Bangladesh, Nov. 5 -- The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship will kick-off today at the National Stadium in Dhaka.

SAFF Championship, the gala extravaganza of this region, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is called the World Cup of SAARC. SAFF will arrange the SAFF Championship 2026 under auspices of Tecno Mobile Phone Company.

The Bangladesh Football Federation will give all sorts of cooperation to run the mega event smoothly. A total of six teams dividing into two groups will take part in the first phase of the SAFF Championship 2026.

Hosts Bangladesh, Bhutan Sri Lanka are in Group-A, while India, Pakistan, Maldives are in Group-B. Nepal could not take part in the SAFF Championship 2026 as th...