2022 SAFF U-17 Championship

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

Contents

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

Participating teams

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]

TeamAppearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship		Previous best performance
Flag of India.svg  India 7thChampions (2013, 2017, 2019)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 7thChampions (2015, 2018)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 7thRunners-up (2013, 2017, 2019)
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 5thFourth Place
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 6thGroup Stage
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 5thGroup Stage

Venue

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

Colombo
Racecourse Ground
Capacity: 10,000
Colombo Racecourse grandstand - 03.jpg

Officials

Draw

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

Players' eligibility

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

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2200101+96Qualified for Knockout stage
2Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (H)210125−33
3Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 200206−60
Source: GSA
(H) Host
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg5–1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Report Yasser Soccerball shade.svg77'
Colombo Racecourse, Colombo
Attendance: 556
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg0–5Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Report
Colombo Racecourse, Colombo
Attendance: 206
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg1−0Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Report
Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 220052+36Qualified for Knockout stage
2Flag of India.svg  India 210143+13
3Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 200215−40
Source: GSA
Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg0–3Flag of India.svg  India
Report
Colombo Racecourse, Colombo
Attendance: 302
Referee: Athambawa Mohammed Jafran (Sri Lanka)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg2−1Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Report J. Dorji Soccerball shade.svg68'
Colombo Racecourse, Colombo
Attendance: 346
Referee: Abdulla Shathir (Maldives)
India  Flag of India.svg1−3Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Report
Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
12 September–Colombo
 
 
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1
 
14 September–Colombo
 
Flag of India.svg  India 2
 
Flag of India.svg  India 4
 
12 September–Colombo
 
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 0
 
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 6
 
 
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 0
 

Semi-finals

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg1–2Flag of India.svg  India
Mirajul Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.) Report Gangte Soccerball shade.svg50', 58'
Colombo Racecourse , Colombo
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg6–0Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Report
Colombo Racecourse , Colombo

Final

India  Flag of India.svg4–0Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Report
Colombo Racecourse , Colombo
Referee: Alamgir Sarker (Bangladesh)

Winner

 7th SAFF U-17 Championship 2022 
Flag of India.svg
India
Fourth title

Goalscorers

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

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