2018 SAFF U-15 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nepal |
Dates | 25 October – 3 November |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in Lalitpur host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 47 (4.7 per match) |
Attendance | 15,144 (1,514 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship was the fifth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from October 25 to November 3, 2018, at ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal. Six out of seven teams from the region took part, as Sri Lanka later withdrew their team, and the teams were divided into two groups.[1][2] On 3 November 2018, Bangladesh edged out Pakistan in a close match decided in a penalty shootout to claim their second SAFF title.[3]
Host selection
[edit]A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 13 September 2018 at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation. BFF general secretary Abu Naeem Shohag, chairman of the BFF Media Committee Amirul Islam Babu and Mindu Dorji, the deputy general secretary of Bhutan Football Federation was among those present.
Initially all of seven countries team participated for the draw, two groups A and B were made, A consisted of Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan and group B consisted of India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka
But later Sri Lanka withdrew its team from the tournament and the groups were redefined.[2]
Group A | Group B |
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- † Sri Lanka withdrew before tournament
- ‡ Pakistan drawn to Group B, thus both the groups redefined
Squads
[edit]Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.
Participating teams
[edit]Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship |
Previous best performance |
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5th | Champions (2015), (2018) |
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3rd | Fourth Place |
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5th | Champions (2013, 2017) |
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4th | Group Stage |
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5th | Runners-up (2013, 2017) |
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3rd | Champions (2011) |
Venues
[edit]Lalitpur |
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ANFA Complex |
Capacity: 4,000 |
Match officials
[edit]
Referees |
Assistant Referees
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Group stage
[edit]- All matches were played at Lalitpur, Nepal.
- Times listed are UTC+05:45.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Nepal ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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SAFF |
Bangladesh ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Nihat Jaman Ucchash ![]() Mehedi Hassan ![]() Rasel Ahmed ![]() Ashikur Rahman ![]() |
SAFF |
Bangladesh ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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SAFF |
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Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
India ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Vanlalruatfela Thlacheu ![]() |
SAFF AIFF | Adnan Justin ![]() Wasif ![]() |
Bhutan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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SAFF | Mudassar Nazar ![]() Iftikar Ahmed ![]() Moin Ahmed ![]() |
Bhutan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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SAFF AIFF | Shubho Paul ![]() Kushang Subba ![]() Aman Xalxo ![]() |
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
1 November – ANFA Complex | ||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||
3 November – ANFA Complex | ||||||
![]() | 1 (2) | |||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||
1 November – ANFA Complex | ||||||
![]() | 1 (2) | |||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
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Third Place | ||||||
3 November – ANFA Complex | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
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Knockout stage
[edit]- All matches will be played at Lalitpur, Nepal.
- Times listed are UTC+05:45
Semi-finals
[edit]Bangladesh ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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SAFF AIFF |
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Penalties | ||
4–2 |
Pakistan ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Jaan Limbu ![]() Mohib Ullah ![]() Moin Ahmed ![]() |
SAFF |
Third place
[edit]Final
[edit]![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Penalties | ||
3–2 |
Winner
[edit]2018 SAFF U-15 Championship champions |
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![]() Bangladesh Second title |
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given for the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship.
Fair Play Award | Most Valuable Player | Golden Boot Award | |||
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 47 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.7 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
[edit]- ^ "SAFF U15 draw held". South Asian Football Federation.
- ^ a b "SAFF Revises SAFF U15 Match Fixtures After Sri Lanka Pulls Out". Goal Nepal. 4 October 2018.
- ^ "SAFF Under-15 Championship: Bangladesh beat Pakistan on penalties to claim second title". saffederation.org. SAFF. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "FIFA Referees News: 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship - Final". 3 November 2018.
- SAFF U-15 Championship
- 2018 in Asian football
- International association football competitions hosted by Nepal
- 2018–19 in Nepalese football
- 2018–19 in Indian football
- 2018 in Bhutanese football
- 2018 in Bangladeshi football
- 2018 in Maldivian football
- 2018–19 in Pakistani football
- 2018 in youth association football
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