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2024 SAFF U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates18–28 August
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored2 (1 per match)
Attendance2,723 (1,362 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Nirajan Dhami
India Monirul Molla
(1 goal each)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 19 August 2024.

The 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship is the 6th edition of the SAFF U-20 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-20 national teams from South Asia region, organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).[1] The tournament playing in Lalitpur and Kathmandu, Nepal from 18–28 August.[2][3]

India are the defending champions, who won their third title by defeating Pakistan 3–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2023.[4]

Venues

The group stage matches are being held at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur. The knockout stage matches are being held at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu.

Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000
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2024 SAFF U-20 Championship

Participants teams

The following six participants are participating in the tournament.

Team Appearances Best performance
 Bangladesh 6th Runners-up (2017, 2019, 2022)
 Bhutan 5th Fourth place (2017, 2019)
 India 6th Champion (2019, 2022, 2023)
 Maldives 6th Third place (2019)
   Nepal 6th Champion (2015, 2017)
 Sri Lanka 3rd Group stage (2019, 2022)
  •  Pakistan withdrew from the competition on 11 July 2024.

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held at Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants were divided into two groups, A consisting of four and B of three teams.[5]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 India

   Nepal (hosts)

 Maldives

 Bangladesh

 Bhutan

 Pakistan

 Sri Lanka
Group A
Pos Team
A1    Nepal
A2  Bangladesh
A3  Pakistan
A4  Sri Lanka
Group B
Pos Team
B1  India
B2  Maldives
B3  Bhutan

Schedule

Phase Date
Group stage 18–23 August
Semi-finals 25–26 August
Final 28 August

Match officials

Referees
  • Bangladesh Bituraj Barua
  • Bhutan Ugyen Penjor
  • India Senthilnathans
  • Maldives Afsheen Naseer
  • Nepal Shyamlal Danuwar
  • Sri Lanka Mohamed Jafran Athambawa
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Md Nuruzzaman
  • Bhutan Hem Kumar Sunwar
  • India Dipesh Manohar Sawant
  • Maldives Raeef Rauf
  • Nepal Sahadev Shrestha
  • Sri Lanka Lahiru M. Jayaneththi

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 and maximum 23 players.[citation needed]

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 Qualification
1    Nepal (H) 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
4  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August. Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Sri Lanka 0–1   Nepal
Report Nirajan Dhami 23'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ugyen Penjor (Bhutan)
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Nepal   v Bangladesh

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bhutan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August. Source: GSA
Bhutan 0–1 India
Report
  • Monirul Molla 36'
Attendance: 223
Referee: Shyamlal Danuwar (Nepal)
Maldives v Bhutan
India v Maldives

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 August–Dasharath Stadium
 
 
Winner Group A
 
28 August–Dasharath Stadium
 
Runner-Up Group B
 
Winner SF1
 
26 August–Dasharath Stadium
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-Up Group A
 

Semi-finals

Champion Group AvRunner Up Group B
Champion Group BvRunner Up Group A

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 2 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match (as of 19 August 2024).

1 goal

  • Nepal Nirajan Dhami
  • India Monirul Molla

Source: GSA

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nepal to host SAFF U20 Championship". ANFA. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Kazi Md. Salahuddin Re-Elected As President". SAFF. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". www.footballbangladesh.com (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "India wins SAFF U-19 Championship title 2023". www.saffederation.com. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-২০ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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