2023 SAFF Championship final

2023 SAFF Championship final

The 2023 SAFF Championship final match held at this stadium.
Event	2023 SAFF Championship
Kuwait India 1 1
After extra time India won 5–4 on penalties
Date	4 July 2023 (2023-07-04)
Venue	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
← 2021

The 2023 SAFF Championship final was the final match of the 2023 SAFF Championship. It took place on 4 July 2023 at the Bangalore, Karnataka. It was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium.

Venue

On 19 March 2023, it was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka.^[1]

Route to the final

Kuwait		Round	India
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Nepal	1–3	Match 1	Pakistan	0–4
Pakistan	0–4	Match 2	Nepal	0–2
India	1–1	Match 3	Kuwait	1–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Kuwait 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7  India 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7    Nepal 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3  Pakistan 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Kuwait 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7  India 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7    Nepal 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3  Pakistan 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Bangladesh	0–1(a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Lebanon	0–0(2–4 p)

Match

4 July 2023 (2023-07-04)

19:30

Kuwait	1–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Khaldi 14'	Report	Chhangte 36'
Penalties
Daham Otaibi Dhaferi Naji Khaldi Khalid	4–5	Chhetri Jhingan Chhangte Udanta S. Bose Mahesh

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 26,380

Referee: Prajwal Chhetri (Nepal)

Match rules

• 90 minutes
• 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
• Maximum of fifteen named substitutes
• Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time^{[note 1]}
• Maximum of one concussion substitution

Notes

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