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The 2015 Bangabandhu Cup or 2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 3rd edition of the Bangabandhu Cup, after a hiatus of 16 years. It was finally given the go ahead to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.^[1]

Malaysia U-23 won the third edition, after beating Bangladesh U-23 in the final. This was also the first time the host reached the final of this tournament.

Format

In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams, playing a single round-robin, with the teams finishing first and second in each group qualifying to the semi-finals.

Venues

Nine matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Sylhet. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, and Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet. All matches were played at the following two grounds:

Dhaka	Sylhet
Bangabandhu National Stadium	Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 18,000
Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium

Officials

Eleven referees and 2 match commissioner were appointed by the FIFA for this tournament.

Referees

Broadcaster

• Channel 9
• Fox Sports 2
• Bangladesh Television

Group stage

• All times are local, Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Bangladesh	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Singapore	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
Bahrain	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 February – Sylhet
	Singapore	0
					8 February – Dhaka
	Malaysia	1
					Malaysia	3
	6 February – Dhaka
					Bangladesh	2
	Bangladesh	1
	Thailand	0

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Saleh

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160329142039/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bangabandhu.html