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2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

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2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh Bangladesh
Dates2–8 February 2024
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh
(4th title)
 India
(2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored26 (3.71 per match)
Attendance9,779 (1,397 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika
India Pooja
India Sibani Devi
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika[1]
2023
2025

The 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was 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 was held from 2 to 8 February 2024 in Bangladesh.[2][3]

Bangladesh and India are the joint champion, both teams have finished 1–1 goals in the regulations time and 11–11 goals by penalties shoot-out in the final of the tournament on 8 February 2024.[4]

Host selection

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At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 25 December 2023 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Bangladesh host country of the tournament.[2]

Venue

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All matches will be played at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

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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

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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.

Match officials

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Referees
  • Bangladesh Jaya Chakma
  • India Kanika Barman
  • Bhutan Tshering Yangkhey
  • Nepal Anjana Rai
  • Sri Lanka Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Salma Akter Moni
  • Nepal Prem Kumari Sunwar
  • India Ri-iohlang Dhar
  • Nepal Radhika Shakya
  • Sri Lanka H.M. Malika Madhushani

Round robin

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Single round-robin, each team will play each other. The top teams contest in the final.

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.

  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.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to the Final
2  India 3 2 0 1 14 1 +13 6
3    Nepal 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: SAFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

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India 10–0 Bhutan
  • Sibani Devi 8', 19', 36'
  • Pooja 31', 58', 59', 90+4'
  • Sulanjana Raul 52'
  • Menaka Devi 61'
  • Arina Devi 73'
Report
Attendance: 432
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Nepal   1–3 Bangladesh
Sukriya Miya 54' Report
  • Mosammat Sagorika 40', 57'
  • Most Munki Akhter 42'
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

Bhutan 0–1   Nepal
Report
  • Senu Pariyar 54'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa (Sri Lanka)
Bangladesh 1–0 India
  • Mosammat Sagorika 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)

India 4–0   Nepal
  • Neha 54', 81'
  • Sulanjana Raul 86'
  • Cindy Remruatpuii Colney 90+3'
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 4–0 Bhutan
  • Nusrat Jahan Mitu 18'
  • Mst Oeyshi Khatun 31', 63'
  • Sree Moti Trishna Rani 58'
Report
Attendance: 1,143
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Final

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Bangladesh 1–1 India
Mosammat Sagorika 90+3' Report Sibani Devi 8'
Penalties
  • Afeida Khandoker soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Surma Jannat soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Joynob Bibi Rita soccer ball with check mark
  • Sapna Rani soccer ball with check mark
  • Most Munki Akhter soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Eity Khatun soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Sultana Akter soccer ball with check mark
  • Umehla Marma soccer ball with check mark
  • Mosammat Sagorika soccer ball with check mark
  • Kanon Rani Bahadur soccer ball with check mark
  • Swarna Rani Mandal soccer ball with check mark
11–11[5]
  • soccer ball with check mark Neha
  • soccer ball with check mark Nitu Linda
  • soccer ball with check mark Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam
  • soccer ball with check mark Lalita Boypai
  • soccer ball with check mark Thoibisana Chanu Toijam
  • soccer ball with check mark Sulanjana Raul
  • soccer ball with check mark Viskit Bara
  • soccer ball with check mark Pooja
  • soccer ball with check mark Heena Khatun
  • soccer ball with check mark Sonibia Devi Irom
  • soccer ball with check mark Anika Devi Sharubam
Attendance: 4,879
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Winners

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 2024 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Champions 

Bangladesh
Fourth title
 2024 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Champions 

India
Second title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers[6] Most Valuable Player[6]
Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika
India Pooja
India Sibani Devi
Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 26 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.

4 goals

  • Bangladesh Mosammat Sagorika
  • India Pooja
  • India Sibani Devi

2 goals

  • Bangladesh Mst Oeyshi Khatun
  • India Neha
  • India Sulanjana Raul

1 goal

  • Bangladesh Sree Moti Trishna Rani
  • Bangladesh Nusrat Jahan Mitu
  • Bangladesh Most Munki Akhter
  • India Menaka Devi
  • India Arina Devi
  • India Cindy Remruatpuii Colney
  • Nepal Sukriya Miya
  • Nepal Senu Pariyar

Source: SAFF

Hat-trick

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Player Against Result Date Ref
India Pooja  Bhutan 10–0 2 February 2024 [7]
India Sibani Devi  Bhutan 10–0 2 February 2024 [7]

Controversy

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The match was drawn after regulation time and penalty shoot-out and according to the by-laws sudden death was to be followed to decide the champion. However, Sri Lankan match commissioner D. Silva Jayasuriya Dilan decided to toss the coin to decide the champion and after the toss, the Indian women's team was declared champion. Being frustrated by this incident, Bangladeshi fans started throwing bottles on the ground.[8] But soon, realising her mistake, the match commissioner again decided to continue the sudden death to decide the winner. However, the Indian players refused to participate and left the field, though Bangladeshi players remained on the ground. Finally, after five hours of internal talks and negotiations, both the teams were declared joint-champion.[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "ফাইনালের ১০ দিন পর সাগরিকা জানলেন সেরা খেলোয়াড় হয়েছেন তিনি". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "SAFF to announced 2024 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "SAFF U-19 Women's Championship 2024 fixtures revealed". khelnow.com. 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh and India declared joint champions". www.thedailystar.net. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ Bangladesh and India were announced as joint champions
  6. ^ a b "ফাইনালের ১০ দিন পর সাগরিকা জানলেন সেরা খেলোয়াড় হয়েছেন তিনি". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "India toy with Bhutan in SAFF U19 Championship opener". www.the-aiff.com. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  8. ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (9 February 2024). "৫ ঘণ্টার নাটক আর বিতর্কের পর যুগ্ম চ্যাম্পিয়ন বাংলাদেশ-ভারত". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ ইকবাল, নাইর (9 February 2024). "টাইব্রেকারে সমতার পর টস—ফুটবল কি এর আগে দেখেছে এমন ঘটনা". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "SAFF Women's U-19 C'ships: India declared joint winners with Bangladesh after initially winning via coin toss". Sportstar. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Controversy over coin toss as winner of Bangladesh-India SAFF U-19 final still undecided". The Business Standard. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.