2023 SAFF U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates21–30 September 2023
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (3rd title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored26 (2.89 per match)
Attendance23,233 (2,581 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bhutan Jigme Namgyel
India Gwgmsar Goyary
Nepal Samir Tamang
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)India Manglenthang Kipgen
Best goalkeeperIndia Lionel Daryl Rymmei
Fair play award Bhutan

The 2023 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It took place from 21–30 September 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1][2]

India are the defending champions, who won their second title in 2022 by defeating Bangladesh in the final on 5 August 2022.[3][4]

Venue

On 22 July 2023, SAFF announced the tournament will be held at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1][2]

Kathmandu
Dasharath Rangasala
Capacity: 15,500

Teams

Sri Lanka are ineligible for participation as they are suspended by FIFA.[5] Other six SAFF teams are eligible to participate.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship		 Previous best performance
 Bangladesh5thRunners-up (2017, 2019, 2022)
 Bhutan4thFourth place (2017, 2019)
 India5thWinners (2019, 2022)
 Maldives5thThird place (2019)
   Nepal5thWinners (2015, 2017)
 Pakistan1st–

Draw

The draw was held in BFF House in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 July 2023 at 12:00 BST (UTC+6).[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
   Nepal (hosts)
 India		  Maldives
 Bhutan		  Bangladesh
 Pakistan

Draw result

Group A Group B
   Nepal  India
 Maldives  Bhutan
 Pakistan  Bangladesh

Match officials

Referees
  • Maldives Nadheem Hussain
  • India Astha Aditya Purkay
  • Bangladesh Sabuj Kumar Das
  • Pakistan Adnan Anjum
  • Nepal Nabin Maharjan
  • Bhutan Pema Tshewang
Assistant referees
  • Maldives Shaheem Hussain
  • Nepal Yadhav Kishan Kanaya
  • India M Sawant Dipesh
  • Bhutan Passang Passang
  • Bangladesh Sharif SM Junayed
  • Pakistan Mehboob Ali

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 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.

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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Qualified for Knockout stage
2    Nepal (H) 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3  Maldives 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Pakistan 1–0   Nepal
  • Ali Zafar 76'
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India)
Maldives 1–1 Pakistan
  • Shanaan Rasheed Rashad 39'
 Report
  • Shah Jahan 84'
Attendance: 212
Referee: Sabuj Kumar Das (Bangladesh)
Nepal   4–1 Maldives
  • Prashant Laksam 17'
  • Samir Tamang 30', 90+6'
  • Nirajan Dhami 88'
 Report
  • Adam Layaan Rasheed 58'
Attendance: 3,709
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Bhutan 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
3  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source: GSA
Bangladesh 0–3 India
Report
  • Gwgmsar Goyary 1'
  • Naoba Meitei Pangabam 45+5'
  • Arjun Singh Oinam 90'
Attendance: 201
Referee: Nadheem Ali (Maldives)
Bhutan 4–3 Bangladesh
  • Jigme Namgyel 32', 68'
  • Kingzang Tenzi 45+3'
  • Rinzin Dorji 84'
 Report
  • Md Rubel Shaikh 3'
  • Asadul Molla 30'
  • Razu Ahmed Zisan 55'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Adnan Anjum (Pakistan)
India 2–1 Bhutan
  • Gwgmsar Goyary 37'
  • Ricky Meetei Haobam 64'
 Report
  • Jigme Namgyel 20'
Attendance: 425
Referee: Nabin Maharjan (Nepal)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September–Kathmandu
 
 
 Pakistan (p)0(6)
 
30 September–Kathmandu
 
 Bhutan0(5)
 
 Pakistan0
 
27 September–Kathmandu
 
 India3
 
 India (p)1(3)
 
 
   Nepal1(2)
 

Semi-finals

Pakistan 0–0 Bhutan
Report
Penalties
  • Muhammad Adeel soccer ball with check mark
  • Shah Jahan soccer ball with check mark
  • Ali Zafar soccer ball with check mark
  • Khurshid Alam soccer ball with check mark
  • Muhammad Sadam soccer ball with check mark
  • Kamil Ahmed Khan soccer ball with check mark
 6–5
  • Kinzang Tenzing soccer ball with check mark
  • Jigme Namgyel soccer ball with check mark
  • Rinzin Dorji soccer ball with check mark
  • Ugyen Dorji soccer ball with check mark
  • Pema Zangpo soccer ball with check mark
  • Tshetrim Pelzang soccer ball with red X
Attendance: 315
Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India)
India 1–1   Nepal
  • Sahil Khurshid 26'
 Report
  • Samir Tamang 74'
Penalties
  • Arjun Singh Oinam soccer ball with check mark
  • Dinesh Singh Soubam soccer ball with red X
  • Gwgmsar Goyary soccer ball with check mark
  • Ricky Meetei Haobam soccer ball with red X
  • Manglenthang Kipgen soccer ball with check mark
 3–2
  • Ashwin Ghorasainee soccer ball with check mark
  • Prashant Laksam soccer ball with red X
  • Kushal Deuba soccer ball with check mark
  • Lachhu Thapa soccer ball with red X
  • Bikram Tamang soccer ball with red X
Attendance: 12,656
Referee: Adnan Anjum (Pakistan)

Final

Pakistan 0–3 India
Report
  • Manglenthang Kipgen 64', 85'
  • Gwgmsar Goyary 90+5'
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Nadheem Ali (Maldives)

Winner

 5th SAFF U-19 Championship 2023 Champions 

India
Fifth title

Awards

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

Fair Play Award Best goalkeeper Most valuable player
 Bhutan[7] India Lionel Daryl Rymmei[7] India Manglenthang Kipgen[8]

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 26 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.89 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Bhutan Jigme Namgyel
  • India Gwgmsar Goyary
  • Nepal Samir Tamang

2 goals

  • India Manglenthang Kipgen

1 goal

  • Bangladesh Md Rubel Shaikh
  • Bangladesh Asadul Molla
  • Bangladesh Razu Ahmed Zisan
  • Bhutan Kingzang Tenzi
  • Bhutan Rinzin Dorji
  • India Ricky Meetei Haobam
  • India Sahil Khurshid
  • India Naoba Meitei Pangabam
  • India Arjun Singh Oinam
  • Maldives Shanaan Rasheed Rashad
  • Maldives Adam Layaan Rasheed
  • Nepal Prashant Laksham
  • Nepal Nirajan Dhami
  • Pakistan Ali Zafar
  • Pakistan Shah Jahan

Source: GSA

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W D L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India4400
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan4211
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)    Nepal3102
4  Bhutan3102
5  Maldives2011
6  Bangladesh2002

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "SAFF Championship: Groups revealed for U-16, U-19 youth events". Khel Now. 22 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Draw revealed for SAFF U16 and U19 Championships". The AIFF. 22 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "India beats Bangladesh to clinch U20 SAFF Championship". sportstar.thehindu.com. 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "India defeat Bangladesh to win SAFF U-20 Championship 2022". Khel Now. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Suspension of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) from 21 January 2023 until further notice" (PDF). FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Draw revealed for SAFF U16 and U19 Championships". The AIFF. 22 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 "INDIA WINS SAFF U19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 TITLE". www.saffederation.org. 30 September 2023. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Rawat, Akhil (30 September 2023). "CHAMPS!!! Triple-strike Blue Colts send crippled Pakistan packing". the-aiff.com. Kathmandu: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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