2024 SAFF U-17 Championship explained

Tourney Name:	SAFF U-17 Championship
Year:	2024
Country:	Bhutan
Dates:	18–28 September 2024
Num Teams:	7
Sub-Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025
Cities:	1

The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship will be 9th 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). It is scheduled to be played from 18–28 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.^{[1] [2]}

India are the defending champions, who won their fifth title in by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 10 September 2023.^[3]

Venue

All matches of the tournament will held at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Participants teams

The following seven participants will participate in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	width=39%	Previous best performance
	9th
	7th
	9th
	7th
	9th
	5th
	7th

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams.^[4]

Draw result

Team A1 A2 A3

Team B1 B2 B3 B4

Players 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.

Group stage

• Times listed are Bhutan Time.

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.

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 yellots, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

• In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

See also

• 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship
• 2024 SAFF Women's Championship

Notes and References

1. News: Kazi Md. Salahuddin Re-Elected As President. 2 July 2022. SAFF. 22 December 2023.
2. News: সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের. 16 September 2023. bn. www.footballbangladesh.com. 22 December 2023.
3. Web site: India emerge SAFF U16 champions, make short work of Bangladesh in final. 10 September 2023. www.the-aiff.com. 22 December 2023.
4. Web site: সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে. bn. www.dhakapost.com. 8 June 2024. 8 June 2024.