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2013 SAFF U-16 Championship

The 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament hosted by Nepal from 20 to 30 July at Dasarath Stadium and army ground. Seven teams from the region were participated in the tournament.

2013 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–30 July 2013[1]
Teams7
Venue(s)2 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Third place Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored35 (2.69 per match)
Attendance26,091 (2,007 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Bimal Magar (6 goals)
Best player(s)India Krishna Pandit
← 2011
2015 →

Participated teams edit

The following seven nations participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship 		Previous best performance
  Bangladesh 2nd Semi finals (2011)
  Bhutan 1st Group stages (2011)
  Sri Lanka 2nd Group stages (2011)
  India 2nd Runner up (2011)
  Maldives 2nd Group stages (2011)
    Nepal
(Host)		 2nd Semi-finals (2011)
  Pakistan 2nd Champion (2011)

Group stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Nepal 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
  Afghanistan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
  Pakistan 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3 2
  Bhutan 3 0 1 2 1 10 -9 1
Nepal    7 – 0  Bhutan
B.Magar   48', 62', 63'
H.Magar   58', 76', 84'
Subedi   78'		 Report
Attendance: 1500
Pakistan  0 – 0  Afghanistan
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 2379
Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)
Afghanistan  1 – 1    Nepal
A.Mansory   74' Report H.Magar   81'
Attendance: 1249
Bhutan  0 – 0  Pakistan
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 3341
Pakistan  0 – 3    Nepal
Report Limbu   13'
B.Magar   65', 73'
Attendance: 2164
Bhutan  1 – 3  Afghanistan
Shezang   18' Report Waziri   27'
Ahmad   63', 90+2'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1971
Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  India 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 0
India  4 – 1  Sri Lanka
Pandit   21'
Singh   23', 90'
Chakraborty   66'		 Report Niresh   44'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1749
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)
Bangladesh  3 – 1  Sri Lanka
Tutul   28', 57'
Islam   81'		 Report Niresh   43'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1560
India  2 – 0  Bangladesh
Singh   43'
Pandit   90+2'		 Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 971
Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 
  Bangladesh1
 
30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
  Pakistan5
 
    Nepal0
 
28 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
  India1
 
  India (p)0 (4)
 
 
  Afghanistan1 (3)
 
Third place match
 
 
30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 
  Afghanistan0
 
 
  Bangladesh1

Semi-finals edit

Nepal    5 – 1  Bangladesh
Limbu   8', 59'
B.Magar   20'
Bista   23'
Atikuzzaman   56' (o.g.)		 Report Sifat   65'
Attendance: 1746
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)
India  0 – 0  Afghanistan
Report
Penalties
Pandit  
Singh  
Chakraborty  
Tirkey  
Rodrigues  		 4–3   Waziri
  Ahmad
  Jalal
  Sardari
  Rezahi
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1400

Third place edit

Bangladesh  1 – 0  Afghanistan
Tushar   55' Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1642
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

Final edit

Nepal    0 – 1  India
Report Lalrinzuala   18'
Attendance: 4419

Awards edit

 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship champions 
 
India
First title

References edit

  1. ^ "..... U16 SAFF C'ship on July 2013". Goalnepal.com. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Goal Nepal". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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