SAFF U-17 Championship

SAFF U-17 Championship
Founded	2011
Region	SAFF
Number of teams	7
Current champions	India ; (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	India (5 titles)
	2024 SAFF U-16 Championship

The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The first edition was held as SAFF U-16 Championship, where most teams sent their U-15 team, keeping in mind AFC U-16 Championship hold every following years to SAFF U-16 Championship. In the 2017 edition, it was held as SAFF U-15 Championship and the subsequent 2022 edition, the SAFF U-17 Championship was introduced. The first edition of the tournament took place in Nepal in August 2011. The competition was launched under the leadership of SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin who was elected in 2009.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results[edit]

U15 Category

Year	Host	Final			Third place match/Semi-finalists
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2017 Details	Nepal	India	2 – 1	Nepal	Bangladesh	8 – 0	Bhutan
2018 Details	Nepal	Bangladesh	1 – 1 (3 – 2 p)	Pakistan	India	1 – 0	Nepal
2019 Details	India	India	7 – 0	Nepal	Bangladesh

U16 Category

Year	Host	Final			Third place match/Semi-finalists
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2011 Details	Nepal	Pakistan	2 – 1	India	Nepal	2 – 1	Bangladesh
2013 Details	Nepal	India	1 – 0	Nepal	Bangladesh	1 – 0	Afghanistan
2015 Details	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1 – 1 (4 – 2 p)	India	Afghanistan and Nepal
2023 Details	Bhutan	India	2 – 0	Bangladesh	Pakistan and Maldives
2024 Details	Bhutan

U17 Category

Year	Host		Final				Third place match/Semi-finalists
Year	Host		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2022 Details	Sri Lanka		India	4 – 0	Nepal		Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Participating nations[edit]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semifinals
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts
× – Did not enter
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew before qualification
— Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
— Not part of SAFF

Team	2011	2013	2015	2017	2018	2019	2022	Total
Bangladesh	4th	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	SF	7
Bhutan	×	GS	×	4th	GS	GS	GS	5
India	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	7
Maldives	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	5
Nepal	3rd	2nd	SF	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	7
Pakistan	1st	GS	×	×	2nd	×	×	3
Sri Lanka	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	SF	6
Former member
Afghanistan	×	4th	SF	Not part of SAFF				2

Awards[edit]

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals	Best player	Fair play award
2011	Mohammad Bilal	4	Mansoor Khan	Not awarded
2013	Bimal Magar	6	Krishna Pandit	Not awarded
2015	Saurabh Meher	3	Sarwan Zaman Nipu	Nepal
2017	Foysal Ahmed Fahim	6	Vikram Pratap Singh	Bangladesh
2018	Nihat Jaman Ucchash	4	Haseeb Khan	Bangladesh
2019	Himanshu Jangra	7	Himanshu Jangra	Bangladesh
2022	Mirajul Islam Thanglalsoun Gangte Unesh Budhathoki	4	Not awarded	Not awarded

References[edit]

^ "MEN (SAFF U17)". Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "SAFF U-17 Championship: India reinforce regional dominance with fourth crown". Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "SAFF U-17 Championship: India win title, defeat Nepal 4-0 in final". Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[1] "MEN (SAFF U17)". Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[2] "SAFF U-17 Championship: India reinforce regional dominance with fourth crown". Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[3] "SAFF U-17 Championship: India win title, defeat Nepal 4-0 in final". Retrieved 9 September 2023.

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