2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bangladesh
Dates11–22 December
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up India
Third place   Nepal
Fourth place Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored44 (4 per match)
Attendance49,303 (4,482 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Saheda Akter Ripa
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Saheda Akter Ripa
Fair play award   Nepal

The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 11 to 22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0 goals in the final of the tournament.[7]

Host selection

On 14 October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.[8]

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.[9] Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

Country Appearance Previous best performance
 Bangladesh2ndChampions (2018)
   Nepal2ndRunners-up (2018)
 India2ndThird-place (2018)
 Bhutan2ndFourth-place (2018)
 Sri Lanka1st–

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

Referees
  • Bhutan Tshering Yangkhey
  • Bangladesh Jaya Chakma
  • India Rupadevi Gurusamy
  • Nepal Anjana Rai
  • Sri Lanka Pabasara Minisarani
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Salma Akter Mone
  • India Reshmi Thapa Chhetri
  • Nepal Bina Nawachhe Shrestha
  • Nepal Meera Tamang
  • Sri Lanka Malika Madhushani

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh (H) 4 3 1 0 19 0 +19 10 Advance to the Final
2  India 4 3 0 1 9 1 +8 9
3    Nepal 4 2 1 1 10 1 +9 7
4  Bhutan 4 1 0 3 5 13 −8 3
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 0 28 −28 0
Source: Global Sports Archive
(H) Hosts

Matches

Bhutan 5–0 Sri Lanka
  • Pema 21', 22'
  • Tshering 27'
  • Sonam 45'
  • Senavige 85' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 3250
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 0–0   Nepal
Report
Attendance: 5539
Referee: Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)
Bangladesh 6–0 Bhutan
  • Tohura 2', 45+2'
  • Ripa 41', 47'
  • Rituporna 68'
  • Maria 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 4992
Referee: Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
India 5–0 Sri Lanka
  • Santosh 2'
  • Estrocio 5'
  • N. Linda 9', 41'
  • Priyangka 82'
 Report
Attendance: 2372
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)
Nepal   6–0 Sri Lanka
  • Rashimi 5', 85'
  • Sabita 6'
  • Menuka 43'
  • Rajani 48'
  • Saloni 53'
 Report
Attendance: 1650
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)
India 3–0 Bhutan
 Report
Attendance: 2250
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Bangladesh 1–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 5743
Referee: Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka
Nepal   4–0 Bhutan
  • Menuka 2', 72'
  • Kusum 18'
  • Rajani 21'
 Report
Attendance: 2873
Referee: Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)
Nepal   0–1 India
Report
Attendance: 3276
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 12–0 Sri Lanka
  • Anuching 2', 77'
  • Rituporna 7', 43'
  • Saheda 16', 49', 87'
  • Akhi 47'
  • Afeida 54', 70', 83'
  • Unnoti 84'
 Report
Attendance: 6233
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Final

Bangladesh 1–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 11125
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Winners

 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship champions 

Bangladesh
Second title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[10] Most Valuable Player [10] Fair Play award[10]
Bangladesh Saheda Akter Ripa Bangladesh Saheda Akter Ripa    Nepal

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 44 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Bangladesh Saheda Akter Ripa

4 goals

3 goals

  • Bangladesh Afeida Khandaker
  • Bangladesh Rituporna Chakma
  • Nepal Menuka Kumari Ale Magar

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Sri Lanka Subhashi Madhushani (against Bhutan)

References

  1. ↑ "All you need to know about the 2021 SAFF calendar". Goal.com. 17 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "কক্সবাজারের পরিবর্তে কমলাপুরে হবে অনুর্ধ্ব ১৯ নারী সাফ!". Offside Bangladesh (in Bengali). 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "কক্সবাজার নয়, অ-১৯ নারী সাফ কমলাপুরে". Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ আয়োজনে প্রস্তুত বাফুফে". Offside Bangladesh (in Bengali). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "শনিবার ঢাকায় শুরু হচ্ছে সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ". Daily Football Bangladesh (in Bengali). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Participating Teams Thank SAFF for Organizing SAFF U-19 Women's Championship". South Asian Football Federation. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh beat India to retain SAFF U-19 Women's Championship title". The Daily Star. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "ডিসেম্বর ঢাকায় অনুষ্ঠিত হবে সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ". Channel 24 Sports (in Bengali). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations".
  10. 1 2 3 "2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship awarded". South Asian Football Federation. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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