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2015 SAFF U-16 Championship

The 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-16 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Bangladesh from 9–18 of August, 2015 at Sylhet District Stadium. Six teams from the region were taking part, divided into two groups. Bangladesh U16 beat India U16 in the final and claimed the title for the first time.[1]

2015 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates9–18 August 2015
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Sylhet District Stadium (in Sylhet host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored28 (3.11 per match)
Attendance96,646 (10,738 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Saurabh Meher (3 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu
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Host selection edit

Eligible teams edit

Participating teams edit

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Championship 		Previous best performance
  Afghanistan 2nd Fourth place (2013)
  Bangladesh (Host) 3rd Third place (2013)
  India 3rd Champions (2013)
  Maldives 2nd Group Stage
    Nepal 3rd Runners-up (2013)
  Sri Lanka 3rd Group Stage

Group draw edit

Group A Group B

  India
  Bangladesh
  Sri Lanka

    Nepal
  Maldives
  Afghanistan

Venues edit

Sylhet
Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 18,000[2]

Match officials edit

Referees
  •   Rahman Dali
  •   Md. Anisur Rahman
  •   L. Priyobrata Singh
  •   Nabindra Maharajan
Assistant referees
  •   Md Salim Miah
  •   Bitu Raj Barua
  •   Rahman Dali (Fourth Official)
  •   Nabindra Maharajan (Fourth Official)
  •   Ahmed Giyas
  •   Mohd Sharif Sarwari
  •   L. Priyobrata Singh (Fourth Official)
Match Commissioner
  •   Gokul Thapa
Referee Assessor
  •   Purushothaman Basker
General Coordinator
  •   Md Mohebul Kabir Rony

Squads edit

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
  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
  India 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
India  5–0  Sri Lanka
Saurabh Meher   31', 49', 74'
Mohammed Afran   46' (o.g.)
Mohammed Shahjahan   66'		 Report
Attendance: 9146
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)
Bangladesh  4–0  Sri Lanka
Md. Sarower Zaman Nipu   5', 87'
M.M. Abedin Rakib   61'
Mohamed Atikuzzaman   77'		 Report
Attendance: 12000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)
India  1–2  Bangladesh
Rahim Ali   49' Report Mohammed Shawon   31'
Mohamed Atikuzzaman   85' (pen.)
Attendance: 18000
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Nepal 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
  Afghanistan 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
  Maldives 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Nepal    5–0  Maldives
Laxman Pariyar   3'
Prezen Tamang   18', 50'
Suman Aryal   21', 90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)
Afghanistan  4–2  Maldives
Shayeq Hakeme   12'
Abdul Naser Amini   48', 54'
Sher Ahmed Hamidi   76'		 Report Yanish Adil   62'
Ismail Zaan Amir   86' (pen.)
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Nepal    1–0  Afghanistan
Kshitiz Raj G.T   47' Report
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 August – Sylhet District Stadium
 
 
  Bangladesh1
 
18 August – Sylhet District Stadium
 
  Afghanistan0
 
  Bangladesh 1 (4)
 
16 August – Sylhet District Stadium
 
  India 1 (2)
 
  India1
 
 
    Nepal0
 

Semi-finals edit

Bangladesh  1–0  Afghanistan
Saad   56' Report
Attendance: 20000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)
India  1–0    Nepal
Rahim Ali   22' Report
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Final edit

Bangladesh  1–1  India
Fahim Murshed   46' Report Amay Avinash Morajkar   63'
Penalties
Fahim Murshed  
Jahangir Alam Sajeeb  
Mohamed Atikuzzaman  
Md Saad Uddin  		 4–2   Saurabh Meher
  Mohammed Rakib
  Abhijit Sarkar
  Saqlain Khan
Attendance: 22000
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Winner edit

 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship 
 
Bangladesh
First title

Awards edit

The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship.[3]

FIFA Fair Play Award Man of the Final Man of the Tournament Golden Boot Award
    Nepal   Shawon Hossain   Sarwar Zaman Nipu   Saurabh Meher

Goalscorers edit

3 goals

  •   Saurabh Meher

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  •   Mohammed Afran (against India)

References edit

  1. ^ Qadiri, Faizan. "U-16 SAFF Championships: India lose to Bangladesh in the final group game". www.sportskeeda.com.
  2. ^ "Not 'sold out' yet". The Daily Star. 5 February 2015.
  3. ^ "CHAMPIONS". The Daily Star. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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