The Third Division Football Tournament for the 2011 season in the

Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...

started on October 17, 2011.

Tournament format

The 41 teams first play a knockout phase. The top 8 teams in the first round advance to the second round. The 8 teams are divided into 2 groups of 4 teams in each group. The top 2 teams from each group play in the

semi-final A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

. The winner of both groups compete in the first semi. Winner of first semi is in the

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, while the loser plays in the third semi. The second semi is played between the

runners-up A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.

of both groups. The winner of second semi faces the loser of the first semi in the third semi, while the loser of second semi is eliminated from the tournament. The third semi is played between the loser of the first semi and the winner of the second semi. The winner of the third semi is the second team to play in the final of the tournament.

Final

Awards

All the awards were given by the

Maldives national football team The Maldives national football team (Maldivian language, Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international association football, football and is controlled by the Football Associat ...

coach

István Urbányi István Urbányi (born 17 April 1967) is a Hungarian former football player and coach. He is currently the head coach for Sporting Kansas City II in MLS Next Pro. Career Urbányi was born in Salgótarján. As a player, he spent most of his car ...

References

{{Football in the Maldives Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament seasons 3

Tournament format

Final

Awards

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