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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
ChampionsError creating thumbnail:  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)Error creating thumbnail: Md Arbash
(3 goals)
Best playerError creating thumbnail: Md Arbash
Best goalkeeperError creating thumbnail: 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)
Error creating thumbnail:  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)
Error creating thumbnail:  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 Error creating thumbnail:  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 Error creating thumbnail:  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.svg0–1Error creating thumbnail:  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 Error creating thumbnail: 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
 
 
Error creating thumbnail:  India8
 
10 September – Thimphu
 
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives0
 
Error creating thumbnail:  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 Error creating thumbnail: 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 Error creating thumbnail: 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] Error creating thumbnail: Suraj Singh[6] Error creating thumbnail: 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

2 goals

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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