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SAFF Women's Championship

This article is about the women tournament. For the men's tournament, see SAFF Championship.
Not to be confused with SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament.
SAFF Women's Championship
Organising bodySAFF
Founded2010; 15 years ago (2010)
RegionSouth Asia
Number of teams
7
Current champions Bangladesh
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) India (5 titles)
Television broadcastersFanCode
Websitesaffederation.org
2024 SAFF Women's Championship

The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament.

History

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The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete against each other, until Afghanistan departed. It is held approximately every two years. India won first 5 editions, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final.[1][2][3]

Results

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Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists
Champion Score Runner-up
2010
Details 		Bangladesh
India 		1–0
Nepal 		 Bangladesh and  Pakistan
2012
Details 		Sri Lanka
India 		3–1
Nepal 		 Afghanistan and  Sri Lanka
2014
Details 		Pakistan
India 		6–0
Nepal 		 Bangladesh and  Sri Lanka
2016
Details 		India
India 		3–1
Bangladesh 		 Maldives and  Nepal
2019
Details 		  Nepal
India 		3–1
Nepal 		 Bangladesh and  Sri Lanka
2022
Details 		  Nepal
Bangladesh 		3–1
Nepal 		 Bhutan and  India
2024
Details 		  Nepal
Bangladesh 		2–1
Nepal 		 Bhutan and  India


Teams reaching the top four

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Nation Champions Runners-up Semi-finalists
 India 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) 2 (2022, 2024)
 Bangladesh 2 (2022, 2024) 1 (2016) 3 (2010, 2014, 2019)
 Nepal 6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2024) 1 (2016)
 Sri Lanka 3 (2012, 2014, 2019)
 Bhutan 2 (2022, 2024)
 Afghanistan* 1 (2012)
 Maldives 1 (2016)
 Pakistan 1 (2012)
Bold = Hosts
* = Not part of SAFF anymore

Overall team records

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In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2024 SAFF Women's Championship
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  India 7 30 25 2 3 157 16 +141 77
2  Nepal 7 32 23 2 7 133 23 +110 71
3  Bangladesh 7 27 16 2 9 74 37 +37 50
4  Sri Lanka 7 25 8 1 16 22 74 –52 25
5  Pakistan 5 15 5 1 9 23 53 –30 16
6  Maldives 7 21 3 2 16 14 100 –86 11
7  Bhutan 7 21 3 1 17 26 97 –71 10
8  Afghanistan 4 12 1 2 9 10 67 –57 5

Results by tournament

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semifinals
  • GS – Group stage
  • dq – Disqualified/Suspended by FIFA/AFC/SAFF
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  ×  – Withdrew before tournament begins
  •     — Not part of SAFF
Team Bangladesh
2010 		Sri Lanka
2012 		Pakistan
2014 		India
2016 		Nepal
2019 		Nepal
2022 		Nepal
2024 		Total
 Bangladesh SF GS SF 2nd SF 1st 1st 7
 Bhutan GS GS GS GS GS SF SF 7
 India 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st SF SF 7
 Nepal 2nd 2nd 2nd SF 2nd 2nd 2nd 7
 Maldives GS GS GS SF GS GS GS 7
 Pakistan SF GS GS × × GS GS 5
 Sri Lanka GS SF SF GS SF GS GS 7
Former team(s)
 Afghanistan GS SF GS GS Not part of SAFF 4

Overall top goalscorers

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Name Goals
India Ngangom Bala Devi 27
Bangladesh Sabina Khatun 26

Nepal Anu Lama

22
Nepal Sabitra Bhandari 21
India Sasmita Mallick 20
Nepal Jamuna Gurung 17
India Kamala Devi 17
Nepal Sajana Rana 10

Bhutan Deki Lhazom

10

Nepal Rekha Poudel

8

Winning coaches

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Year Team Coach
2010  India India Mohammad Shahid Jabbar
2012
2014 India Tarun Roy
2016 India Sajid Dar
2019 India Maymol Rocky
2022  Bangladesh Bangladesh Golam Robbani
2024 England Peter Butler

Awards

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The following awards are given at the conclusion of the tournament.[4]

Year Most Valuable Player Top scorer(s) Best goalkeeper Fair play award
Player(s) Goals
2010 India Bala Devi India Sasmita Malik 13 Not awarded Not awarded
2012 India Yumnam Kamala Devi Nepal Jamuna Gurung 8
2014 Bangladesh Sabina Khatun India Bala Devi 16  Maldives
2016 India Indumathi Kathiresan Nepal Sabitra Bhandari 12  Nepal
2019 India Grace Dangmei Nepal Sabitra Bhandari
India Indumathi Kathiresan 		4  Bangladesh
2022 Bangladesh Sabina Khatun Bangladesh Sabina Khatun 8 Bangladesh Rupna Chakma  Bangladesh
2024 Bangladesh Ritu Porna Chakma Bhutan Deki Lhazom 8 Bangladesh Rupna Chakma  Bhutan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website". Goalnepal.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Ranjith Rodrigo appointed acting President of SAFF". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh women make history, clinch maiden SAFF title". The Daily Star. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ^ "BANGLADESH WIN MAIDEN SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". saffederation.org. 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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