2024 SAFF U-17 Championship

2024 SAFF U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bhutan
Dates	20–30 September 2024
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (6th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	6,208 (517 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sujan Dangol (4 goals)
Best player	Mohamed Arbash
Best goalkeeper	Aheibam Suraj Singh
Fair play award	Bhutan
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The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship was the ninth edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Its played from 20–30 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.

India are the defending champions, who won their sixth title by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2024.

Venue

All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
File:Changlimithang Stadium from mezzanine.jpg	Thimphu is located in Bhutan Thimphu Thimphu

Participating teams

The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	9th	Champion (2015, 2018)
Bhutan (Host)	7th	Fourth place (2017)
India	9th	Champion (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Maldives	7th	Group stage (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
Nepal	9th	Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Pakistan	5th	Champion (2011)
Sri Lanka	7th	Semi-finals (2022)

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams.

Draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India Bhutan (hosts)	Maldives Nepal	Bangladesh Pakistan	Sri Lanka

Draw result

Group A Pos Team A1 India A2 Maldives A3 Bangladesh

Group B Pos Team B1 Bhutan B2 Nepal B3 Pakistan B4 Sri Lanka

Match officials

Referees

• Md Symoon Hasan Sany
• Pema Tshewang
• Mrutyunjay L Amatya
• Zaheer Hussain
• Nabindra Maharjan
• Sashanka Madushanka

Assistant referees

• Sujoy Barua
• Tshering Phuntsho
• Sourav Sarkar
• Abdulla Shathir
• Harish Karki
• Indunil Sandakelum

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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

• Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.

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 yellows, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Maldives	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: GSA

20 September 2024 (2024-09-20)

18:00

Bangladesh	0–1	India
	Report	Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 300

Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

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22 September 2024 (2024-09-22)

18:00

Bangladesh	1–1	Maldives
MD Mursed Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report	Mohamed Ilan Imran File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 150

Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

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24 September 2024 (2024-09-24)

18:00

India	3–0	Maldives
Samson Ahongshangban File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Hemneichung Lunkim File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', 89'	Report

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 60

Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Bhutan (H)	3	1	1	1	9	6	+3	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Source: GSA
(H) Hosts

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)

14:00

Nepal	0–1	Pakistan
	Report	Muhammad Talha File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 60

Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)

18:00

Bhutan	5–1	Sri Lanka
Karma Yeshe Thabkhe File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Sayon Lama File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Chimi Tobden Dorji File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Thinley Yezer File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Tandin Phuntsho File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report	Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 1,199

Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya (India)

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23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)

14:00

Nepal	4–0	Sri Lanka
Sujan Dangol File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 12', 30' Bigyan Khadka File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 30

Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)

23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)

18:00

Bhutan	3–3	Pakistan
Thinley Yeszer File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Tandin Phuntsho File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' Sonam Dorji File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Khobaib Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Subhan Karim File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Sharaf Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh)

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25 September 2024 (2024-09-25)

14:00

Pakistan	5–1	Sri Lanka
Subhan Karim File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 26' Muhammad Talha File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Mohamed Irshad File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (o.g.) Abdul Ghani File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Zakariyya Zafarullah File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 70

Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)

25 September 2024 (2024-09-25)

18:00

Bhutan	1–2	Nepal
Yonten Tharchen File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	Report	Krishna Bahadur Ale File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Sujan Dangol File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 1,787

Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya (India)

Knockout stage

• 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

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 September – Thimphu
	India	4
					30 September – Thimphu
	Nepal	2
					India	2
	28 September – Thimphu
					Bangladesh	0
	Pakistan	2 (7)
	Bangladesh (p)	2 (8)

Semi-finals

28 September 2024 (2024-09-28)

14:00

India	4–2	Nepal
Vishal Yadav File:Soccerball shade.svg 61', 68' Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Hemneichung Lunkim File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	Report	Subash Bam File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Mohammed Kaif File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (o.g.)

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 82

Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh)

28 September 2024 (2024-09-28)

18:00

Pakistan	2–2	Bangladesh
M Shahab Ahmed File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Abdul Rehman File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.)	Report	Md Manik File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', 90+4'
Penalties
Abdul Rehman soccer ball with check mark Abdul Samad soccer ball with check mark Syed Muhammad Aabis Reza kazmi soccer ball with check mark Khobaib Khan soccer ball with check mark Ubaid Ullah Khan soccer ball with check mark Majid Ali soccer ball with check mark Sharaf Khan soccer ball with check mark Abdul Ghaani soccer ball with red X	7–8	soccer ball with check mark Md Murshed Ali soccer ball with check mark Md Joy Ahmed soccer ball with check mark Md Kamal Merdha soccer ball with check mark Md Siam Omit soccer ball with check mark Md Manik soccer ball with check mark Akash Ahamad soccer ball with check mark Md Mithu Chowdhury soccer ball with check mark Ashikur Rahman

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 40

Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

Final

30 September 2024 (2024-09-30)

18:00

India	2–0	Bangladesh
Mohammed Kaif File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Mohammed Arbash File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	Report

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 1,230

Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

• Sujan Dangol

3 goals

• Hemneichung Lunkim
• Subhan Karim

2 goals

• Md Manik
• Thinley Yezer
• Tandin Phuntsho
• Vishal Yadav
• Muhammad Talha

1 goal

• Yonten Tharchen
• Karma Yeshe Thabkhe
• Sayon Lama
• Chimi Tobden Dorji
• Sonam Dorji
• Md Mursed Ali
• Mohammed Kaif
• Mohammed Arbash
• Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum
• Samson Ahongshangban
• Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh
• Mohamed Ilan Imran
• Bigyan Khadka
• Krishna Bahadur Ale
• Subash Bam
• Sharaf Khan
• Abdul Ghani
• Khobaib Khan
• M. Shahab Ahmed
• Abdul Rehman
• Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham
• Zakariyya Zafarullah

1 own goal

• Mohammed Kaif (Playing against Nepal)
• Mohamed Irshad (Playing against Pakistan)

Source: GSA

Winner

9th SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 Champions
File:Flag of India.svg India Sixth title

Awards

Fair Play Award		Best Goalkeeper		Highest Goalscorer		Most Valuable Player
Bhutan		Aheibam Suraj Singh		Sujan Dangol		Mohammed Arbash

See also

{{#section-h:2024 SAFF Women's Championship|See also}}