The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 9th edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Its played from 20–30 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.[1][2]
| ༢༠༢༤ ལོའི་SAFF U-17 འགྲན་བསྡུར། | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Bhutan |
| Dates | 20–30 September 2024 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Bangladesh |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 44 (3.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 6,208 (517 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Sujan Dangol(4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Mohamed Arbash |
| Best goalkeeper | Aheibam Suraj Singh |
| Fair play award |  Bhutan |
India are the defending champions, who won their sixth title by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2024.[3]
Venue
All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.
| Thimphu | |
|---|---|
| Changlimithang Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | |
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Participating teams
The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 9th | Champion (2015, 2018) |
| Bhutan | 7th | Fourth place (2017) |
| India | 9th | Champion (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023) |
 Maldives | 7th | Group stage (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| Nepal | 9th | Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022) |
 Pakistan | 5th | Champion (2011) |
 Sri Lanka | 7th | Semi-finals (2022) |
Draw
The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams.[4]
Draw
Draw result
Match officials
- Referees
Md Symoon Hasan Sany
Pema Tshewang
Mrutyunjay L Amatya
Zaheer Hussain
Nabindra Maharjan
Sashanka Madushanka
- Assistant referees
- Sujoy Barua
- Tshering Phuntsho
- Sourav Sarkar
- Abdulla Shathir
- Harish Karki
- Indunil Sandakelum
Players eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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.
Group stage
- Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.
| 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.
- 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 yellots, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bangladesh |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Maldives |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0–1 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum  90+1' |
| Bangladesh | 1–1 | Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| MD Mursed Ali 49' |
Report | Mohamed Ilan Imran 79' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nepal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bhutan (H) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Knockout stage
- In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 September 2024 Thimphu | ||||||
| India | 4 | |||||
| 30 September 2024 Thimphu | ||||||
| Nepal | 2 | |||||
| India | 2 | |||||
| 28 September 2024 Thimphu | ||||||
| Bangladesh | 0 | |||||
| Pakistan | 2 (7) | |||||
| Bangladesh (p) | 2 (8) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Pakistan | 2–2 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
|
Report | Md Manik 74', 90+4' |
| Penalties | ||
|
7–8 |
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Final
| India | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
10 goals
- Hemneichung Lunkim
Hemanata khadka
4 goals
Hemanta Khadka2 goals
- Md Manik
- Thinley Yezer
- Tandin Phuntsho
- Vishal Yadav
- Mohammed Kaif
- Muhammad Talha
1 goal
- Yonten Tharchen
- Karma Yeshe Thabkhe
- Sayon Lama
- Chimi Tobden Dorji
- Sonam Dorji
- Md Mursed Ali
- Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum
- Mohammed Arbash
- Samson Ahongshangban
- Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh
- Mohamed Ilan Imran
- Bigyan Khadka
- Krishna Bahadur Ale
- Subash Bam
- Sharaf Khan
- Abdul Ghani
- Khobaib Khan
- M. Shahab Ahmed
- Abdul Rehman
- Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham
- Zakariyya Zafarullah
1 own goal
- Mohammed Kaif (Playing against Nepal)
- Mohamed Irshad (Playing against Pakistan)
Source: GSA
Winner
| 9th SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 Champions |
|---|
 India Sixth title |
Awards
| Fair Play Award | Best Goalkeeper | Highest Goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan |
Aheibam Suraj Singh |
Sujan Dangol |
Mohammed Arbash |
See also
References
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