2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nepal |
| Dates | 20–29 August |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | ANFA Complex (in Lalitpur host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Nepal Nepal (1st title) |
| Runners-up | India India |
| Third place | Not Awarded |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 24 (2.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 24,704 (2,745 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nepal Bimal Magar Nepal Anjan Bista (3 goals) |
2017 → | |
The 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 20–29 of August.[1] Six teams from the region took part, dividing into two groups. Nepal defeated India in the penalty shot in the finals and won the championship making Nepal first country to win the first U-19 SAFF Championship.
On 3 August, both Pakistan and Sri Lanka withdrew from the competition.[2]
Participating teams
[edit | edit source]The following six nations were competed in the tournament.
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan | 1st | n/a |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 1st | n/a |
| File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | 1st | n/a |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 1st | n/a |
| File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives | 1st | n/a |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal (Host) | 1st | n/a |
Venue
[edit | edit source]All matches was played at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal.
| Lalitpur | |
|---|---|
| ANFA Complex | |
| Capacity: 6,000 |
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Group stage
[edit | edit source]| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Group A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan |
|---|---|---|
| Bimal File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 29', 62' | Report | Sonam File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' |
| Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rohit File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Mannaf File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Afghanistan File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| Masaud File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Mansory File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Ahmadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
Report | Hamdhaan File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
| Afghanistan File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of India.svg India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kamalpreet File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Anirudh File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| Moinuddin File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Khiangte File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Anirudh File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Report |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]- In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 August – Lalitpur | ||||||
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 3 | |||||
| 29 August – Lalitpur | ||||||
| File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan | 2 | |||||
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| 27 August – Lalitpur | ||||||
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 1 (4) | |||||
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 0 (3) | |||||
| File:Flag of India.svg India (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
Semi-finals
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Final
[edit | edit source]Winner
[edit | edit source]| 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship |
|---|
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal First title |
Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]3 goals
2 goals
- Bangladesh Rohit Sarkar
- India Anirudh Thapa
1 goal
- Afghanistan Mohammad Ahmadi
- Afghanistan Masaud Habibi
- Afghanistan Ali Ahmad Mansory
- Afghanistan Mehdi Rezayee
- Bangladesh Mannaf Rabby
- Bhutan Sonam Togbay
- Maldives Hamdhaan Ali
- Nepal Sunil Bal
- Nepal Tej Tamang
- India Moinuddin Khan
- India Shahbaz Khan
- India Lalramzauva Khiangte
- India Kamalpreet Singh
1 own goal
- Bangladesh Tutul Hossain Badsha (against Nepal)
- Nepal Ananta Tamang (against Afghanistan)