Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nepal |
Dates | 21–30 September 2023 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | India (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Pakistan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 26 (2.89 per match) |
Attendance | 23,233 (2,581 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Jigme Namgyel Gwgmsar Goyary Samir Tamang (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Manglenthang Kipgen |
Best goalkeeper | Lionel Daryl Rymmei |
Fair play award | Bhutan |
The 2023 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It took place from 21–30 September 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal. [1] [2]
India are the defending champions, who won their second title in 2022 by defeating Bangladesh in the final on 5 August 2022. [3] [4]
On 22 July 2023, SAFF announced the tournament will be held at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu, Nepal. [1] [2]
Kathmandu | |
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Dasharath Rangasala | |
Capacity: 15,500 | |
Sri Lanka are ineligible for participation as they are suspended by FIFA. [5] Other six SAFF teams are eligible to participate.
Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship |
Previous best performance |
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Bangladesh | 5th | Runners-up ( 2017, 2019, 2022) |
Bhutan | 4th | Fourth place ( 2017, 2019) |
India | 5th | Winners ( 2019, 2022) |
Maldives | 5th | Third place ( 2019) |
Nepal | 5th | Winners ( 2015, 2017) |
Pakistan | 1st | – |
The draw was held in BFF House in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 July 2023 at 12:00 BST ( UTC+6). [6]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Nepal (hosts) India |
Maldives Bhutan |
Bangladesh Pakistan |
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Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Nepal (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Nepal | 4–1 | Maldives |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Bhutan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 0–3 | India |
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Bhutan | 4–3 | Bangladesh |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
27 September – Kathmandu | ||||||
Pakistan ( p) | 0 (6) | |||||
30 September – Kathmandu | ||||||
Bhutan | 0 (5) | |||||
Pakistan | 0 | |||||
27 September – Kathmandu | ||||||
India | 3 | |||||
India ( p) | 1 (3) | |||||
Nepal | 1 (2) | |||||
Pakistan | 0–0 | Bhutan |
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Penalties | ||
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6–5 |
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India | 1–1 | Nepal |
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Penalties | ||
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3–2 |
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5th SAFF U-19 Championship 2023 Champions |
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India Fifth title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Fair Play Award | Best goalkeeper | Most valuable player | |||
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Bhutan [7] | Lionel Daryl Rymmei [7] | Manglenthang Kipgen [8] |
There have been 26 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.89 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: GSA
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |