2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship

This article is about the women's league. For the men's league, see 2026 SAFF Futsal Championship.

2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	13–25 January 2026
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	54 (5.4 per match)
Attendance	508 (51 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khushbu Saroj (5 goals)
2027 → All statistics correct as of 19 January 2026.

The 2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship is the inaugural edition of the SAFF Women's Futsal Championship, a biennial international futsal tournament organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) for women's national teams from South Asia. The tournament being played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 13 to 25 January 2026. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The championship will also feature capacity-building courses for coaches and referees, aimed at strengthening the development of women's futsal in the region. ^[1]

Venue

SAFF General Secretary Purushottam Kattel stated that Thailand was selected due to its infrastructure, accessibility, and limited futsal experience among member nations. Potential India–Pakistan logistical considerations were also cited as a factor. ^[5]

Venue in Thailand
Bangkok	Bangkok 2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship (Thailand)
Nonthaburi Stadium
Capacity: 4,000

Participating teams

All seven SAFF member associations will make their debut in the inaugural edition. ^[6]

Country	Appearance	Previous best	FIFA ranking
Bangladesh	1st (Debut)	—N/a	44
Bhutan			NR
India			87
Maldives			NR
Nepal			NR
Pakistan			NR
Sri Lanka			NR

Squads

The following squads were announced for the tournament.

Bangladesh [7]	Bhutan [8]	India [9]	Maldives [10]
1 Shejuti Islam Smrity (GK) 2 Shopna Akter Jili (GK) 3 Mehenur Akhter 4 Mst Sumi Khatun 5 Masura Parvin 6 Marzia 7 Sumaya Matsushima 8 Lipi Akter 9 Krishna Rani Sarkar 10 Nouson Jahan 11 Sabina Khatun (c) 12 Ratri Moni 13 Nilufa Yesmin Nila 14 Etie Rani (GK)	1 Sangita Monger (GK) 2 Kelden Wangmo 3 Jamyang Choden 4 Tshering Yangchen 5 Phuntsho Choden 6 Tshering Lhaden 7 Tshering Yangden 8 Pema Kuenzang Choeki 9 Deki Lhazom 10 Sonam Lhamo (c) 11 Namgyel Dema 12 Karma Yuden (GK) 13 Sunita Rai 14 Yeshey Bidha	1Tanvi Mavani (GK) 2 Achom Degio 3Radhika Patel 4 Mithila Ramani 5 Nishka Parkash 6Arya More 7 Jigmet Chunzen (c) 8Khushbu Saroj 9 Sonali Mondal 10 Ritika Singh 11Diti Kanungo 12Pooja Gupta 13 Aiswarya Arumugam 14 Aarushi Santhosh	1 Saiga Hussain (GK) 2Maryam Shafa 3 Fathimath Sausan (GK) 4 Aminath Shaamila 5 Fathimath Faiha Ali 6 Fathimath Saliya (c) 7 Aminath Fazla 8 Mariyam Rifa 9 Fathimath Saina 10 Mariyam Noora 11 Fathimath Afza 12 Raniya Ibrahim 13 Fathimath Inaasha Adam 14 Hawwa Haneefa
Nepal [11]	Pakistan [12]	Sri Lanka [13]	Head coaches
1 Sabitri Kishan (GK) 2 Sajina Koirala 3 Dipa Rai (c) 4 Bimala Thapa 5 Bimala Chaudhary 6 Roshani Bohara Chettri 7 Manisha Thapa Magar 8 Jennifer Rana 9 Sushma Tamang 10 Anjali Machamasi 11 Praktishya Thakuri 12 Jharana Dumrakoti (GK) 13 Sunkala Rai 14 Anita KC	1Jennah Farooki (GK) 2 Zeeyana Jivraj (GK) 3 Aliya Sadiq 4Aiman Ali 5 Alina Ispahani 6 Fatima Nasir 7Sibal Fawad 8 Kayanat Bokhari (c) 9 Azwa Chaudhry 10Amani Khan 11 Khadija Kazmi 12 Ghazala Amir 13 Anmool Hira 14 Syeda Mahpara (GK)	1Sakura Sewwandi (GK) 2Lochani Sooriyaarachchi 3Tharidi Weliwita 4Aathika Asfar 5Dulini De Silva 6 Tharmika Sivaneswaran 7Imesha Warnakulasuriya 8Shanika Lakmali 9 Shanu Paskaran 10 Gowry Surenthiran 11Stephni Dias (c) 12Sanduni Sewmini 13Ashani Imesha (GK)	Bangladesh: Saeid Khodarahmi Bhutan: Passang Tshering India: Joshuah Vaz Maldives: Athif Mohamed Nepal: Bikram Maharjan Pakistan: Fatemeh Sharif Sri Lanka: Rajamany Devasagayam

