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title: "Which country is hosting the 2015 South Asian Football Federation Cup?"  
description: "Which country is hosting the 2015 South Asian Football Federation Cup?"  
author: "Ranbir Sharma"  
published: 2018-03-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39012/which-country-is-hosting-the-2015-south-asian-football-federation-cup  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["football - soccer"]  
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# Which country is hosting the 2015 South Asian Football Federation Cup? 

Which [country is hosting](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52029/which-country-is-hosting-2019-asia-badminton-championships) the 2015 [South Asian](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38774/which-country-did-india-beat-3-2-to-enter-the-final-of-the-south-asian-football-federation-saff-championship) [Football Federation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47378/when-was-the-international-football-federation-fifa-founded) Cup? \
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## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

***South [Asian Football](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48195/when-was-the-asian-football-confederation-afc-formed) [Federation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38255/who-became-the-first-indian-gymnast-to-receive-world-class-gymnast-award-by-the-federation-internationale-de-gymnastique-fig) Cup 2015***

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The **SAFF Championship** is also being recognized as the **South Asian Football Federation Cup** is the prime association football championship governed by the **South Asian Football Federation of the men’s national football** teams. Former name constituted as the **South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup** in the year of **1993** and the **South Asian Gold Cup in the year of 1995**. The total of **8 teams** who were in the race for competition.

The **11th edition of the SAFF Championship 2015**, is the seedling international men’s football championship organized by **SAFF** of **South Asia**. It was organized in **India from 23rd of December 2016 until 3rd of January 2016.**

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Heading into the competition, **Afghanistan** was the protecting champions of the competition, with it additionally being the last time they can formally participate, as they have moved toward becoming individuals from the recently shaped **Central Asian Football Association**.

Initially planned to occur in **July 2015**, rainstorm season and calendar clog prompted the competition being delayed to late December. The competition saw no support from Pakistan, who pulled back from the competition in **November 2015** due to a debate inside the [country](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40944/what-was-the-country-of-texas-known-as)'s football alliance

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On **10th of September 2013**, India was delegated to be the host nation for the event wherein deciding over the venue to be **Kerala** or **Delhi**. In **2015, July,** it was broadcasted that the destination for the matched to play would be organized at the **Trivandrum International Stadium in Trivandrum, Kerala**. This being the **3rd** time in a row that India been the host country for the tournament since the time it was known as the Gold Cup in the year of **1999** and also under the recent name of the **2011 year**.

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