SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship is association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15. The tournament is organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
RegionSouth Asia (SAFF)
Number of teams7
Current champions Bangladesh
Most successful team(s) India
 Bangladesh
(2 titles)
2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship

History

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The tournament began in 2017 and is hosted every other year. For 2021, the decision was made to make the tournament a U-16 tournament versus the previous three iterations which had been U-15. However, the tournament was ultimately postponed.[1] Later, Bangladesh was declared to be the host of the 4th edition, which is going to take place in U-15 format on late 2022.[citation needed]

Results

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U17 format
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2023
Details
  Bangladesh   Russia RR   Bangladesh   India RR     Nepal
U16 format
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2024
Details
    Nepal   Bangladesh 1–1
(3–2 p)
  India     Nepal RR   Bhutan
U15 format
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2017
Details
  Bangladesh   Bangladesh 1–0   India   Bhutan RR     Nepal
2018
Details
  Bhutan   India 1–0   Bangladesh   Bhutan 2–2
(4–3 p)
    Nepal
2019
Details
  Bhutan   India 0–0
(5–3 p)
  Bangladesh     Nepal RR   Bhutan
2022
Details
  Bangladesh     Nepal RR   Bangladesh   Bhutan

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  •     — Withdrew after qualification
  •     — Disqualified after qualification
Team  
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
Total
  Bangladesh 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 6
  Bhutan GS 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 4th 6
  India 2nd 1st 1st × 3rd 2nd 5
  Maldives x x x x x x 0
    Nepal GS 4th 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 6
  Pakistan x GS x x x x 1
  Sri Lanka x GS x x x x 1
Guest team
  Russia x x x x 1st x 1

Awards

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Year Most Valuable Player Top scorer(s) Best Goalkeeper Fair play award
Player(s) Goals
2017   Akhi Khatun   Naorem Priyanka 4 Not awarded   Bangladesh
2018   Naorem Priyanka Devi   Silky Devi
  Shamsunnahar Jr.
  Tohura Khatun
  Chandra Bandari
4   Bangladesh
2019   Rupna Chakma   Lynda Kom Serto 4   Bhutan
2022   Sauravi Akanda Prity   Sauravi Akanda Prity 9   Sujata Tamang   Bangladesh
2023   Elena Golik   Shilji Shaji 8   Sujata Tamang   India
2024   Sauravi Akanda Prity   Sauravi Akanda Prity
  Anushka Kumari
5   Yearzan Begum   Bhutan

Winning coaches

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Year Team Coach
2017   Bangladesh   Golam Robbani Choton
2018   India   Biby Thomas Muttath
2019   India   Biby Thomas Muttath
2022     Nepal   Bhagwati Rana Magar
2023   Russia   Elena Medved
2024   Bangladesh   Saiful Bari Titu

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Deshkal, Shampratik. "SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Postponed". Shampratik Deshkal. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.