• (C) Captain
• (GK) Goalkeeper

Match officials

Due to the limited number of SAFF futsal referees, SAFF appointed 10 futsal referees to officiate the tournament, nine of whom are from outside the regional body.

Referees

• Nicholas Backo
• Vaja Vishal Mahendrabhai
• Ali Ahmadi
• Mohammad Javad Ehtesham
• Ali Hafizi
• Khampasong Xayavongsy
• Chris Sinclair
• Benjapol Mucharoensap
• Chonlakan Luangsa-Ard
• Nattakit Hintua

Match Commissioners

• Shahir Ahmed
• D. Tashi Wangmo
• Jonathan De Souza
• Arunava Bhattacharya

Referee Accessors

• Mahmud-Reza Nasirloo
• Krutsri Presser

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		IND	BAN	PAK	BHU	NEP	SRI	MDV
1	India	4	3	0	1	25	8	+17	9				5–3		8–1
2	Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7		3–1		23-Jan	3–3	3–0	21-Jan	25-Jan
3	Pakistan	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7					1–1		3–2
4	Bhutan	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	5		23-Jan					5–1	21-Jan
5	Nepal	4	1	1	2	8	13	−5	4				21-Jan	25-Jan
6	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1		25-Jan				2–2		23-Jan
7	Maldives	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0		1–11		1–3		0–5

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2026. Source: SAFF

Matches

All times are local (ICT, UTC+7).

The SAFF has released its official match schedule for the season, detailing dates, venues, and kickoff times for all upcoming games. ^[14]

13 January 2026 (2026-01-13)

14:00

Match 1

Maldives	1–11	India
Achom Degio 39' (o.g.)	Report	Mithila Ramani 4' Ritika Singh 6', 17' Khushbu Saroj 17', 22', 24', 26' Sonali Mondal 17', 37' Nishka Parkash 33', 34'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 20

Referee: Khamprasong Xayavongsy (Laos)

13 January 2026 (2026-01-13)

17:00

Match 2

Pakistan	1–1	Bhutan
Kayanat Bokhari 23'	Report	Yeshey Bidha 26'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 56

Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

13 January 2026 (2026-01-13)

20:00

Match 3

Sri Lanka	2–2	Nepal
Tharmika Sivaneswaran 2' Tharidi Weliwita 25'	Report	Manisha Thapa Magar 11' Bimala Chaudhary 15'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 56

Referee: Vaja Vishal Mahendrabhai (India)

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15 January 2026 (2026-01-15)

14:00

Match 4

Bangladesh	3–1	India
Sabina Khatun 7', 13' Sumaya Matsushima 31'	Report	Arya More 37'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 50

Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

15 January 2026 (2026-01-15)

16:30

Match 5

Maldives	0–5	Nepal
	Report	Jenifer Rana 4', 12' Bimala Chaudhary 11' Manisha Thapa Magar 18' Fathimath Saina 39' (o.g.)

