SAFF Women's Championship

This article is about the women tournament. For the men's tournament, see SAFF Championship.

Not to be confused with SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament.

SAFF Women's Championship

Organising body	SAFF
Founded	2010;15 years ago (2010)
Region	South Asia
Number of teams	7   Bangladesh   Bhutan   India   Maldives   Nepal   Pakistan   Sri Lanka
Current champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	India (5 titles)
Television broadcasters	FanCode
Website	saffederation.org
2024 SAFF Women's Championship

The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament.

History

The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete against each other, until Afghanistan departed. It is held approximately every two years. India won first 5 editions, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Year	Host		Final				Losing semi-finalists
			Champion	Score	Runner-up
2010 Details	Bangladesh		India	1–0	Nepal		Bangladesh and   Pakistan
2012 Details	Sri Lanka		India	3–1	Nepal		Afghanistan and   Sri Lanka
2014 Details	Pakistan		India	6–0	Nepal		Bangladesh and   Sri Lanka
2016 Details	India		India	3–1	Bangladesh		Maldives and   Nepal
2019 Details	Nepal		India	3–1	Nepal		Bangladesh and   Sri Lanka
2022 Details	Nepal		Bangladesh	3–1	Nepal		Bhutan and   India
2024 Details	Nepal		Bangladesh	2–1	Nepal		Bhutan and   India

Teams reaching the top four

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Semi-finalists
India	5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 , 2019)		2 (2022, 2024)
Bangladesh	2 (2022, 2024)	1 (2016)	3 ( 2010 , 2014, 2019)
Nepal		6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019 , 2022 , 2024 )	1 (2016)
Sri Lanka			3 ( 2012 , 2014, 2019)
Bhutan			2 (2022, 2024)
Afghanistan*			1 (2012)
Maldives			1 (2016)
Pakistan			1 (2012)

Bold = Hosts

* = Not part of SAFF anymore

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2024 SAFF Women's Championship

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	India	7	30	25	2	3	157	16	+141	77
2	Nepal	7	32	23	2	7	133	23	+110	71
3	Bangladesh	7	27	16	2	9	74	37	+37	50
4	Sri Lanka	7	25	8	1	16	22	74	–52	25
5	Pakistan	5	15	5	1	9	23	53	–30	16
6	Maldives	7	21	3	2	16	14	100	–86	11
7	Bhutan	7	21	3	1	17	26	97	–71	10
8	Afghanistan	4	12	1	2	9	10	67	–57	5

Results by tournament

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semifinals
• GS – Group stage
• dq – Disqualified/Suspended by FIFA/AFC/SAFF
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    — Hosts
•  ×  – Did not enter
•  ×  – Withdrew before tournament begins
•   — Not part of SAFF

Team	2010	2012	2014	2016	2019	2022	2024	Total
Bangladesh	SF	GS	SF	2nd	SF	1st	1st	7
Bhutan	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	SF	7
India	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	SF	SF	7
Nepal	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	2nd	2nd	2nd	7
Maldives	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	GS	GS	7
Pakistan	SF	GS	GS	×	×	GS	GS	5
Sri Lanka	GS	SF	SF	GS	SF	GS	GS	7
Former team(s)
Afghanistan	GS	SF	GS	GS	Not part of SAFF			4

Overall top goalscorers

Name	Goals
Ngangom Bala Devi	27
Sabina Khatun	26
Anu Lama	22
Sabitra Bhandari	21
Sasmita Mallick	20
Jamuna Gurung	17
Kamala Devi	17
Sajana Rana	10
Deki Lhazom	10
Rekha Poudel	8

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2010	India	Mohammad Shahid Jabbar
2012
2014		Tarun Roy
2016		Sajid Dar
2019		Maymol Rocky
2022	Bangladesh	Golam Robbani
2024		Peter Butler

Awards

The following awards are given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[4]

Year	Most Valuable Player	Top scorer(s)		Best goalkeeper	Fair play award
		Player(s)	Goals
2010	Bala Devi	Sasmita Malik	13	Not awarded	Not awarded
2012	Yumnam Kamala Devi	Jamuna Gurung	8
2014	Sabina Khatun	Bala Devi	16		Maldives
2016	Indumathi Kathiresan	Sabitra Bhandari	12		Nepal
2019	Grace Dangmei	Sabitra Bhandari Indumathi Kathiresan	4		Bangladesh
2022	Sabina Khatun	Sabina Khatun	8	Rupna Chakma	Bangladesh
2024	Ritu Porna Chakma	Deki Lhazom	8	Rupna Chakma	Bhutan

See also

• SAFF Championship
• AFC Women's Asian Cup
• Football at the Asian Games
• ASEAN Women's Championship
• CAFA Women's Championship
• EAFF E-1 Women's Football Championship
• WAFF Women's Championship
• Sub-continental football championships in Asia
• Football at the South Asian Games
• SABA Women's Championship
• CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League
• SAFF U-20 Championship
• SAFF U-17 Championship
• SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
• SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

References

1. "GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website". Goalnepal.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
2. "Ranjith Rodrigo appointed acting President of SAFF". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
3. "Bangladesh women make history, clinch maiden SAFF title". The Daily Star . 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
4. "BANGLADESH WIN MAIDEN SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". saffederation.org. 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

External links

• South Asian Football Federation official website
• Tournament at soccerway.com
• South Asia Football - Complete SAFF website (old)