2026 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Bhutan |
| City | Thimphu |
| Dates | 8–15 May 2026 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue | 1 |
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The 2026 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship will be 8th edition of SAFF U-17 Women's Championship an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament schedule to be played in Bhutan from 8–15 May 2026. It is expected that 7 teams will participate in this tournament.[1]
India is the current defending champion having won the title for the finished tournament by 5 win of 6 with 15 points on 31 August 2025.[2]
Not decided yet
Participating nations
The following four nations are participating in the tournament.
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Women's Championship |
Best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh |
8th | Champions (2017, 2024) |
 Bhutan (Host) |
8th | 3rd place (2018) |
 India |
7th | Champions (2018, 2019) |
 Nepal |
8th | Champions (2022) |
 Pakistan |
2nd | Group Stage(2022) |
 Sri Lanka |
2nd | Group Stage(2022) |
 Maldives |
Debut | Debut |
Venue
All matches being play at this venue.
| Thimphu |
|---|
| Changlimithang Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 |
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Draw
The draw ceremony of this tournament has not been held yet. The schedule will be announced soon.
Draw pot
Pot Will be published soon.
Draw result
Draw Ceremony has not been held yet.
Match officials
- Referees
Not yet selected. List Will be selected soon.
- Assistant Referees
Not yet selected. List Will be selected soon.
Players eligibility
Not decided yet
Round robin
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Champion | |
- 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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Standing
Not yet determined. Will be determined soon.
Winner
Not yet determined. Will be determined soon.
Statistics
Goalscorers
Not yet determined. Will be determined soon.
Hat trick
Not yet determined. Will be determined soon.
Awards
Not yet determined. Will be determined soon.
Broadcasting
| Territory | Broadcaster(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| No restricted territory | Sportzworkz (YouTube Channel) |
2025 SAFF U-17 Women's matches playlist on YouTube |
| South Asia (No restricted territory) |
SAFF Football (YouTube Channel) |
2025 SAFF U-17 Women's matches's channel on YouTube |