2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship explained
| Tourney Name: | SAFF U-17 Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Other Titles: | UEFA Assist SAFF U-17 Women's Championship |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Dates: | 20–28 March |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| City: | Dhaka |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Goals: | 49 |
| Attendance: | 5783 |
| Top Scorer: |  Shilji Shaji
(8 goals) |
| Player: |  Elena Golik |
| Goalkeeper: | Sujata Tamang |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 UEFA Assist U-17 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF in collaboration with UEFA. The tournament was played in Bangladesh from 20 to 28 March 2023. Five teams from the region took part.[1] [2]
Nepal was the defending champion having won the previous 2022 edition title for the finished top of the league table.[3]
Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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.
Participating nations
Russia is set to feature in the tournament for the first time as a guest nation, following suspension by FIFA and UEFA for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] [5]
| Team | Appearances
in the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship | width=39% | Previous best performance |
|---|
| (Host) | 3rd | Champions (2017) |
| 3rd | 3rd (2018) |
| 3rd | Champions (2018, 2019) |
| 3rd | Champions (2022) |
| (invitee) | 1st | debut | |
Venue
All matches will be held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Match officials
Referees
- Jaya Chakma
- Yangkhey Tshering
- Kanika Barman
- Anjana Rai
- Meera Tamang
Assistant Referees
- Salma Akter Mone
- Prem Kumari Sunwar
- Choden Kingzang
- Radhika Shakya
- Abhirami Thambilali
Tournament format
Single round-robin, each team will play each other. The team with the most points becomes champion.
- 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).
League table
Standing
Matches
All times at local (UTC+6)----------------
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 8 Goals
- 5 Goals
- Elena Golik
- 3 Goals
- Senu Pariyar
- Barsha Oli
- Anastasiia Chernousova
- 2 Goals
- Mst Sagorika
- Sree Moti Trisna Rani
- Thuinuye Marma
- Anastasia Karataeva
- Eseniia Kadyntseva
- Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam
- 1 Goal
- Mst Sultana Akter
- Sauravi Akanda Prity
- Munne
- Preya Ghalley
- Pooja
- Thoibisana Chanu Toijam
- Menaka Lourembam
- Dipa Rokaya
- Sofia Golovina
- Polina Bogdanova
- Polina Filshina
- Vasilisa Avdienko
- Daria Kotlova
- Own Goals
- Akhila Rajan (against Bangladesh)
- Kira Naumova (against Bhutan)
See also
Notes and References
- News: SAFF to announced 2023 tournament calendar. 17 August 2022. South Asian Football Federation. 25 September 2022. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925140551/https://saffederation.org/news/read/53. live.
- News: SAFF to revise fixtures after FIFA bans India. 17 August 2022. Daily New Age. 25 September 2022. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925140551/https://www.newagebd.net/article/178673/saff-to-revise-fixtures-after-fifa-bans-india. live.
- News: Nepal Crowned U-15 Women's SAFF Champions. 11 November 2022. www.goalnepal.com. 14 February 2023. 11 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221111143437/https://goalnepal.com/news/detail/14726. live.
- 1623200439121645568. wfootball_bd. Russia to play in the UEFA sponsored SAFF U17 Women's Championship in March..
- Web site: সাফে খেলবে রাশিয়া!. Bangla Tribune. 8 February 2023. bn. 10 February 2023. 10 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230210053139/https://www.banglatribune.com/sport/football/784693/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE. live.
