2018 Bangabandhu Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Bangladesh |
| Dates | 1–12 October 2018 |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Palestine (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Tajikistan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 15 (1.67 per match) |
| Top scorer | Komron Tursunov (2 goals) |
| Best player | Abdelatif Bahdari |
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The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 5th edition of the tournament with six teams competing from 1 to 12 October 2018.[1]
Six nations competed in the tournament.[2] BFF president Kazi Salahuddin has previously stated that the BFF wanted to get one team from each of the Asian Football Confederation's sub-confederations.[3] Afghanistan was also reported as a potential participant.[4] All teams were the first teams except for the Philippines which brought their second team.[5]
| Country | FIFA Ranking1 | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh (Host) |
193 | Runners-up (2015) |
 Laos |
178 | N/A (Debut) |
 Nepal |
160 | Winners (2016) |
| Palestine |
100 | N/A (Debut) |
 Philippines |
114 | N/A (Debut) |
| Tajikistan |
120 | N/A (Debut) |
Draw
Venues
Matches were played in three venues. The Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet hosted the group stage matches while the Cox's Bazar Stadium in Cox's Bazar hosted the semifinals. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the venue for the final.[7]
| Dhaka | Sylhet | Cox's Bazar |
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| Bangabandhu National Stadium | Sylhet District Stadium | Cox's Bazar Stadium |
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| Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
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Assistant Referees
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Group stage
- Times listed are UTC+6:00.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Palestine |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tajikistan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Nepal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| Nepal | 0–2 | Tajikistan |
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| Tajikistan | 0–2 | Palestine |
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| Palestine | 1–0 | Nepal |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Philippines |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bangladesh (H) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Laos |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 1–0 | Laos |
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| Philippines | 3–1 | Laos |
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| Bangladesh | 0–1 | Philippines |
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Knockout stage
- Times listed are UTC+6:00
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 October – Cox's Bazar | ||||||
| Philippines | 0 | |||||
| 12 October – Dhaka | ||||||
| Tajikistan | 2 | |||||
| Tajikistan | 0 (3) | |||||
| 10 October – Cox's Bazar | ||||||
| Palestine (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Palestine | 2 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Philippines | 0–2 | Tajikistan |
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| Palestine | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
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Final
| Tajikistan | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Palestine |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 | ||
