| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nepal |
| City | Lalitpur |
| Dates | 1–10 March 2024 |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Bangladesh (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Goals scored | 34 (4.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,140 (163 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sauravi Akanda Prity Anushka Kumari (5 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Sauravi Akanda Prity |
| Best goalkeeper | 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.
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.
Host selection
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.
Participating nations
The following four nations were participated in the tournament.
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Women's Championship |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh
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6th | Champions (2017) |
| Bhutan
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6th | (2018) |
| India
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5th | Champions (2018, 2019) |
 Nepal (Host)
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6th | Champions (2022) |
Venue
All matches were played at ANFA Complex Lalitpur, Nepal.
| Lalitpur |   Lalitpur
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|---|---|
| ANFA Complex | |
| Capacity: 4,000 |
Players eligibility
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.
Match officials
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Referees
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Round robin
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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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| 1 | Bangladesh
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Qualified for Final |
| 2 | India
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nepal
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bhutan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
Matches
All times are local, NST (UTC+5:45).| Bhutan | 0–7 | India |
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| Bangladesh | 2–0 | Nepal |
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Sauravi Akanda Prity  24', 31' |
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| Bhutan | 0–3 | Nepal |
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| Bangladesh | 3–1 | India |
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| India | 10–0 | Nepal |
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| Bangladesh | 6–0 | Bhutan |
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Final
| Bangladesh | 1–1 | India |
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| Penalties | ||
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3–2 |
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Winners
| 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Champions |
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 Bangladesh Second title |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Most Valuable Player | Best Goalkeeper | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Sauravi Akanda Prity
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Yearzan Begum
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Bhutan
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There have been 34 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4.86 goals per match.
5 goals
- Sauravi Akanda Prity
- Anushka Kumari
4 goals
- Pearl Fernandes
2 goals
- Shveta Rani
- Gurleen Kaur Sidhu
1 goal
- Mariam Binta Hanna
- Fatema Akter
- Kranuching Marma
- Sathi Munda
- Thuinuye Marma
- Alpi Akter
- Arpita Bishwas
- Anwita Raghuraman
- Anita Dungdung
- Bonifilia Shullai
- Gurnaz Kaur
- Rheanna Liz Jacob
- Gyanshu Dolmalo
- Bhumika Budathoki
- Puja Giri
1 own goal
- Min Maya Shrestha (Against India)
Source: GSA
References
- ^ "SAFF to announced 2024 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". Football Bangladesh (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- "Bangladesh beat India to clinch title". www.thedailystar.net. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
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