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 86

Referee: Vaja Vishal Mahendrabhai (India)

15 January 2026 (2026-01-15)

19:00

Match 6

Pakistan	3–2	Sri Lanka
Stephni Dias 10' (o.g.) Azwa Chaudhry 22', 38'	Report	Tharmika Sivaneswaran 19' Stephni Dias 22'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 50

Referee: Nattakit Hintua (Thailand)

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17 January 2026 (2026-01-17)

14:00

Match 7

Bangladesh	3–3	Bhutan
Sumaya Matsushima 7' Sabina Khatun 35' Masura Parvin 36'	Report	Deki Lhazom 3' Sonam Lhamo 27', 30'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 63

Referee: Vaja Vishal Mahendrabhai (India)

17 January 2026 (2026-01-17)

16:30

Match 8

India	8–1	Nepal
Diti Kanungo 4', 4', 13', 15' Nishka Parkash 8' Ritika Singh 22', 37' Khushbu Saroj 24'	Report	Manisha Thapa Magar 8'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 40

Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

17 January 2026 (2026-01-17)

19:00

Match 9

Maldives	1–3	Pakistan
Mariyam Noora 9'	Report	Azwa Chaudhry 3' Kayanat Bokhari 16' Anmool Hira 23'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 37

Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)

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19 January 2026 (2026-01-19)

14:00

Match 10

Bangladesh	3–0	Nepal
Sabina Khatun 14' Krishna Rani Sarkar 19' Lipi Akter 33'	Report

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 50

Referee: Mohammad Javad Ehtesham (Iran)

19 January 2026 (2026-01-19)

16:30

Match 11

Bhutan	5–1	Sri Lanka
Sunita Rai 7' Tshering Yangden 28' Ashani Imesha 29' (o.g.) Lochani Sooriyaarachchi 36' (o.g.) Pema Kuenzang Choeki 40'	Report	Tharidi Weliwita 33'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 32

Referee: Khampasong Xayavongsy (Laos)

19 January 2026 (2026-01-19)

19:00

Match 12

India	5–3	Pakistan
Arya More 14' Ritika Singh 28' Khushbu Saroj 29' Diti Kanungo 37', 40'	Report	Kayanat Bokhari 4' Azwa Chaudhry 26' Anmool Hira 27'

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 50

Referee: Nattakit Hintua (Thailand)

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21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)

14:00

Match 13

Bangladesh	v	Sri Lanka

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)

16:30

Match 14

Nepal	v	Pakistan

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)

19:00

Match 15

Bhutan	v	Maldives

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

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23 January 2026 (2026-01-23)

14:00

Match 16

Bangladesh	v	Pakistan

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

23 January 2026 (2026-01-23)

16:30

Match 17

Sri Lanka	v	Maldives

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

23 January 2026 (2026-01-23)

19:00

Match 18

Bhutan	v	India

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

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25 January 2026 (2026-01-25)

14:00

Match 19

Bangladesh	v	Maldives

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

25 January 2026 (2026-01-25)

16:30

Match 20

Sri Lanka	v	India

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

25 January 2026 (2026-01-25)

19:00

Match 21

Nepal	v	Bhutan

Nonthaburi Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 68 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 5.67 goals per match (as of 19 January 2026).

6 goals

• Diti Kanungo
• Khushbu Saroj

5 goals

• Ritika Singh

4 goals

• Sabina Khatun
• Azwa Chaudhry

3 goals

• Nishka Parkash
• Manisha Thapa Magar
• Kayanat Bokhari

2 goals

• Sumaya Matsushima
• Sonam Lhamo
• Sonali Mondal
• Arya More
• Bimala Chaudhary
• Jenifer Rana
• Anmool Hira
• Tharmika Sivaneswaran
• Tharidi Weliwita

1 goal

• Masura Parvin
• Lipi Akter
• Krishna Rani Sarkar
• Yeshey Bidha
• Pema Kuenzang Choeki
• Deki Lhazom
• Sunita Rai
• Tshering Yangden
• Mithila Ramani
• Mariyam Noora
• Stephni Dias

1 own goal

• Achom Degio (against Maldives)
• Fathimath Saina (against Nepal)
• Stephni Dias (against Pakistan)
• Ashani Imesha (against Bhutan)
• Lochani Sooriyaarachchi (against Bhutan)

Broadcasting

Territory	Broadcaster(s)	Reference
No restricted territory	Sportzworkz (YouTube channel)	2026 SAFF Women's Futsal matches's channel on YouTube

See also

2026 in SAFF

Men's Championships
TBD	Under-20	Under-23	Senior	Futsal	Club
Women's Championships
TBD	TBD	—N/a	—N/a	Futsal	TBD

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