2023 SAFF U-19 Championship explained
| Tourney Name: | SAFF U-19 Championship |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Dates: | 21–30 September 2023 |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Goals: | 26 |
| Top Scorer: | Jigme Namgyel
 Gwgmsar Goyary
Samir Tamang
(3 goals each) |
| Player: | Manglenthang Kipgen |
| Goalkeeper: | Lionel Daryl Rymmei |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It took place from 21–30 September 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1] [2]
India are the defending champions, who won their second title in 2022 by defeating Bangladesh in the final on 5 August 2022.[3] [4]
Venue
On 22 July 2023, SAFF announced the tournament will be held at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu, Nepal.[1] [2]
Teams
Sri Lanka are ineligible for participation as they are suspended by FIFA.[5] Other six SAFF teams are eligible to participate.
| Team | Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship | width=39% | Previous best performance |
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| 5th | |
| 4th | |
| 5th | |
| 5th | |
| 5th | |
| 1st | – | |
Draw
The draw was held in BFF House in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 July 2023 at 12:00 BST (UTC+6).[6]
| width=25% | Pot 1 | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 |
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(hosts)
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Draw result
Match officials
- Referees
Nadheem Hussain- Astha Aditya Purkay
- Sabuj Kumar Das
Adnan Anjum- Nabin Maharjan
- Pema Tshewang
- Assistant referees
- Shaheem Hussain
- Yadhav Kishan Kanaya
- M Sawant Dipesh
- Passang Passang
- Sharif SM Junayed
- Mehboob Ali
Players eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2005 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.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Final
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Statistics
Goalscorers
Final standing
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=30 | | width=30 | | width=30 | | width=30 | |
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| | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: SAFF Championship: Groups revealed for U-16, U-19 youth events . 22 July 2023 . Khel Now . 22 July 2023 . 22 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230722101958/https://khelnow.com/football/2023-07-indian-football-saff-championship-u-16-19-groups . live .
- Web site: Draw revealed for SAFF U16 and U19 Championships . 22 July 2023 . The AIFF . 22 July 2023 . 22 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230722101630/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/draw-revealed-for-saff-u16-and-u19-championships . live .
- Web site: 2022-08-05 . India beats Bangladesh to clinch U20 SAFF Championship . 2023-07-22 . sportstar.thehindu.com . en . 5 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220805163036/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/india-beats-bangladesh-5-1-to-lift-saff-u20-championship-title-gurkirat-singh-football/article65732385.ece . live .
- Web site: India defeat Bangladesh to win SAFF U-20 Championship 2022 . 2023-07-22 . Khel Now . English . 22 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230722103748/https://khelnow.com/football/saff-u-20-championship-final-india-vs-bangladesh-match-report . live .
- Web site: Suspension of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) from 21 January 2023 until further notice. 2023-01-27. FIFA. 22 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122234914/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5d07bb14cb642349/original/Circular-1831_Suspension-FFSL_EN.pdf. live.
- Web site: Draw revealed for SAFF U16 and U19 Championships . 22 July 2023 . The AIFF . 22 July 2023 . 22 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230722101630/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/draw-revealed-for-saff-u16-and-u19-championships . live .
- News: INDIA WINS SAFF U19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 TITLE. 30 September 2023. www.saffederation.org. 2 October 2023. 15 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231015153631/https://saffederation.org/news/read/111. live.
- Web site: CHAMPS!!! Triple-strike Blue Colts send crippled Pakistan packing. Kathmandu. Akhil. Rawat. the-aiff.com. 30 September 2023. 28 October 2023. All India Football Federation. 29 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231129160252/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/champs-triple-strike-blue-colts-send-crippled-pakistan-packing.
