| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Bangladesh |
| Dates | 2–8 February 2024 |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in Dhaka host cities) |
The 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship is the fifth edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament is scheduled to take place from 2 to 8 February 2024 in Bangladesh.[1][2]
Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated Nepal previous edition by 3–0 goals in the final of the tournament.[3]
Venue
All matches will be played at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
| Dhaka | |
|---|---|
| BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | |
 | |
Participating nations
The following four nations will participate in the tournament.
| Team | App | Last | Best placement in the tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh | 5th | 2023 | Champions (2018, 2021, 2023) |
 Bhutan | 4th | 2023 | Fourth-place (2018, 2023) |
 India | 5th | 2023 | Champions (2022) |
 Nepal | 5th | 2023 | Runners-up (2018) |
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.
Round robin
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Table top two teams advance to the final | |
- 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 tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the Final |
| 2 | Bhutan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | India |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Nepal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
Matches
Final
| TBD | v | TBD |
|---|---|---|
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 1 February 2024).
References
- ↑ "SAFF to announced 2024 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ↑ "SAFF U-19 Women's Championship 2024 fixtures revealed". khelnow.com. 16 December 2023.
- ↑ "Bangladesh win SAFF U-20 Women's C'ship title with 3-0 win". The Daily Star. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.