Best performance: Champions – 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022

Best performance: runners-up – 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022

Having finished second best on four occasions, Nepal will be aiming to go one better in Thimphu. Head coach Rabindra Silakar will be depending on the likes of Santosh Gongba, Rohit Shrestha, Himesh Majhi and Darshan Adhikari to lead their charge.

Head coach Saifur Rahman Moni will want to reclaim the title with Bangladesh having been eliminated in the semi-finals in their last outing.

 

Best performance: fourth – 2017

Hosting the tournament for the first time, Bhutan will be eager to capitalise on home ground advantage with captain Lungtok Dawa expected to play a crucial role in leading the team's efforts.

 

Best performance: group stage – 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022

 

The Red Snappers will be focused on qualifying for the knockout stage after their previous campaigns all ended in the group stage.

Best performance: champions – 2011

Pakistan were champions in the inaugural tournament in 2011 and will be making a return to the competition after a five-year hiatus, having finished runners-up in 2018. 

 

Saturday

Bhutan v Pakistan

Sunday

Pakistan v Maldives

Monday

Bhutan v Maldives

September 8

Final 

September 10