Founded | 2015 |
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Region | South Asia (SAFF) |
Number of teams | 7 |
Current champions | ![]() (4th title) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() (4 titles) |
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The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship or SAFF Youth Championship is a biennial 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]
Year | Category | Host | Final | Third place match/Semi-finalists | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
2015 Details | U19 | ![]() | ![]() Nepal | 1–1 (5–4 p) | ![]() India | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2017 Details | U18 | ![]() | ![]() Nepal | RR | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() India | RR | ![]() Bhutan | ||
2019 Details | U18 | ![]() | ![]() India | 2–1 | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() Maldives | 1–0 | ![]() Bhutan | ||
2022 Details | U20 | ![]() | ![]() India | 5–2 ( a.e.t. ) | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() Nepal | RR | ![]() Maldives | ||
2023 Details | U19 | ![]() | ![]() India | 3–0 | ![]() Pakistan | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2024 Details | U20 | ![]() | ![]() Bangladesh | 4–1 | ![]() Nepal | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2025 Details | U19 | ![]() | ![]() India | 1–1 (4–3 p) | ![]() Bangladesh | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() | ![]() |