2020 Bangabandhu Cup
International football competition
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The 2020 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2020 Bangabandhu Cup was an international football tournament organized and hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a name of tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4] This was the 6th edition of the tournament, with six teams competing from 15 to 25 January 2020.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Bangladesh |
| Dates | 15–25 January[1] |
| Teams | 6[2] (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Palestine (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Burundi |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 28 (3.11 per match) |
| Top scorer | Jospin Nshimirimana (7 goals) |
| Best player | Jospin Nshimirimana[3] |
| Best goalkeeper | Tawfiq Ali[3] |
| Fair play award | Palestine[3] |
← 2018 2024 → | |
Palestine were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after beating Burundi 3–1 on 25 January 2020.[5][6]
Participating nations
The FIFA Rankings of participating national teams before the draw, as of 19 December 2019.[7]
| Country | FIFA Ranking1 | Previous best performance |
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 Bangladesh (Host) |
187 | Runners-up (2015) |
| Palestine |
106 | Champions (2018) |
| Burundi |
151 | Debut |
 Mauritius |
172 | Debut |
 Seychelles |
200 | Debut |
 Sri Lanka |
205 | Group stage (2016) |
Draw
The draw was held on 4 January 2020 at 12:00 BST at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka. The 6 teams were drawn into 2 groups of 3, by selecting one team from each of the 3 ranked pots.[8]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Venue
All matches were held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[9]
| Dhaka | |
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| Bangabandhu National Stadium | |
| 23°43′40.2″N 90°24′48.4″E | |
| Capacity: 36,000 seats | |
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Match officials
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Referees
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Assistant Referees
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Palestine |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bangladesh (H) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Burundi |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Seychelles |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
| 3 | Mauritius |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 1–4 | Burundi |
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| Burundi | 3–1 | Seychelles |
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| Seychelles | 2–2 | Mauritius |
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Knockout stage
- Times listed are UTC+6:00 (BST)
- In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 January – Dhaka | ||||||
| Palestine | 1 | |||||
| 25 January – Dhaka | ||||||
| Seychelles | 0 | |||||
| Palestine | 3 | |||||
| 23 January – Dhaka | ||||||
| Burundi | 1 | |||||
| Burundi | 3 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Palestine | 1–0 | Seychelles |
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| Burundi | 3–0 | Bangladesh |
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Final
Goalscorers
There were 28 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.11 goals per match.
7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Motin Mia
Asman Ndikumana- Amissi Tambwe
Adrien François
Perry Monnaie
1 goal
Sponsorship
Local sports marketing company K–Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures.[10]