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- India beat Nepal, 3-0, to win the 2021 SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Championship final title.
- It was held at the National Football Stadium in Male, Maldives.
- This is the eighth SAFF Championship title claimed by the Indian men’s national football team.
- Previously the team had won the title in 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015.
- Sunil Chhetri, Suresh Singh Wangjam and Sahal Abdul Samad were the goal scorer for the Indian team in the final.
- Sunil Chhetri (Captain) is the top scorer in the championship (5 goals).
- Sunil Chhetri scored his 80th international strike at the championship.
- He had equalled his score with iconic Lionel Messi.
- He has now become the second-highest goal-scorer in international football among active players.
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