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Revision as of 11:28, 29 August 2019

2019 SAFF U-15 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates21–31 August 2019
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Kalyani host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored49 (5.44 per match)
Attendance24,290 (2,699 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Al Amin Rahman (5 Goals)
2018
2020
All statistics correct as of 29 August 2019.

The 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship will be the 6th edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament will be hosted by India at Kalyani Stadium from August 21 to August 31, 2019. Five teams from the region will take part.[1][2]

Bangladesh is the defending champion.They have won previous season title by beating Pakistan 1(3)-(2)1 penalties shoot out on 3rd November 2018.[3]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet. However, due to some internal problems in their federation , they have withdrawn. A letter to reconfirm their entry was sent by SAFF, Pakistan said they would not be able to participate.[4]

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Championship
Previous best performance
 Bangladesh 6th Champions (2015), (2018)
 Bhutan 4th Fourth Place
 India (Host) 6th Champions (2013, 2017)
   Nepal 6th Runners-up (2013, 2017)
 Sri Lanka 5th Group Stage

Officials

Venues

Kalyani
Kalyani Stadium
22°52′59″N 88°45′34.07″E / 22.88306°N 88.7594639°E / 22.88306; 88.7594639 (Ahmedabad)
Capacity: 20,000 seats

Group Stage

All the five teams will play each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams will play the final.

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  India (H, Q) 4 4 0 0 21 0 +21 12 Advance to Final
2    Nepal (Q) 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 9
3  Bangladesh (E) 4 2 0 2 13 11 +2 6
4  Sri Lanka (E) 4 1 0 3 4 16 −12 3
5  Bhutan (E) 4 0 0 4 4 20 −16 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2019. Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Nepal   0−5 India
Report
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: K.L.S. Chaturanga (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka 3–2 Bhutan
Report
Attendance: 1,840
Referee: Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh)

Bhutan 2−5 Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 2,890
Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

Nepal   2−0 Sri Lanka
Report
Attendance: 3,210
Referee: Vinay Suvarna (India)

Bangladesh 7−1 Sri Lanka
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ugyen Penjor (Bhutan)

India 7−0 Bhutan
Report
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Bhubon Tarafder (Bangladesh)

India 5–0 Sri Lanka
Report
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

Bangladesh 1–4   Nepal
Report
Attendance: 1800
Referee: Vinay Suvarna (India)

Bhutan 0-5   Nepal
Report
Attendance: 3600

Bangladesh 0-4 India

Final

 Indiav   Nepal

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 5.56 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal


Broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster
 India (host) MYCUJOO.TV
South Asian Countries
South-East Asian Countries

References

  1. ^ "SAFF Ordinary Congress 2019 held in Nepal". South Asian Football Federation. 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh may host SAFF U15 Women's Championship 2019". Bangladesh Football Federation. 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "SAFF Under-15 Championship: Bangladesh beat Pakistan on penalties to claim second title". saffederation.org. SAFF. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Pakistan pulls out of SAFF event due to internal issues". Times of India. 26 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Pictures of the officials during 2019 SAFF U15 in India". 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.