The South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly known as SAFF Championship is the main international association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by the SAFF. All the seven teams who are under the SAFF are eligible to compete in the tournament. The SAFF Championship started back in 1993, which was hosted by Pakistan. However, after that, a total of 13 times South Asian Football Federation Championship happened till now (including 2021).

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In this article, we will see the last 10 Champions of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship. SportzPoint.com comes with all the details for you in this article.

SAFF Champions (1999-2021) :

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India had won 5 times in the last 10 SAFF Championships. Although the Maldives won 2 times and Bangladesh, Afghanistan won 1 time each.

The Maldives National Football stadium will host the finale of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship of Nepal vs India on 16th October. Nepal and India will be locking horns on the stadium from 8:30 p.m. Though India had an apprehensive start to the tournament, India managed to secure their position in the finals against Nepal.

India revived their 2021 journey after two back-to-back wins against their final competitor Nepal and also defending champions Maldives. Nepal has also proved themselves to be worthy of this tournament by defeating the Maldives and drawing with Bangladesh to enter their maiden SAFF final.

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Head to Head:

India is majorly dominating Nepal with 15 wins. But Nepal could win only 2 matches out of 22. The finale of Nepal vs India will definitely be an exciting one to watch and enjoy.

Nepal vs India SAFF Championship Predicted Line-ups

Nepal:
Kiran Chemjong, Gautam Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Rohit Chand, Suman Aryal, Suman Lama, Bishal Rai, Pujan Uparkoti, Tej Tamang, Anjan Bista, Nawayug Shrestha

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India:
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Seriton Fernandes, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose, Mandar Rao Desai, Anirudh Thapa, Suresh Wangjam Singh, Glan Martins, Udanta Singh Kumam, Liston Colaco, Sunil Chhetri

Nepal vs India SAAF Championship Dream11 predictions

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The thirteenth edition of the SAAF Championship is starting from 4th October 2021 in Male's National Stadium. Due to the global pandemic COVID- 19, the tournament got called off twice previously. Finally after a lot of anticipation and wait, all matches of the SAAF Championship 2021 are kickstarting in Male, the capital city of Maldives.

The SAFF Championship is basically the premier football championship contested among South-Asian Nations. All seven teams are eligible to participate in the tournament.

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The tournament is kickstarting with the first match between India and Bangladesh. This year, Bhutan and Pakistan are not participating. Firstly, the reason behind Pakistan is the suspension by FIFA for violation of FIFA Statutes. Secondly, Bhutan restrained the players from traveling and participating outside the national borders. Therefore, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Sri Lanka are participating in SAAF Championship 2021.

How to watch the matches on TV & live stream in India?

Eurosport & Eurosport HD will broadcast the matches.
Also, for live streaming online, log into Discovery+App.

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Timing of the tournament:

All the matches will start at 4:30 pm.

India's schedule at the SAFF Championship 2021