It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.

[4] India (162) (1st seed) Sri Lanka (176) Afghanistan (178) Bhutan (198) Maldives (166) (2nd seed) Bangladesh (142) Nepal (143) Pakistan (174) (The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table) All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30 2.

Pakistan vs Maldives 0-0 In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube.

The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.