SAFF U-17 Championship

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The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The first edition was held as SAFF U-16 Championship, where most teams sent their U-15 team, keeping in mind AFC U-17 Asian Cup held every following years to SAFF U-16 Championship. In the 2017 edition, it was held as SAFF U-15 Championship and the subsequent 2022 edition, the SAFF U-17 Championship was introduced. The first edition of the tournament took place in Nepal in August 2011. The competition was launched under the leadership of SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin who was elected in 2009.[1][2][3]

Results

Ed.YearCat.HostFinalThird place playoffNo. ofteams
ChampionScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
12011U-16  NepalPakistan2–1IndiaNepal2–1Bangladesh6
22013  NepalIndia1–0NepalBangladesh1–0Afghanistan7
32015BangladeshBangladesh1–1(4–2 p)India Afghanistan and    Nepal6
42017U-15  NepalIndia2–1NepalBangladesh8–0Bhutan6
52018  NepalBangladesh1–1(3–2 p)PakistanIndia1–0Nepal6
62019IndiaIndia7–0NepalBangladeshRRSri Lanka5
72022U-17Sri LankaIndia4–0Nepal Bangladesh and  Sri Lanka6
82023U-16BhutanIndia2–0Bangladesh Pakistan and  Maldives6
92024U-17BhutanIndia2–0Bangladesh   Nepal and  Pakistan7
102025Sri LankaIndia2–2(4–1 p)Bangladesh Pakistan and    Nepal7
112026Pakistan

Participating nations

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semifinals
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  •   — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
  •   — Not part of SAFF
TeamNepal2011Nepal2013Bangladesh2015Nepal2017Nepal2018India2019Sri Lanka2022Bhutan2023Bhutan2024Sri Lanka2025Total
 Bangladesh4th3rd1st3rd1st3rdSF2nd2nd2nd10
 Bhutan×GS×4thGSGSGSGSGSGS8
 India2nd1st2nd1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st10
 MaldivesGS×GSGSGS×GSSFGSGS8
   Nepal3rd2ndSF2nd4th2nd2ndGSSFSF10
 Pakistan1stGS××2nd××SFSFSF6
 Sri LankaGSGSGSGS×GSSF×GSGS8
Former member
 Afghanistan×4thSFNot part of SAFF2

Performance by nation

  • Bold: Indicates host.
NationChampionsRunners-upThird-placeFourth-placeSemi-finalists
 India7 (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)2 (2011, 2015)1 (2018)N/aN/a
 Bangladesh2 (2015, 2018)3 (2023, 2024, 2025)3 (2013, 2017, 2019)1 (2011)1 (2022)
 Pakistan1 (2011)1 (2018)N/aN/a3 (2023, 2024, 2025)
   NepalN/a4 (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)1 (2011)1 (2018)3 (2015, 2024, 2025)
 AfghanistanN/aN/aN/a1 (2013)1 (2015)
 BhutanN/aN/aN/a1 (2017)N/a
 Sri LankaN/aN/aN/aN/a1 (2022)
 MaldivesN/aN/aN/aN/a1 (2023)

Awards

YearTop scorer(s)GoalsBest playerFair play award
2011Pakistan Mohammad Bilal4PakistanMansoor KhanNot awarded
2013NepalBimal Magar6IndiaKrishna Pandit
2015IndiaSaurabh Meher3Bangladesh Sarwan Zaman Nipu   Nepal
2017BangladeshFoysal Ahmed Fahim6IndiaVikram Pratap Singh Bangladesh
2018BangladeshNihat Jaman Ucchash4Pakistan Haseeb Khan Bangladesh
2019IndiaHimanshu Jangra7IndiaHimanshu Jangra Bangladesh
2022BangladeshMirajul IslamIndiaThanglalsoun GangteNepal Unesh Budhathoki4Not awardedNot awarded
2023India Md Arbash3India Md Arbash Pakistan
2024Nepal Sujan Dangol4India Md Arbash Bhutan
2025PakistanMuhammad Abdullah6BangladeshNazmul Faysal India

See also

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