2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

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2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Dates11–22 December
Teams 5  (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of India.svg  India
Third placeFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Fourth placeFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored44 (4 per match)
Attendance49,303 (4,482 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Bangladesh.svg Saheda Akter Ripa
(5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Bangladesh.svg Saheda Akter Ripa
Fair play awardFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
2018
2022

The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 11 to 22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0 goals in the final of the tournament. [7]

Host selection

On 14 October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament. [8]

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition. [9] Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2ndChampions (2018)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 2ndRunners-up (2018)
Flag of India.svg  India 2ndThird-place (2018)
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 2ndFourth-place (2018)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1st

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 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

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage

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.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (H)4310190+1910Advance to the Final
2Flag of India.svg  India 430191+89
3Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 4211101+97
4Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 410351383
5Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4004028280
Source: Global Sports Archive
(H) Hosts

Matches

Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg50Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 3250
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg00Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 5539
Referee: Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg60Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 4992
Referee: Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
India  Flag of India.svg50Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 2372
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)

Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg60Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 1650
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)
India  Flag of India.svg30Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 2250
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg10Flag of India.svg  India
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 5743
Referee: Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg40Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 2873
Referee: Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)

Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg0–1Flag of India.svg  India
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 3276
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg120Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 6233
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Final

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg10Flag of India.svg  India
Report
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 11125
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Winners

 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship champions 
Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh
Second title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorer [10] Most Valuable Player [10] Fair Play award [10]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Saheda Akter Ripa Flag of Bangladesh.svg Saheda Akter Ripa Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 44 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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