2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:	SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
Year:	2023
Country:	Bangladesh
Dates:	3–9 February
Num Teams:	4
Sub-Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	Dhaka
Count:	3
Matches:	7
Goals:	32
Attendance:	22748
Top Scorer:	Amisha Karki Shamsunnahar Junior (4 goals each)
Goalkeeper:	Rupna Chakma
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–20 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament were played from 3–9 February 2023 in Bangladesh.^{[1] [2]} Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated Nepal by 3–0 goals in the final of the tournament on 9 February 2023.^[3]

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

Team			Best placement in the tournament
	4th	2022	Champions (2018, 2021)
	3rd	2021	Fourth-place (2018)
	4th	2022	Champions (2022)
	4th	2022	Runners-up (2018)

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 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.

Match officials

Referees

• Maya Lado
• Kusum Mandi
• Jaya Chakma
• Yangkhey Tshering
• Meera Tamang

Assistant referees

• Salma Akter Mone
• Merina Dhimal
• Chim Chim Serto
• Prem Kumari Sunwar

Round robin

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 tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

Standings

Matches

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 Goals

• Shamsunnahar Junior
• Amisha Karki

3 Goals

• Shaheda Akter Ripa
• Most Aklima Khatun
• Anita Kumari
• Lynda Kom
• Neha
• Apurna Narzary

2 Goals

• Preeti Rai

1 Goal

• Unnoti Khatun
• Nitu Linda
• Manmaya Damai
• Anjali Chand

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Neha		12–0		^[5]
Anita Kumari		12–0
Lynda Kom		12–0
Shamsunnahar Junior		5–0		^[6]
Amisha Karki		4–0		^[7]

See also

• 2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
• Men's
  • 2023 SAFF Championship
  • 2023 SAFF U-19 Men's Championship
  • 2023 SAFF U-17 Men's Championship

Notes and References

1. News: SAFF to announced 2023 tournament calendar. 17 August 2022. South Asian Football Federation. 8 September 2022.
2. News: SAFF to revise fixtures after FIFA bans India. 17 August 2022. Daily New Age. 8 September 2022.
3. News: Bangladesh win SAFF U-20 Women's C'ship title with 3-0 win. 9 February 2023. The Daily Star. 9 February 2023.
4. News: ট্রফির ছড়াছড়ি বাংলাদেশের. Daily Dhaka Post. 9 February 2023. bn. 10 February 2023.
5. News: Bhutan triumph only the beginning for Young Tigresses. 3 February 2023. www.the-aiff.com. 11 February 2023.
6. News: Bangladesh storm into SAFF U-20 C'ship final. 7 February 2023. www.thedailystar.net. 11 February 2023.
7. News: SAFF U20 Championship: Nepal U20 Registers First Win. 5 February 2023. www.goalnepal.com. 11 February 2023.