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SAFF U-20 Championship

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SAFF U-20 Championship
Founded2015
RegionSouth Asia (SAFF)
Number of teams7
Current champions Bangladesh
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) India
(3 titles)
2024 SAFF U-20 Championship

The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship is a biennial football championship for male footballers under the age of 20 and is organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The championship was held for the first time in August 2015 in Nepal.[1] The tournaments are held just before AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches, keeping in mind about proper preparation for that.[2]

Results

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U18 Category
Year Host Final Third place match/Semi-finalists
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2017

Details

Bhutan

Bhutan


Nepal
RR
Bangladesh

India
RR
Bhutan
2019

Details

Nepal

Nepal


India
2–1
Bangladesh

Maldives
1–0
Bhutan
U19 Category
Year Host Final Third place match/Semi-finalists
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2015

Details

Nepal

Nepal


Nepal
1–1

(5–4 p)


India
 Afghanistan and  Bangladesh
2023

Details

Nepal

Nepal


India
3–0
Pakistan
 Bhutan and    Nepal
2025

Details

India

India

5-15 Nov
U20 Category
Year Host Final Third place match/Semi-finalists
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2022

Details

India

India


India
5–2

(a.e.t.)


Bangladesh

Nepal
RR
Maldives
2024

Details

Nepal

Nepal


Bangladesh
4–1
Nepal
 Bhutan and  India

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place[a]
  • SF – Semifinals[b]
  • 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
Team Nepal
2015
Bhutan
2017
Nepal
2019
India
2022
Nepal
2023
Nepal
2024
Total
 Bangladesh SF 2nd 2nd 2nd GS 1st 6
 Bhutan GS 4th 4th × SF SF 5
 India 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st SF 6
 Maldives GS 5th 3rd 4th GS GS 6
   Nepal 1st 1st GS 3rd SF 2nd 6
 Pakistan × × × × 2nd × 1
 Sri Lanka × × GS GS × GS 3
Former Team
 Afghanistan SF Not a SAFF member 1

Statistics

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Performance by nation

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Nation Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-Finalists
 India 3 (2019, 2022, 2023) 1 (2015) 1 (2017) 1 (2024)
   Nepal 2 (2015, 2017) 1 (2024) 1 (2022) 1 (2023)
 Bangladesh 1 (2024) 3 (2017, 2019, 2022) 1 (2015)
 Pakistan 1 (2023)
 Maldives 1 (2019) 1 (2022)
 Bhutan 2 (2017, 2019) 2 (2023, 2024)
 Afghanistan* 1 (2015)
 Sri Lanka


Notes
  1. ^ Format of the 2017 tournament was single round-robin between the 5 participating teams. Nepal won the title on head-to-head rule of classification.[3]
  2. ^ No third-place match was held in 2015 and 2023.

Awards

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Tournament Most Valuable Player Top scorer(s) Goals Best Goalkeeper Fair play award
2015 Not Awarded Nepal Anjan Bista
Nepal Bimal Magar
3  India
2017 Bhutan Orgyen Tshering Bangladesh Jafar Iqbal 5  Bhutan
2019 India Ninthoinganba Meetei Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim
Bangladesh Tanvir Hossain
India Gurkirat Singh
2  Bhutan
2022 India Gurkirat Singh India Gurkirat Singh 8  Sri Lanka
2023 India Manglenthang Kipgen Bhutan Jigme Namgyel
India Gwgmsar Goyary
Nepal Samir Tamang
3 India Lionel Daryl Rymmei  Bhutan
2024 Bangladesh Mirajul Islam Bangladesh Mirajul Islam 4 Bangladesh Md Asif    Nepal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nepal to Host First Ever SAFF U19 Championship From August 20–29". Goal Nepal. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ^ "SAFF U20 Championship 2022: Gurkirat Singh hat-trick powers Indian football team to title". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Format changed". The Daily Star. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.