2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship

The 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship was 6th edition of SAFF U-16 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament were played in Nepal from 1–10 March 2024. Four teams from the region participated in the tournament.^[1][2]

2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
City	Lalitpur
Dates	1–10 March 2024
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	34 (4.86 per match)
Attendance	1,140 (163 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sauravi Akanda Prity Anushka Kumari (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Sauravi Akanda Prity
Best goalkeeper	Yearzan Begum
Fair play award	Bhutan
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Bangladesh is the defending champion having won the title by defeated India by (3)1–1(2) goals penalties shootout in the final on 10 March 2024.^[3]

Host selection

At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 10 January 2024 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Nepal host country of the tournament.^[1]

Participating nations

The following four nations were participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Women's Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	6th	Champions (2017)
Bhutan	6th	(2018)
India	5th	Champions (2018, 2019)
Nepal (Host)	6th	Champions (2022)

Venue

All matches were played at ANFA Complex Lalitpur, Nepal.

Lalitpur	Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2009 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.^{[citation needed]}

Match officials

Referees Jaya Chakma Sen Hangma Subba Maya Lama Meera Tamang

Assistant Referees Shohana Khatun Sonam Palden Elangbam Debala Devi Merina Dhimal

Round robin

Single round-robin, each team played each other. The top teams contest in the final.

Key to colours in league table define Champion
	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 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).

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Qualified for Final
2	India	3	2	0	1	18	3	+15	6
3	Nepal	3	1	0	2	3	12	−9	3
4	Bhutan	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

Source: GSA

Matches

All times are local, NST (UTC+5:45).

Bhutan	0–7	India
	Report	Shveta Rani 6', 27' Pearl Fernandes 13', 26' Anushka Kumari 17', 40' Anwita Raghuraman 61'

1 March 2024 (2024-03-01)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 231

Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

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Bangladesh	2–0	Nepal
Sauravi Akanda Prity 24', 31'	Report

2 March 2024 (2024-03-02)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 103

Referee: Meera Tamang (Bhutan)

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Bhutan	0–3	Nepal
	Report	Puja Giri 14' Bhumika Budathoki 18' Gyanshu Dolmalo 31'

4 March 2024 (2024-03-04)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 150

Referee: Sen Hangma Subba (India)

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Bangladesh	3–1	India
Alpi Akter 9' Sauravi Akanda Prity 78' Arpita Bishwas 89'	Report	Anushka Kumari 55'

5 March 2024 (2024-03-05)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 200

Referee: Maya Lama (Nepal)

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India	10–0	Nepal
Anita Dungdung 3' Pearl Fernandes 14', 43' Anushka Kumari 22' Bonifilia Shullai 25' Gurleen Kaur Sidhu 33', 77' Min Maya Shrestha 46' (o.g.) Gurnaz Kaur 58' Rheanna Liz Jacob 79'	Report

7 March 2024 (2024-03-07)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 200

Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

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Bangladesh	6–0	Bhutan
Sauravi Akanda Prity 13', 77' Fatema Akter 32' Kranuching Marma 35' Sathi Munda 47' Thuinuye Marma 69'	Report

8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 50

Referee: Sen Hangma Subba (India)

Final

Bangladesh	1–1	India
Mariam Binte Hanna 71'	Report	Anushka Kumari 5'
Penalties
Sauravi Akanda Prity Mariam Binte Hanna Thuinuye Marma Alpi Akter Sathi Munda	3–2	Shveta Rani Alena Devi Sarangthem Bonifilia Shullai Anwita Raghuraman Divyani Linda

10 March 2024 (2024-03-10)

15:00

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 206

Referee: Maya Lama (Nepal)

Winners

2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Champions
Bangladesh Second title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Most Valuable Player[4]	Best Goalkeeper[4]	Fair Play Award[4]
Sauravi Akanda Prity	Yearzan Begum	Bhutan

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 34 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4.86 goals per match.

5 goals

• Sauravi Akanda Prity
• Anushka Kumari

4 goals

• Pearl Fernandes

2 goals

• Shveta Rani
• Gurleen Kaur Sidhu

1 goal

• Mariam Binta Hanna
• Fatema Akter
• Kranuching Marma
• Sathi Munda
• Thuinuye Marma
• Alpi Akter
• Arpita Bishwas
• Anwita Raghuraman
• Anita Dungdung
• Bonifilia Shullai
• Gurnaz Kaur
• Rheanna Liz Jacob
• Gyanshu Dolmalo
• Bhumika Budathoki
• Puja Giri

1 own goal

• Min Maya Shrestha (Against India)

Source: GSA