2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

The 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–20 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament were played from 3–9 February 2023 in Bangladesh.[1][2]

2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates3–9 February
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (3rd title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored32 (4.57 per match)
Attendance22,748 (3,250 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Amisha Karki
Bangladesh Shamsunnahar Junior
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Shamsunnahar Junior
Best goalkeeperBangladesh Rupna Chakma
Fair play award Bhutan
2022
2024

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated Nepal by 3–0 goals in the final of the tournament on 9 February 2023.[3]

Venue

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All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000
 

Participating nations

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Team App Last Best placement in the tournament
  Bangladesh 4th 2022 Champions (2018, 2021)
  Bhutan 3rd 2021 Fourth-place (2018)
  India 4th 2022 Champions (2022)
    Nepal 4th 2022 Runners-up (2018)

Players eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2003 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
  •   Maya Lado
  •   Kusum Mandi
  •   Jaya Chakma
  •   Yangkhey Tshering
  •   Meera Tamang
Assistant referees
  •   Salma Akter Mone
  •   Merina Dhimal
  •   Chim Chim Serto
  •   Prem Kumari Sunwar

Round robin

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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 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to the Final
2     Nepal 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3   India 3 1 1 1 13 3 +10 4
4   Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: SAFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

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India  12–0  Bhutan
  • Apurna   29', 36'
  • Nitu   43'
  • Neha   45+2', 55', 90'
  • Anita   50', 69', 78'
  • Lynda   61', 63', 75'
Report (SAFF)
Report (AIFF)
Attendance: 204
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Nepal    1–3  Bangladesh
Manmaya   24' Report (SAFF)
Report (Prothom Alo)
  • Aklima   3'
  • Shaheda   13', 90+1'
Attendance: 5,437
Referee: Kusum Mandi (India)

Bhutan  0–4    Nepal
Report (Goalnepal)
Report (SAFF)
  • Amisha   19', 45+2', 63'
  • Preeti   61'
Attendance: 262
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh  0–0  India
Report (New Age)
Report (SAFF)
Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Maya Lama (Nepal)

India  1–3    Nepal
Report (SAFF)
Report (UNB)
  • Anjali   48'
  • Preeti   69'
  • Amisha   89'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yangkhey Tshering (Bhutan)
Bangladesh  5–0  Bhutan
Report (SAFF)
Report (Daily Star)
Attendance: 2,713
Referee: Kusum Mandi (India)

Final

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Bangladesh  3–0    Nepal
Report (SAFF)
Report (Daily Star)
Attendance: 9,826
Referee: Yangkhey Tshering (Bhutan)

Winners

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 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Champions 
 
Bangladesh
Third title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorer[4] Most Valuable Player[4] Best goalkeeper[4] Fair Play award[4]
  Shamsunnahar Junior
  Amisha Karki
  Shamsunnahar Junior   Rupna Chakma   Bhutan

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 32 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4.57 goals per match. Source: SAFF

4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
  •   Preeti Rai
1 Goal
  •   Unnoti Khatun
  •   Nitu Linda
  •   Manmaya Damai
  •   Anjali Chand

Hat-tricks

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Player Against Result Date Ref
  Neha   Bhutan 12–0 3 February 2023 [5]
  Anita Kumari   Bhutan 12–0 3 February 2023 [5]
  Lynda Kom   Bhutan 12–0 3 February 2023 [5]
  Shamsunnahar Junior   Bhutan 5–0 7 February 2023 [6]
  Amisha Karki   Bhutan 4–0 5 February 2023 [7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SAFF to announced 2023 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ "SAFF to revise fixtures after FIFA bans India". Daily New Age. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh win SAFF U-20 Women's C'ship title with 3-0 win". The Daily Star. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "ট্রফির ছড়াছড়ি বাংলাদেশের". Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Bhutan triumph only the beginning for Young Tigresses". www.the-aiff.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh storm into SAFF U-20 C'ship final". www.thedailystar.net. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ "SAFF U20 Championship: Nepal U20 Registers First Win". www.goalnepal.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.