SAFF U-20 Championship

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SAFF U-20 Championship
Founded2015
RegionSouth Asia (SAFF)
Teams7
Current championsFile:Flag of India.svg India
(4th title)
Most championshipsFile:Flag of India.svg India
(4 titles)
File:Soccerball current event.svg 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship

The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship is an annual football championship for male footballers under the age of 20 and is organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The championship was held for the first time in August 2015 in Nepal.[1] The tournaments are held just before AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification matches, keeping in mind about proper preparation for that.[2]

Results

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Ed. Year Cat. Host Final Third place playoff No. of
teams
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2015 U-19 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg
Nepal 		1–1
(5–4 p) 		File:Flag of India.svg
India 		File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan and File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 6
2 2017 U-18 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan File:Flag of Nepal.svg
Nepal 		RR File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh 		File:Flag of India.svg
India 		RR File:Flag of Bhutan.svg
Bhutan 		5
3 2019 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal File:Flag of India.svg
India 		2–1 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh 		File:Flag of Maldives.svg
Maldives 		1–0 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg
Bhutan 		6
4 2022 U-20 File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of India.svg
India 		5–2
(a.e.t.) 		File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh 		File:Flag of Nepal.svg
Nepal 		RR File:Flag of Maldives.svg
Maldives 		5
5 2023 U-19 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal File:Flag of India.svg
India 		3–0 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg
Pakistan 		File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan and File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 6
6 2024 U-20 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh 		4–1 File:Flag of Nepal.svg
Nepal 		File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan and File:Flag of India.svg India 6
7 2025 U-19 File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of India.svg
India 		1–1
(4–3 p) 		File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh 		File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal and File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 6

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place[a]
  • SF – Semifinals[b]
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  •     — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
  •     — Not part of SAFF
Team Nepal
2015 		Bhutan
2017 		Nepal
2019 		India
2022 		Nepal
2023 		Nepal
2024 		India
2025 		Total
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh SF 2nd 2nd 2nd GS 1st 2nd 7
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan GS 4th 4th × SF SF GS 6
File:Flag of India.svg India 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st SF 1st 7
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives GS 5th 3rd 4th GS GS SF 7
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 1st 1st GS 3rd SF 2nd SF 7
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan × × × × 2nd × × 1
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka × × GS GS × GS GS 4
Former Team
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan SF Not a SAFF member 1

Statistics

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Performance by nation

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Nation Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-Finalists
File:Flag of India.svg India 4 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025) 1 (2015) 1 (2017) – 1 (2024)
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 2 (2015, 2017) 1 (2024) 2 (2022, 2025) – 1 (2023)
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 1 (2024) 4 (2017, 2019, 2022, 2025) – – 1 (2015)
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan – 1 (2023) – – –
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives – – 1 (2019) 1 (2022) 1 (2025)
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan – – – 2 (2017, 2019) 2 (2023, 2024)
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan* – – – – 1 (2015)
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka – – – – –
Notes
  1. ^ Format of the 2017 tournament was single round-robin between the 5 participating teams. Nepal won the title on head-to-head rule of classification.[3]
  2. ^ No third-place match was held in 2015 and 2023.

Awards

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Tournament Most Valuable Player Top scorer(s) Goals Best Goalkeeper Fair play award
2015 Not Awarded Nepal Anjan Bista
Nepal Bimal Magar 		3 Not Awarded File:Flag of India.svg India
2017 Bhutan Orgyen Tshering Bangladesh Jafar Iqbal 5 Not Awarded File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
2019 India Ninthoinganba Meetei Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim
Bangladesh Tanvir Hossain
India Gurkirat Singh 		2 Not Awarded File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
2022 India Gurkirat Singh India Gurkirat Singh 8 Not Awarded File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
2023 India Manglenthang Kipgen Bhutan Jigme Namgyel
India Gwgmsar Goyary
Nepal Samir Tamang 		3 India Lionel Daryl Rymmei File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
2024 Bangladesh Mirajul Islam Bangladesh Mirajul Islam 4 Bangladesh Md Asif File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
2025 India Mohammed Arbas India Danny Meitei 5 India Suraj Singh Aheibam File:Flag of India.svg India

See also

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References

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