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2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship

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2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
CityLalitpur
Dates1–10 March 2024
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored34 (4.86 per match)
Attendance1,140 (163 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity
India Anushka Kumari
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity
Best goalkeeperBangladesh Yearzan Begum
Fair play award Bhutan
2023
2025

The 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship was 6th edition of SAFF U-16 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament were played in Nepal from 1–10 March 2024. Four teams from the region participated in the tournament.[1][2]

Bangladesh is the defending champion having won the title by defeated India by (3)1–1(2) goals penalties shootout in the final on 10 March 2024.[3]

Host selection

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At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 10 January 2024 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Nepal host country of the tournament.[1]

Participating nations

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The following four nations were participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Women's Championship
Previous best performance
 Bangladesh 6th Champions (2017)
 Bhutan 6th (2018)
 India 5th Champions (2018, 2019)
   Nepal (Host) 6th Champions (2022)

Venue

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All matches were played at ANFA Complex Lalitpur, Nepal.

Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000

Players eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2009 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.[citation needed]

Match officials

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Round robin

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Single round-robin, each team played each other. The top teams contest in the final.

Key to colours in league table define Champion
Champion
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).

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Qualified for Final
2  India 3 2 0 1 18 3 +15 6
3    Nepal 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 3
4  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: GSA

Matches

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Bhutan 0–7 India
Report
  • Shveta Rani 6', 27'
  • Pearl Fernandes 13', 26'
  • Anushka Kumari 17', 40'
  • Anwita Raghuraman 61'
Attendance: 231
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh 2–0   Nepal
Sauravi Akanda Prity 24', 31' Report
ANFA Complex, Lalitpur
Attendance: 103
Referee: Meera Tamang (Bhutan)

Bhutan 0–3   Nepal
Report
  • Puja Giri 14'
  • Bhumika Budathoki 18'
  • Gyanshu Dolmalo 31'
ANFA Complex, Lalitpur
Attendance: 150
Referee: Sen Hangma Subba (India)

Bangladesh 3–1 India
  • Alpi Akter 9'
  • Sauravi Akanda Prity 78'
  • Arpita Bishwas 89'
Report
  • Anushka Kumari 55'
ANFA Complex, Lalitpur
Attendance: 200
Referee: Maya Lama (Nepal)

India 10–0   Nepal
  • Anita Dungdung 3'
  • Pearl Fernandes 14', 43'
  • Anushka Kumari 22'
  • Bonifilia Shullai 25'
  • Gurleen Kaur Sidhu 33', 77'
  • Min Maya Shrestha 46' (o.g.)
  • Gurnaz Kaur 58'
  • Rheanna Liz Jacob 79'
Report
ANFA Complex, Lalitpur
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh 6–0 Bhutan
  • Sauravi Akanda Prity 13', 77'
  • Fatema Akter 32'
  • Kranuching Marma 35'
  • Sathi Munda 47'
  • Thuinuye Marma 69'
Report
ANFA Complex, Lalitpur
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sen Hangma Subba (India)

Final

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Bangladesh 1–1 India
  • Mariam Binte Hanna 71'
Report
  • Anushka Kumari 5'
Penalties
  • Sauravi Akanda Prity soccer ball with red X
  • Mariam Binte Hanna soccer ball with check mark
  • Thuinuye Marma soccer ball with check mark
  • Alpi Akter soccer ball with red X
  • Sathi Munda soccer ball with check mark
3–2
  • Shveta Rani soccer ball with check mark
  • Alena Devi Sarangthem soccer ball with red X
  • Bonifilia Shullai soccer ball with red X
  • Anwita Raghuraman soccer ball with check mark
  • Divyani Linda soccer ball with red X
Attendance: 206
Referee: Maya Lama (Nepal)

Winners

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 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Champions 

Bangladesh
Second title

Awards

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

Most Valuable Player[4] Best Goalkeeper[4] Fair Play Award[4]
Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity Bangladesh Yearzan Begum  Bhutan

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 34 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4.86 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity
  • India Anushka Kumari

4 goals

  • India Pearl Fernandes

2 goals

  • India Shveta Rani
  • India Gurleen Kaur Sidhu

1 goal

  • Bangladesh Mariam Binta Hanna
  • Bangladesh Fatema Akter
  • Bangladesh Kranuching Marma
  • Bangladesh Sathi Munda
  • Bangladesh Thuinuye Marma
  • Bangladesh Alpi Akter
  • Bangladesh Arpita Bishwas
  • India Anwita Raghuraman
  • India Anita Dungdung
  • India Bonifilia Shullai
  • India Gurnaz Kaur
  • India Rheanna Liz Jacob
  • Nepal Gyanshu Dolmalo
  • Nepal Bhumika Budathoki
  • Nepal Puja Giri

1 own goal

  • Nepal Min Maya Shrestha (Against India)

Source: GSA

References

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  1. ^ a b "SAFF to announced 2024 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". Football Bangladesh (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh beat India to clinch title". www.thedailystar.net. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "SAFF U-16 Women's Champs: Bangladesh come from behind to beat India on penalties in final". www.unb.com.bd. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.