2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

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Host country Bangladesh
Dates11–22 December
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in Dhaka host cities)
2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bangladesh
Dates11–22 December
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up India
Third place   Nepal
Fourth place Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored44 (4 per match)
Attendance49,303 (4,482 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Shaheda Akter Ripa
(5 goals)
Best playerBangladesh Shaheda Akter Ripa
Fair play award   Nepal
← 2018
2022 →

The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 11 to 22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0 goals in the final of the tournament.[7]

On 14 October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.[8]

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.[9] Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship		 Previous best performance
 Bangladesh (Host)2ndChampions (2018)
 Bhutan2ndFourth-place (2018)
 India2ndThird-place (2018)
   Nepal2ndRunners-up (2018)
 Sri Lanka1st–

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 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

Referees
  • Bhutan Tshering Yangkhey
  • Bangladesh Jaya Chakma
  • India Ruba Devi Gurusamy
  • Nepal Anjana Rai
  • Sri Lanka Pabasara Y. Minisarani
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Salma Akter Mone
  • India Reshmi Thapa Chhetri
  • Nepal Bina Nawachhe Shrestha
  • Nepal Meera Tamang
  • Sri Lanka Malika Madhushani

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
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 yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh (H) 4 3 1 0 19 0 +19 10 Advance to the Final
2  India 4 3 0 1 9 1 +8 9
3    Nepal 4 2 1 1 10 1 +9 7
4  Bhutan 4 1 0 3 5 13 −8 3
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 0 28 −28 0
Source: Global Sports Archive
(H) Hosts

Matches

Bhutan 5–0 Sri Lanka
  • Pema Yangzom 21', 23'
  • Tshering Choden 28'
  • Sonam Lhamo 45'
  • Tharmika Sivaneswaran 85' (o.g.)
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 0–0   Nepal
SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ruba Devi Gurusamy (India)
Bhutan 0–6 Bangladesh
SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 492
Referee: Pabasara Y. Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
India 5–0 Sri Lanka
 Report
Attendance: 372
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)
Nepal   6–0 Sri Lanka
  • Rashmi Kumari Ghising 5', 85'
  • Sabita Rana Magar 7'
  • Menuka Magar 43'
  • Rajani Thokar 48'
  • Saloni Rana Magar 53'
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)
India 3–0 Bhutan
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 250
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Bangladesh 1–0 India
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 1743
Referee: Pabasara Y. Minisarani (Sri Lanka
Nepal   4–0 Bhutan
  • Menuka Magar 2', 72'
  • Kusum Khatiwada 18'
  • Rajani Thokar 21'
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 873
Referee: Ruba Devi Gurusamy (India)
India 1–0   Nepal
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 276
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Sri Lanka 0–12 Bangladesh
SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 1233
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Final

Bangladesh 1–0 India
 SAFF
GSA
Attendance: 8125
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Winners

 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship champions 

Bangladesh
Second title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorer[10] Most Valuable Player [10] Fair Play award[10]
Bangladesh Shaheda Akter Ripa Bangladesh Shaheda Akter Ripa    Nepal

Statistics

References

External links

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