Founded | 2015 |
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Region | South Asia (SAFF) |
Teams | 7 |
Current champions | ![]() (4th title) |
Most championships | ![]() (4 titles) |
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The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship is an annual football championship for male footballers under the age of 20 and is organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The championship was held for the first time in August 2015 in Nepal. [1] The tournaments are held just before AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification matches, keeping in mind about proper preparation for that. [2]
Ed. | Year | Category | Host | Final | Third place playoff | No. of teams | ||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
1 | 2015 | U19 | ![]() | ![]() Nepal | 1–1 (5–4 p) | ![]() India | ![]() ![]() | 6 | ||
2 | 2017 | U18 | ![]() | ![]() Nepal | RR | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() India | RR | ![]() Bhutan | 5 |
3 | 2019 | ![]() | ![]() India | 2–1 | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() Maldives | 1–0 | ![]() Bhutan | 6 | |
4 | 2022 | U20 | ![]() | ![]() India | 5–2 ( a.e.t. ) | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() Nepal | RR | ![]() Maldives | 5 |
5 | 2023 | U19 | ![]() | ![]() India | 3–0 | ![]() Pakistan | ![]() ![]() | 6 | ||
6 | 2024 | U20 | ![]() | ![]() Bangladesh | 4–1 | ![]() Nepal | ![]() ![]() | 6 | ||
7 | 2025 | U19 | ![]() | ![]() India | 1–1 (4–3 p) | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() ![]() | 6 |
Team | ![]() 2015 | ![]() 2017 | ![]() 2019 | ![]() 2022 | ![]() 2023 | ![]() 2024 | ![]() 2025 | Total |
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![]() | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 2nd | 7 |
![]() | GS | 4th | 4th | × | SF | SF | GS | 6 |
![]() | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | 1st | 7 |
![]() | GS | 5th | 3rd | 4th | GS | GS | SF | 7 |
![]() | 1st | 1st | GS | 3rd | SF | 2nd | SF | 7 |
![]() | × | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | 1 |
![]() | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | 4 |
Former Team | ||||||||
![]() | SF | Not a SAFF member | 1 |
Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-Finalists |
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![]() | 4 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2017) | – | 1 (2024) |
![]() | 2 ( 2015 , 2017) | 1 (2024) | 2 (2022, 2025) | – | 1 (2023) |
![]() | 1 (2024) | 4 (2017, 2019, 2022, 2025) | – | – | 1 (2015) |
![]() | – | 1 (2023) | – | – | – |
![]() | – | – | 1 (2019) | 1 (2022) | 1 (2025) |
![]() | – | – | – | 2 (2017, 2019) | 2 (2023, 2024) |
![]() | – | – | – | – | 1 (2015) |
![]() | – | – | – | – | – |
Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top scorer(s) | Goals | Best Goalkeeper | Fair play award |
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2015 | Not Awarded | ![]() ![]() | 3 | Not Awarded | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | Not Awarded | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | Not Awarded | ![]() |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | Not Awarded | ![]() |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
2025 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | ![]() |