2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

The 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the fifth edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 2 to 8 February 2024 in Bangladesh.[2][3]

2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh Bangladesh
Dates2–8 February 2024
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh
(4th title)
 India
(2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored26 (3.71 per match)
Attendance9,779 (1,397 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika
India Pooja
India Sibani Devi
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika[1]
2023
2025

Bangladesh and India are the joint champion, both teams have finished 1–1 goals in the regulations time and 11–11 goals by penalties shoot-out in the final of the tournament on 8 February 2024.[4]

Host selection

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At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 25 December 2023 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Bangladesh host country of the tournament.[2]

Venue

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All matches will be played at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000
 

Participating nations

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The following four nations will participate in the tournament.

Team App Last Best placement in the tournament
  Bangladesh 5th 2023 Champions (2018, 2021, 2023)
  Bhutan 4th 2023 Fourth-place (2018, 2023)
  India 5th 2023 Champions (2022)
    Nepal 5th 2023 Runners-up (2018)

Players eligibility

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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.

Match officials

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Referees
  •   Jaya Chakma
  •   Kanika Barman
  •   Tshering Yangkhey
  •   Anjana Rai
  •   Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa
Assistant referees
  •   Salma Akter Moni
  •   Prem Kumari Sunwar
  •   Ri-iohlang Dhar
  •   Radhika Shakya
  •   H.M. Malika Madhushani

Round robin

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Single round-robin, each team will play each other. The top teams contest in the final.

Key to colours in group tables
Table top two teams advance to the final
Tiebreakers

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 tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1   Bangladesh (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to the Final
2   India 3 2 0 1 14 1 +13 6
3     Nepal 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4   Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: SAFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

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India  10–0  Bhutan
  • Sibani Devi   8', 19', 36'
  • Pooja   31', 58', 59', 90+4'
  • Sulanjana Raul   52'
  • Menaka Devi   61'
  • Arina Devi   73'
Report
Attendance: 432
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Nepal    1–3  Bangladesh
Sukriya Miya   54' Report
  • Mosammat Sagorika   40', 57'
  • Most Munki Akhter   42'
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

Bhutan  0–1    Nepal
Report
  • Senu Pariyar   54'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa (Sri Lanka)
Bangladesh  1–0  India
  • Mosammat Sagorika   90+2'
Report
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)

India  4–0    Nepal
  • Neha   54', 81'
  • Sulanjana Raul   86'
  • Cindy Remruatpuii Colney   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh  4–0  Bhutan
  • Nusrat Jahan Mitu   18'
  • Mst Oeyshi Khatun   31', 63'
  • Sree Moti Trishna Rani   58'
Report
Attendance: 1,143
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Final

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Bangladesh  1–1  India
Mosammat Sagorika   90+3' Report Sibani Devi   8'
Penalties
  • Afeida Khandoker  
  • Mst Surma Jannat  
  • Mst Joynob Bibi Rita  
  • Sapna Rani  
  • Most Munki Akhter  
  • Mst Eity Khatun  
  • Mst Sultana Akter  
  • Umehla Marma  
  • Mosammat Sagorika  
  • Kanon Rani Bahadur  
  • Swarna Rani Mandal  
11–11[5]
  •   Neha
  •   Nitu Linda
  •   Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam
  •   Lalita Boypai
  •   Thoibisana Chanu Toijam
  •   Sulanjana Raul
  •   Viskit Bara
  •   Pooja
  •   Heena Khatun
  •   Sonibia Devi Irom
  •   Anika Devi Sharubam
Attendance: 4,879
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Winners

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 2024 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Champions 
 
Bangladesh
Fourth title
 2024 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Champions 
 
India
Second title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorers[6] Most Valuable Player[6]
  Mosammat Sagorika
  Pooja
  Sibani Devi
  Mosammat Sagorika

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 26 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.

4 goals

  •   Mosammat Sagorika
  •   Pooja
  •   Sibani Devi

2 goals

  •   Mst Oeyshi Khatun
  •   Neha
  •   Sulanjana Raul

1 goal

  •   Sree Moti Trishna Rani
  •   Nusrat Jahan Mitu
  •   Most Munki Akhter
  •   Menaka Devi
  •   Arina Devi
  •   Cindy Remruatpuii Colney
  •   Sukriya Miya
  •   Senu Pariyar

Source: SAFF

Hat-trick

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Player Against Result Date Ref
  Pooja   Bhutan 10–0 2 February 2024 [7]
  Sibani Devi   Bhutan 10–0 2 February 2024 [7]

Controversy

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The match was drawn after regulation time and penalty shoot-out and according to the by-laws sudden death was to be followed to decide the champion. However, Sri Lankan match commissioner D. Silva Jayasuriya Dilan decided to toss the coin to decide the champion and after the toss, the Indian women's team was declared champion. Being frustrated by this incident, Bangladeshi fans started throwing bottles on the ground.[8] But soon, realising her mistake, the match commissioner again decided to continue the sudden death to decide the winner. However, the Indian players refused to participate and left the field, though Bangladeshi players remained on the ground. Finally, after five hours of internal talks and negotiations, both the teams were declared joint-champion.[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "ফাইনালের ১০ দিন পর সাগরিকা জানলেন সেরা খেলোয়াড় হয়েছেন তিনি". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "SAFF to announced 2024 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "SAFF U-19 Women's Championship 2024 fixtures revealed". khelnow.com. 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh and India declared joint champions". www.thedailystar.net. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ Bangladesh and India were announced as joint champions
  6. ^ a b "ফাইনালের ১০ দিন পর সাগরিকা জানলেন সেরা খেলোয়াড় হয়েছেন তিনি". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "India toy with Bhutan in SAFF U19 Championship opener". www.the-aiff.com. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  8. ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (9 February 2024). "৫ ঘণ্টার নাটক আর বিতর্কের পর যুগ্ম চ্যাম্পিয়ন বাংলাদেশ-ভারত". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ ইকবাল, নাইর (9 February 2024). "টাইব্রেকারে সমতার পর টস—ফুটবল কি এর আগে দেখেছে এমন ঘটনা". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "SAFF Women's U-19 C'ships: India declared joint winners with Bangladesh after initially winning via coin toss". Sportstar. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Controversy over coin toss as winner of Bangladesh-India SAFF U-19 final still undecided". The Business Standard. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.