2022 SAFF U-17 Championship

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2022 SAFF U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySri Lanka[1]
CityColombo
Dates5–14 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions India (4th title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored29 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Thanglalsoun Gangte
Bangladesh Mirajul Islam
Nepal Unesh Budhathoki
(4 goals each)
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2023 →

The 2022 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 7th 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). The tournament was took place in Sri Lanka from September 5 to 14, 2022. Six teams from the region took part.[2]

India is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Nepal 7−0 on 31 August 2019.[3]

Participating teams[edit]

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021,[4] but eventually withdrew the ban, yet they could not participate in the competition as it was too late for them to be ready.[5]

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship 		Previous best performance
 India 7th Champions (2013, 2017, 2019)
 Bangladesh 7th Champions (2015, 2018)
   Nepal 7th Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019)
 Bhutan 5th Fourth Place
 Sri Lanka 6th Group Stage
 Maldives 5th Group Stage

Venue[edit]

All matches are being held at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Colombo
Racecourse Ground
Capacity: 10,000

Officials[edit]

Draw[edit]

Once the hosting nation is announced, it will be put in the 1st position of pot 1 while Maldives will be moved to pot 3.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Sri Lanka (Hosts)
 India 		   Nepal
 Bangladesh 		 Bhutan
 Maldives
Source: SAFF

Players' eligibility[edit]

Players born on or after 1 January 2006, 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[edit]

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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Sri Lanka (H) 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
3  Maldives 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Bangladesh 5–1 Sri Lanka
 Report Yasser 77'
Attendance: 556
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Maldives 0–5 Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 206
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)
Sri Lanka 1−0 Maldives
Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1    Nepal 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  India 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
3  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: GSA
Bhutan 0–3 India
Report
Attendance: 302
Referee: Athambawa Mohammed Jafran (Sri Lanka)
Nepal   2−1 Bhutan
 Report J. Dorji 68'
Attendance: 346
Referee: Abdulla Shathir (Maldives)
India 1−3   Nepal
 Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September–Colombo
 
 
 Bangladesh1
 
14 September–Colombo
 
 India2
 
 India4
 
12 September–Colombo
 
   Nepal0
 
   Nepal6
 
 
 Sri Lanka0
 

Semi-finals[edit]

Bangladesh 1–2 India
Mirajul 61' (pen.) Report Gangte 50', 58'
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Nepal   6–0 Sri Lanka
 Report

Final[edit]

India 4–0   Nepal
 Report
Referee: Alamgir Sarker (Bangladesh)

Winner[edit]

 7th SAFF U-17 Championship 2022 

India
Fourth title

Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 35 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.89 goals per match (as of 14 September 2022).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAFF

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka to host SAFF U17 Championship". ThePapare.com. 3 August 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ "All you need to know about the 2021 SAFF calendar". Goal.com. 17 April 2021. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "With 28 goals in 5 games, India lift SAFF U-15 Title". saffederation.org. AIFF. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ "FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations". Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Draw ceremony for SAFF Women's Championship and SAFF U17 Championship held". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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