2023 SAFF U-19 Championship

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2023 SAFF U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates21–30 September 2023
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (3rd title)
Runners-upError creating thumbnail:  Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored26 (2.89 per match)
Attendance23,233 (2,581 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bhutan Jigme Namgyel
India Gwgmsar Goyary
Nepal Samir Tamang
(3 goals each)
Best playerIndia Manglenthang Kipgen
Best goalkeeperIndia Lionel Daryl Rymmei
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
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The 2023 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It took place from 21–30 September 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1][2]

India are the defending champions, who won their second title in 2022 by defeating Bangladesh in the final on 5 August 2022.[3][4]

Venue

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On 22 July 2023, SAFF announced the tournament will be held at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1][2]

Kathmandu
Dasharath Rangasala
Capacity: 15,500
File:Dasarath Stadium during 2022 SAFF Women's Championship Final match.jpg
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2023 SAFF U-19 Championship

Teams

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Sri Lanka are ineligible for participation as they are suspended by FIFA.[5] Other six SAFF teams are eligible to participate.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Championship 		Previous best performance
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 5th Runners-up (2017, 2019, 2022)
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 4th Fourth place (2017, 2019)
 India 5th Winners (2019, 2022)
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 5th Third place (2019)
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (Host) 5th Winners (2015, 2017)
Error creating thumbnail:  Pakistan 1st –

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).[6]

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

Draw result

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

Match officials

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Referees
Assistant referees

Players eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2005 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 yellow cards = 3 points, 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:  Pakistan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (H) 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Pakistan Error creating thumbnail: 1–0File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India)
Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg1–1Error creating thumbnail:  Pakistan
 Report
Attendance: 212
Referee: Sabuj Kumar Das (Bangladesh)
Nepal   File:Flag of Nepal.svg4–1File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 3,709

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
3 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source: GSA
Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg0–3 India
Report
Attendance: 201
Referee: Nadheem Ali (Maldives)
Bhutan File:Flag of Bhutan.svg4–3File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Adnan Anjum (Pakistan)
India 2–1File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
 Report
Attendance: 425
Referee: Nabin Maharjan (Nepal)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September – Kathmandu
 
 
Error creating thumbnail:  Pakistan (p)0 (6)
 
30 September – Kathmandu
 
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan0 (5)
 
Error creating thumbnail:  Pakistan0
 
27 September – Kathmandu
 
 India3
 
 India (p)1 (3)
 
 
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal1 (2)
 

Semi-finals

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Pakistan Error creating thumbnail: 0–0File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Report
Penalties
 6–5
Attendance: 315
Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India)
India 1–1File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 12,656
Referee: Adnan Anjum (Pakistan)

Final

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Pakistan Error creating thumbnail: 0–3 India
Report
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Nadheem Ali (Maldives)

Winner

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 5th SAFF U-19 Championship 2023 Champions 
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India
Third title

Awards

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

Fair Play Award Best goalkeeper Most valuable player
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan[7] India Lionel Daryl Rymmei[7] India Manglenthang Kipgen[8]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 26 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.89 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

  • India Manglenthang Kipgen

1 goal

Source: GSA

Final standing

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Rank Team Pld W D L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 4 4 0 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Error creating thumbnail:  Pakistan 4 2 1 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 3 1 0 2
4 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 3 1 0 2
5 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 2 0 1 1
6 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 0 0 2

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See also

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

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