh and Bhutan have been placed in Group B of the 14th edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup. Kuwait and Lebanon are not part of South Asia but they are being invited as guests in this event. Lebanon is the best ranked team participating in the tournament with 99th position. Pakistan has the worst ranking with 195th position. India is the second best ranked team with 101st position.
Explain that the group matches will be played on the basis of round robin format and the top two teams in each group will make it to the semi-finals. This tournament of eight countries will be played at the Kanteerva Stadium.
India-Pakistan match was last held in 2018
It is worth mentioning that the last time India and Pakistan team clashed in September 2018 during the 12th season of SAFF Cup in Dhaka. India won this match 3-1. But in the final he had to face defeat against Maldives by 1-2. India and Pakistan have officially played more than 20 international matches in total. In these, India has won more than a dozen matches while dominating.
India has won the title eight times
India has won the SAFF Cup title eight times while it was runner-up four times. India failed to reach the final only during the fifth season in 2003 in Dhaka. Then the team had secured the third position. Pakistan has not participated in two of the 13 tournaments held since 1993. (language input)
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