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2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–29 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)APF Stadium, Kathmandu
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Third place Maldives
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Attendance3,900 (390 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Tanvir Hossain
Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim
India Gurkirat Singh
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)India Ninthoinganba Meetei
Fair play award Bhutan
← 2017 2022 →
International football competition

The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.

Nepal were the defending champions, having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017, however they lost in Group Stage.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A. However, due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation, they withdrew from the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Championship 		Previous best performance
 Bangladesh 3rd Runners-up (2017)
 Bhutan 3rd 4th (2017)
 India 3rd Runners-Up (2015)
 Maldives 3rd Group Stage
   Nepal (Host) 3rd Champions (2015, 2017)
 Sri Lanka 1st –

Officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bhutan 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Maldives 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3    Nepal 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2019. Source: SAFF
Nepal   1−1 Maldives
Dangi 75' Report Nazeem 12'
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 1,000Referee: Mohamed Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Nepal   0−3 Bhutan
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 1,000Referee: Ashwin Kumar (India)
Maldives 0−0 Bhutan
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 150Referee: Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege (Sri Lanka)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  India 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
3  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2019. Source: SAFF
Bangladesh 3–0 Sri Lanka
Tanvir 1'
Morshed 76'
Fahim 86'		 Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 500Referee: Abdulla Sathir (Maldives)
India 0−0 Bangladesh
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 300Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Sri Lanka 0−3 India
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 450Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
 
  Bhutan0
 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
  Bangladesh4
  Bangladesh1
 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
  India2
  India4
 
  Maldives0
 Third place
 
 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
 
  Bhutan0
 
  Maldives1

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Bhutan 0−4 Bangladesh
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 350Referee: Ashantha Dias Adeege (Sri Lanka)
India 4−0 Maldives
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 350Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Third place match

Bhutan 0−1 Maldives
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 150Referee: Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Final

Bangladesh 1−2 India
Report
APF Stadium, KathmanduAttendance: 500Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Winner

 3rd SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 

India
First title

Broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster
   Nepal (host) MYCUJOO.TV
South Asian Countries
South-East Asian Countries

References

  1. "SAFF Ordinary Congress 2019 held in Nepal". South Asian Football Federation. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Bangladesh may host SAFF U15 Women's Championship 2019". Bangladesh Football Federation. 13 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. "Nepal Groups With Bhutan, Maldives & Pakistan In SAFF U18 Championship". Goal Nepal. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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