2019 SAFF U-18 Championship

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2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–29 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)APF Stadium, Kathmandu
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of India.svg India (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Third placeFile:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Attendance3,900 (390 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Tanvir Hossain
Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim
India Gurkirat Singh
(2 goals each)
Best playerIndia Ninthoinganba Meetei
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
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The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was the third edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.[1][2]

Nepal were the defending champions, having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017, however they lost in Group Stage.

Squads

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Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

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Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A. However, due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation, they withdrew from the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Championship 		Previous best performance
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3rd Runners-up (2017)
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 3rd 4th (2017)
File:Flag of India.svg India 3rd Runners-Up (2015)
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 3rd Group Stage
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (Host) 3rd Champions (2015, 2017)
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 1st –

Officials

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Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2019. Source: SAFF
Nepal   File:Flag of Nepal.svg1−1File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Dangi File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Report Nazeem File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohamed Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Nepal   File:Flag of Nepal.svg0−3File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ashwin Kumar (India)
Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg0−0File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege (Sri Lanka)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1 File:Flag of India.svg India 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
3 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2019. Source: SAFF
Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg3–0File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Tanvir File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'
Morshed File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'
Fahim File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abdulla Sathir (Maldives)
India File:Flag of India.svg0−0File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg0−3File:Flag of India.svg India
Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
 
 
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan0
 
29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
 
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh4
 
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh1
 
27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
 
File:Flag of India.svg India2
 
File:Flag of India.svg India4
 
 
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives0
 
Third place
 
 
29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
 
 
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan0
 
 
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives1

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg0−4File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ashantha Dias Adeege (Sri Lanka)
India File:Flag of India.svg4−0File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Third place match

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Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg0−1File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Final

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Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg1−2File:Flag of India.svg India
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Goalscorers

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There were 23 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Maldives Ahnaf Rasheedh (playing against India)

Winner

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 3rd SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 
File:Flag of India.svg
India
First title

Broadcasting rights

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Country Broadcaster
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (host) MYCUJOO.TV
South Asian Countries
South-East Asian Countries

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