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2013 SAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	20–30 July 2013
Teams	7
Venue(s)	2 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Third place	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	35 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	26,091 (2,007 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bimal Magar (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Krishna Pandit
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The 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament hosted by Nepal from 20 to 30 July at Dasarath Stadium and army ground. Seven teams from the region were participated in the tournament.

Participated teams

The following seven nations participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	2nd	Semi finals (2011)
Bhutan	1st	Group stages (2011)
Sri Lanka	2nd	Group stages (2011)
India	2nd	Runner up (2011)
Maldives	2nd	Group stages (2011)
Nepal (Host)	2nd	Semi-finals (2011)
Pakistan	2nd	Champion (2011)

Group stage

• All matches were played in Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Afghanistan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Pakistan	3	0	2	1	0	3	-3	2
Bhutan	3	0	1	2	1	10	-9	1

Nepal	7 – 0	Bhutan
B.Magar 48', 62', 63' H.Magar 58', 76', 84' Subedi 78'	Report

Pakistan	0 – 0	Afghanistan
	Report

Afghanistan	1 – 1	Nepal
A.Mansory 74'	Report	H.Magar 81'

Bhutan	0 – 0	Pakistan
	Report

Pakistan	0 – 3	Nepal
	Report	Limbu 13' B.Magar 65', 73'

Bhutan	1 – 3	Afghanistan
Shezang 18'	Report	Waziri 27' Ahmad 63', 90+2'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Bangladesh	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0

India	4 – 1	Sri Lanka
Pandit 21' Singh 23', 90' Chakraborty 66'	Report	Niresh 44'

Bangladesh	3 – 1	Sri Lanka
Tutul 28', 57' Islam 81'	Report	Niresh 43'

India	2 – 0	Bangladesh
Singh 43' Pandit 90+2'	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2013 – Kathmandu
	Bangladesh	1
					30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
	Pakistan	5
					Nepal	0
	28 July 2013 – Kathmandu
					India	1
	India (p)	0 (4)
	Afghanistan	0 (3)
					Third place match
					30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
					Afghanistan	0
					Bangladesh	1

Semi-finals

Nepal	5 – 1	Bangladesh
Limbu 8', 59' B.Magar 20' Bista 23' Atikuzzaman 56' (o.g.)	Report	Sifat 65'

India	0 – 0	Afghanistan
	Report
Penalties
Pandit Singh Chakraborty Tirkey Rodrigues	4–3	Waziri Ahmad Jalal Sardari Rezahi

Third place

Bangladesh	1 – 0	Afghanistan
Tushar 55'	Report

Final

Nepal	0 – 1	India
	Report	Lalrinzuala 18'

Awards

2013 SAFF U-16 Championship champions
India First title

References

1. "..... U16 SAFF C'ship on July 2013". Goalnepal.com. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
2. "Goal Nepal". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

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• International association football competitions hosted by Nepal
• SAFF U-15 Championship
• 2013–14 in Nepalese football
• 2013 in Bangladeshi football
• 2013–14 in Indian football
• 2013 in Afghan football
• 2013–14 in Sri Lankan football
• 2013 in Bhutanese football
• 2013–14 in Pakistani football
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