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2024 SAFF U-17 Championship

༢༠༢༤ ལོའི་SAFF U-17 འགྲན་བསྡུར།
Tournament details
Host country	Bhutan
Dates	20–30 September 2024
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (6th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	6,208 (517 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sujan Dangol (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohamed Arbash
Best goalkeeper	Aheibam Suraj Singh
Fair play award	Bhutan
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The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 9th edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Its played from 20–30 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.

India are the defending champions, who won their sixth title by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2024.

Venue

All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
	Thimphu

Participating teams

The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	9th	Champion (2015, 2018)
Bhutan	7th	Fourth place (2017)
India	9th	Champion (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Maldives	7th	Group stage (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
Nepal	9th	Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Pakistan	5th	Champion (2011)
Sri Lanka	7th	Semi-finals (2022)

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams.

Draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India  Bhutan (hosts)	Maldives    Nepal	Bangladesh  Pakistan	Sri Lanka

Draw result

Group A Pos Team A1  India A2  Maldives A3  Bangladesh

Group B Pos Team B1  Bhutan B2    Nepal B3  Pakistan B4  Sri Lanka

Match officials

Referees

• Md Symoon Hasan Sany
• Pema Tshewang
• Mrutyunjay L Amatya
• Zaheer Hussain
• Nabindra Maharjan
• Sashanka Madushanka

Assistant referees

• Sujoy Barua
• Tshering Phuntsho
• Sourav Sarkar
• Abdulla Shathir
• Harish Karki
• Indunil Sandakelum

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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

• Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.

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 yellots, 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	India	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Maldives	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Bangladesh	0–1	India
	Report	Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum 90+1'

Bangladesh	1–1	Maldives
MD Mursed Ali 49'	Report	Mohamed Ilan Imran 79'

India	3–0	Maldives
Samson Ahongshangban 13' Hemneichung Lunkim 74', 89'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Bhutan (H)	3	1	1	1	9	6	+3	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Nepal	0–1	Pakistan
	Report	Muhammad Talha 81'

Bhutan	5–1	Sri Lanka
Karma Yeshe Thabkhe 14' Sayon Lama 40' Chimi Tobden Dorji 57' Thinley Yezer 78' Tandin Phuntsho 83'	Report	Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham 65'

Nepal	4–0	Sri Lanka
Sujan Dangol 4', 12', 30' Bigyan Khadka 84'	Report

Bhutan	3–3	Pakistan
Thinley Yeszer 25' Tandin Phuntsho 90+4' Sonam Dorji 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Khobaib Khan 38' Subhan Karim 47' Sharaf Khan 68'

Pakistan	5–1	Sri Lanka
Subhan Karim 20', 26' Muhammad Talha 30' Mohamed Irshad 47' (o.g.) Abdul Ghani 56'	Report	Zakariyya Zafarullah 77'

Bhutan	1–2	Nepal
Yonten Tharchen 43'	Report	Krishna Bahadur Ale 56' Sujan Dangol 85'

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 September 2024 Thimphu
	India	4
					30 September 2024 Thimphu
	Nepal	2
					India	2
	28 September 2024 Thimphu
					Bangladesh	0
	Pakistan	2 (7)
	Bangladesh (p)	2 (8)

Semi-finals

India	4–2	Nepal
Vishal Yadav 61', 68' Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh 85' Hemneichung Lunkim 90+5'	Report	Subash Bam 82' Mohammed Kaif 89' (o.g.)

Pakistan	2–2	Bangladesh
M Shahab Ahmed 32' Abdul Rehman 62' (pen.)	Report	Md Manik 74', 90+4'
Penalties
Abdul Rehman Abdul Samad Syed Muhammad Aabis Reza kazmi Khobaib Khan Ubaid Ullah Khan Majid Ali Sharaf Khan Abdul Ghaani	7–8	Md Murshed Ali Md Joy Ahmed Md Kamal Merdha Md Siam Omit Md Manik Akash Ahamad Md Mithu Chowdhury Ashikur Rahman

Final

India	2–0	Bangladesh
Mohammed Kaif 58' Mohammed Arbash 90+5'	Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

• Sujan Dangol

3 goals

• Hemneichung Lunkim
• Subhan Karim

2 goals

• Md Manik
• Thinley Yezer
• Tandin Phuntsho
• Vishal Yadav
• Muhammad Talha

1 goal

• Yonten Tharchen
• Karma Yeshe Thabkhe
• Sayon Lama
• Chimi Tobden Dorji
• Sonam Dorji
• Md Mursed Ali
• Mohammed Kaif
• Mohammed Arbash
• Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum
• Samson Ahongshangban
• Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh
• Mohamed Ilan Imran
• Bigyan Khadka
• Krishna Bahadur Ale
• Subash Bam
• Sharaf Khan
• Abdul Ghani
• Khobaib Khan
• M. Shahab Ahmed
• Abdul Rehman
• Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham
• Zakariyya Zafarullah

1 own goal

• Mohammed Kaif (Playing against Nepal)
• Mohamed Irshad (Playing against Pakistan)

Source: GSA

Winner

9th SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 Champions
India Sixth title

Awards

Fair Play Award		Best Goalkeeper		Highest Goalscorer		Most Valuable Player
Bhutan		Aheibam Suraj Singh		Sujan Dangol		Mohammed Arbash

See also

• 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship
• 2024 SAFF Women's Championship

References

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4. "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

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