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SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
RegionSouth Asia (SAFF)
Number of teams7
Current champions Bangladesh
Most successful team(s) India
 Bangladesh
(2 titles)
2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship is association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15/16/17. The tournament is organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

History

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The tournament began in 2017 and is hosted every other year. For 2021, the decision was made to make the tournament a U-16 tournament versus the previous three iterations which had been U-15. However, the tournament was ultimately postponed.[1] Later, Bangladesh was declared to be the host of the 4th edition, which is going to take place in U-15 format on late 2022.[citation needed]

Results

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Year Category Host Final Third Place Match
Champions Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2017
Details 		U15 Bangladesh  Bangladesh 1–0  India  Bhutan RR    Nepal
2018
Details 		U15 Bhutan  India 1–0  Bangladesh  Bhutan 2–2
(4–3 p) 		   Nepal
2019
Details 		U15 Bhutan  India 0–0
(5–3 p) 		 Bangladesh    Nepal RR  Bhutan
2022
Details 		U15 Bangladesh    Nepal RR  Bangladesh  Bhutan – –
2023
Details 		U17 Bangladesh  Russia RR  Bangladesh  India RR    Nepal
2024
Details 		U16   Nepal  Bangladesh 1–1
(3–2 p) 		 India    Nepal RR  Bhutan
2025
Details 		U17 Bhutan RR    Nepal RR  Bhutan

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  •     — Withdrew after qualification
  •     — Disqualified after qualification
Team Bangladesh
2017 		Bhutan
2018 		Bhutan
2019 		Bangladesh
2022 		Bangladesh
2023 		Nepal
2024 		Bhutan
2025 		Total
 Bangladesh 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 6
 Bhutan GS 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 4th 4th 6
 India 2nd 1st 1st × 3rd 2nd 5
 Maldives x x x x x x × 0
   Nepal 4th 4th 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 3rd 6
 Pakistan x GS x x x x × 1
 Sri Lanka x GS x x x x × 1
Guest team
 Russia x x x x 1st x × 1

Performance by nation

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Bold: Indicates host.
Nation Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Bangladesh 2 (2017, 2024) 4 (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) — —
 India 2 (2018, 2019) 2 (2017, 2024) 1 (2023) —
   Nepal 1 (2022) — 3 (2019, 2024, 2025) 3 (2017, 2018, 2023)
 Russia 1 (2023) — — —
 Bhutan — — 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) 3 (2019, 2024, 2025)

Awards

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Year Most Valuable Player Top scorer(s) Best Goalkeeper Fair play award
Player(s) Goals
2017 Bangladesh Akhi Khatun India Naorem Priyanka 4 Not awarded  Bangladesh
2018 India Naorem Priyanka Devi India Silky Devi
Bangladesh Shamsunnahar Jr.
Bangladesh Tohura Khatun
Nepal Chandra Bandari 		4  Bangladesh
2019 Bangladesh Rupna Chakma India Lynda Kom Serto 4  Bhutan
2022 Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity 9 Nepal Sujata Tamang  Bangladesh
2023 Russia Elena Golik India Shilji Shaji 8 Nepal Sujata Tamang  India
2024 Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity Bangladesh Sauravi Akanda Prity
India Anushka Kumari 		5 Bangladesh Yearzan Begum  Bhutan

Winning coaches

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Year Team Coach
2017  Bangladesh Bangladesh Golam Robbani Choton
2018  India India Biby Thomas Muttath
2019  India India Biby Thomas Muttath
2022    Nepal Nepal Bhagwati Rana Magar
2023  Russia Russia Elena Medved
2024  Bangladesh Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Deshkal, Shampratik. "SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Postponed". Shampratik Deshkal. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.