2023 SAFF U-16 Championship

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2023 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBhutan
Dates2–10 September 2023
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (5th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored27 (3 per match)
Attendance16,475 (1,831 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Md Arbash
(3 goals)
Best playerIndia Md Arbash
Best goalkeeperIndia Suraj Singh
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
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The 2023 SAFF U-16 Championship was the eighth edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Its was played from 2–10 September 2023 in Thimphu, Bhutan.[1][2]

India are the defending champions, who won their fifth title in 2023 by defeating Bangladesh in the final. Pakistan were given the fair play award.[3]

Venue

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All matches were held at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.[1][2]

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
File:Changlimithang Stadium from mezzanine.jpg

Teams

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Sri Lanka are ineligible for participation as they are suspended by FIFA.[4] Other six SAFF teams are eligible to participate.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Championship 		Previous best performance
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 8th Winners (2015, 2018)
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (Host) 6th Fourth place (2017)
 India 8th Winners (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 6th Group stage (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 8th Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 4th Winners (2011)

Draw

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The draw was held in BFF House in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 July 2023 at 12:00 BST (UTC+6).[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (hosts)
 India 		File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 		File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan

Draw result

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Group A
Pos Team
A1  India
A2 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
A3 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Group B
Pos Team
B1 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
B2 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
B3 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan

Match officials

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Referees
Assistant referees

Players eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2007 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.

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
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 tiebreaking 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 yellots, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: GSA
Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg0–1 India
Report Thoungamba Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Attendance: 720
Referee: Penjor Ugyen (Bhutan)
Nepal   File:Flag of Nepal.svg0–1File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Report Md Ashikur Rahman File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)
India 1–0File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Md. Arbash File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Report
Attendance: 545
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3
3 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (H) 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg2–1File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Md. Nasir Uddin (Bangladesh)
Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg0–3File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg2–3File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Senthil Nathan Sekaran (India)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September – Thimphu
 
 
 India8
 
10 September – Thimphu
 
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives0
 
 India2
 
8 September – Thimphu
 
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh0
 
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan1
 
 
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh2
 

Semi-finals

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India 8–0File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 260
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg1–2File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Penjor Ugyen (Bhutan)

Final

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India 2–0File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)

Winner

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 8th SAFF U-16 Championship 2023 Champions 
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India
Fifth title

Awards

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

Fair Play Award Goalkeeper Golden Boot Award
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan[6] India Suraj Singh[6] India Md Arbas[6]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 29 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.

3 goals

  • India Md Arbash

2 goals

  • Pakistan Subhan Karim
  • Bhutan Sonam Dorji
  • India Airborlang Kharthangmaw
  • India Levis Zangminlun

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Maldives Ahmed Mifzal (against Pakistan)
  • Bhutan Kingyel Wancchuk Dorji (against Maldives)

Source: GSA

See also

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{{#section-h:2023 SAFF Championship|See also}}

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