2022 SAFF U-17 Championship explained
| Tourney Name: | SAFF U-17 Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Country: | Sri Lanka[1] |
| Dates: | 5–14 September |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| City: | Colombo |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 7 |
| Goals: | 29 |
| Top Scorer: | Thanglalsoun Gangte
Mirajul Islam
Unesh Budhathoki
(4 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament took place in Sri Lanka from September 5 to 14, 2022. Six teams from the region took part.[2]
India is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Nepal 7−0 on 31 August 2019.[3]
Participating teams
FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021,[4] but eventually withdrew the ban, yet they could not participate in the competition as it was too late for them to be ready.[5]
| Team | Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship | width=39% | Previous best performance |
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| 7th | Champions (2013, 2017, 2019) |
| 7th | Champions (2015, 2018) |
| 7th | Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019) |
| 5th | Fourth Place |
| 6th | Group Stage |
| 5th | Group Stage | |
Venue
All matches are being held at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Officials
Referees
Abdulla Shathir- Athambawa Mohammed Jafran
- Pema Tshewang
- Kabin Byanjankar
Assistant Referees
- Sujoy Barua
- Md Alamgir Sarker
- Liyanagunawardhana D. Sampath
- Niushad Mohamed
- Yunal Malla
- Passang Tshering
Draw
Once the hosting nation is announced, it will be put in the 1st position of pot 1 while Maldives will be moved to pot 3.
| width=20% | Pot 1 | width=20% | Pot 2 | width=20% | Pot 3 |
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| Source: SAFF | |
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 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.
Group stage
- TiebreakersTeams 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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
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Semi-finals
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Final
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2022-08-03 . Sri Lanka to host SAFF U17 Championship . 2022-09-03 . ThePapare.com . en-US . 3 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220903072454/https://www.thepapare.com/sri-lanka-host-saff-u17-championship-2022-bangladesh-maldives-india-nepal/ . live .
- Web site: All you need to know about the 2021 SAFF calendar. Goal.com. 17 April 2021. 17 April 2021. 17 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417134040/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2021-saff-calendar/15scy2mqzigv31mx6qhmxsxf3t. live.
- Web site: With 28 goals in 5 games, India lift SAFF U-15 Title . saffederation.org . AIFF . 17 April 2021 . 14 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220914165945/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/with-28-goals-in-5-games-india-lift-saff-u-15-title . live .
- News: FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations. 17 April 2021. 7 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210407143916/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-suspends-chad-and-pakistan-football-associations. live.
- News: Draw ceremony for SAFF Women’s Championship and SAFF U17 Championship held. 28 August 2022. 28 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220828110553/https://saffederation.org/news/read/50. live.
