SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

Founded	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Region	SAFF
Teams	7
Current champions	Bangladesh (5th title)
Most championships	Bangladesh (5 titles)
Website	saffederation.org
2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Women's Championship is an annual international association football tournament for women's national football teams under the age of 18/19/20, governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All the seven teams of the member associations are eligible to compete in tournament, unless sanctioned by AFC or FIFA.

Results

Ed.	Year	Cat.	Host		Final				Third place playoff				No. of teams
					Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2018	U-18	Bhutan		Bangladesh	1–0	Nepal		India	1–0	Bhutan		6
2	2021	U-19	Bangladesh		Bangladesh	1–0	India		Nepal	RR	Bhutan		5
3	2022	U-18	India		India	RR	Bangladesh		Nepal				3
4	2023	U-20	Bangladesh		Bangladesh	3–0	Nepal		India	RR	Bhutan		4
5	2024	U-19	Bangladesh		Bangladesh India	1–1 (11–11 p)	None [a]		Nepal	RR	Bhutan		4
6	2025	U-20	Bangladesh		Bangladesh	RR	Nepal		Bhutan	RR	Sri Lanka		4

Notes:

1.   Bangladesh and   India were declared joint champions

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• GS – Group stage
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    — Hosts
•  ×  – Did not enter
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
•   — Withdrew after qualification
•   — Disqualified after qualification

Team	2018 (6)	2021 (5)	2022 (3)	2023 (4)	2024 (4)	2025 (4)	Total
Bangladesh	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	6
Bhutan	4th	GS	×	4th	4th	3rd	4
India	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	×	5
Maldives	GS	×	×	×	×	×	1
Nepal	2nd	GS	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	6
Pakistan	GS	×	×	×	×	×	1
Sri Lanka	×	GS	×	×	×	4th	2

Performance by nation

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Bangladesh	5 (2018, 2021 , 2023 , 2024 , 2025 )	1 (2022)	—	—
India	2 ( 2022 , 2024)	1 (2021)	1 (2018, 2023)	—
Nepal	—	3 (2018, 2023, 2025)	2 (2022, 2024)	—
Bhutan	—	—	1 (2025)	3 ( 2018 , 2023, 2024)
Sri Lanka	—	—	—	1 (2025)

Awards

Year	Most Valuable Player	Top scorer(s)		Best Goalkeeper	Fair play award
		Player(s)	Goals
2018	Akhi Khatun	Sirat Jahan Shopna	8	Not awarded	Not awarded
2021	Shaheda Akter Ripa	Shaheda Akter Ripa	5		Nepal
2022	Lynda Kom	Lynda Kom	5		Bangladesh
2023	Shamsunnahar Junior	Shamsunnahar Junior Amisha Karki	4	Rupna Chakma	Bhutan
2024	Not awarded	Mosammat Sagorika Pooja Sibani Devi	4	Not awarded	Not awarded
2025	Mosammat Sagorika	Purnima Rai	10	Mile Akter	Sri Lanka

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2018	Bangladesh	Golam Robbani Choton
2021	Bangladesh	Golam Robbani Choton
2022	India	Thomas Dennerby
2023	Bangladesh	Golam Robbani Choton
2024	Bangladesh   India	Saiful Bari Titu Shukla Dutta
2025	Bangladesh	Peter Butler

See also

• SAFF Championship
• SAFF U-20 Championship
• SAFF U-17 Championship
• SAFF Women's Championship
• SAFF U-17 Women's Championship