| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Maldives Sri Lanka |
| Dates | 3–14 June |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Maldives (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1] |
| Best player(s) | Ali Ashfaq |
←2005 2009 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019. | |
The2008SAFF Championship was held inMalé,Maldives andColombo,Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.
Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.
| Stadiums | |
|---|---|
| Colombo | Malé |
| Sugathadasa Stadium | Rasmee Dhandu Stadium |
| Capacity:25,000[2] | Capacity:11,850[3] |
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| Host city ofSri Lanka | Host city ofMaldives |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| Maldives | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
 Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
 Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
 Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 2–2 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
Gunarathna 8'Ediri 75' (pen.) | Report | H. A. Habib 8',49' |
| Bangladesh | 2–2 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Ameli 51' (pen.) Mamunul 75' | Report | H. A. Habib 9' Hadid 22'[4] |
| Afghanistan | 1–3 | Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| H. A. Habib 88' | Report | Dorji 13' Gyeltshen 31',80' |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 11 Jun –Malé | ||||||
| India | 2 | |||||
| 14 Jun –Colombo | ||||||
| Bhutan | 1 | |||||
| India | 0 | |||||
| 11 Jun –Colombo | ||||||
| Maldives | 1 | |||||
| Maldives | 1 | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
| SAFF Championship 2008 |
|---|
 Maldives First title |
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