Tournament details | |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Dates | 27 August – 7 September |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan Third Division XI (1st title) |
Runner-up | Ghana U-23 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 51 (3.4 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Lee Chun-soo (7 goals) |
All statistics correct as of 29 March 2019. |
1999 Bangabandhu Cup was the 2nd season of the Bangabandhu Cup, after the first edition was held in 1996–97. The second edition ran from 27 August 1999 to 7 September 1999. A Japanese Third Division XI went on to win the cup after defeating the Ghana U-23 team 3–2 in the finals.[1]
Bangabandhu Cup was discontinued after the 1999 edition due to the political situation in the country,[2] and relaunched again in 2015.[3]