2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	December 2021
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in Dhaka host cities)
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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 will be hosted from December 2021 at a venue which is yet to be confirmed.

Host Selection

On 14th October 2021 SAFF members board took place in Malé, Maldives. End of the meeting announced Bangladesh earned hosting right of the championship.

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	2nd	Champions (2018)
Nepal	2nd	Runners-up (2018)
India	2nd	Third-place (2018)
Bhutan	2nd	Fourth-place (2018)
Maldives	2nd	Group stage (2018)
Sri Lanka	1st	–

Squads

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

Draw

Once the hosting nation is announced, it will be put in the 1st position of pot 1 while Maldives will be moved to pot 3.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
TBD (Hosts) Bangladesh	Nepal India	Bhutan Sri Lanka	Maldives
Source: 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship.

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.

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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Hosts

• Times listed are UTC+6

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December 2021

Bangladesh	v	A2

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December 2021

Bangladesh	v	A3

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December 2021

A3	v	A2

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2021. Source:

• Times listed are UTC+6

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13 July 2021

B1	v	B3

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15 July 2021

B3	v	B2

TBD

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17 July 2021

B2	v	B1

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	December—Dhaka
	Champion Group A
					December—Dhaka
	Runner-up Group B
					SF1 Winner
	December—Dhaka
					SF2 Winner
	Champion Group B
	Runner-up Group A

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Semi-finals

December 2021 (2021-12)

Champion Group A	v	Runner-up Group B

December 2021 (2021-12)

Champion Group B	v	Runner-up Group A

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Final

December 2021 (2021-12)

SF1 Winner	v	SF2 Winner

External links

• Official website