2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship is the 2nd 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 is hosting from 11–22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates11–22 December 2021
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored16 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)4 players
(2 goals each)

Host Selection

On 14th October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.[7]

Venue

All matches will 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.[8] Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

Country Appearance Previous best performance
 Bangladesh2ndChampions (2018)
   Nepal2ndRunners-up (2018)
 India2ndThird-place (2018)
 Bhutan2ndFourth-place (2018)
 Sri Lanka1st–

Squads
Main article: 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship squads

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
  • Tshering Yangkhey
  • Jaya Chakma
  • Rupadevi Gurusamy
  • Anjana Rai
  • Pabasara Minisarani
Assistant Referees
  • Reshmi Thapa Chhetri
  • Bina Nawachhe Shrestha
  • Meera Tamang
  • 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.
All times listed below are local, BST (UTC+06:00).

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh (H) 2 1 1 0 6 0 +6 4 Qualified for Final
2  India 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3
3  Bhutan 2 1 0 1 5 6 −1 3
4    Nepal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
5  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Global Sports Archive
(H) Host
Bhutan 5–0 Sri Lanka
  • Pema  21', 22'
  • Tshering  27'
  • Sonam  45'
  • Senavige  85' (o.g.)
 Report
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 0–0   Nepal
Report
Referee: Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)
Bangladesh 6–0 Bhutan
  • Tohura  2', 45+2'
  • Ripa  41', 47'
  • Rituporna  68'
  • Maria  90+2'
 Report
Referee: Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)
India 5–0 Sri Lanka
  • Santosh  2'
  • Estrocio  5'
  • N. Linda  9', 41'
  • Priyangka  82'
 Report
Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)
Nepal   v Sri Lanka
India v Bhutan
Bangladesh v India
Nepal   v Bhutan
Nepal   v India
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

Final
Group Top Placed TeamvGroup 2nd Placed Team

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 16 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of 13 December 2021).

2 goals

1 goal

  • Karen Estrocio
  • Maria Manda
  • Naorem Priyangka Devi
  • Rituporna Chakma
  • Santosh
  • Sonam Lhamo
  • Tshering Choden

1 own goal

  • Subhashi Madhushani (against Bhutan)

References
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  2. "কক্সবাজারের পরিবর্তে কমলাপুরে হবে অনুর্ধ্ব ১৯ নারী সাফ!". Offside Bangladesh (in Bengali). 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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  6. "Participating Teams Thank SAFF for Organizing SAFF U-19 Women's Championship". South Asian Football Federation. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. "ডিসেম্বর ঢাকায় অনুষ্ঠিত হবে সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ". Channel 24 Sports (in Bengali). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  8. "FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations".
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