2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:	SAFF U-16 Women's Championship
Year:	2024
Country:	Nepal
Dates:	1–10 March 2024
Num Teams:	4
Sub-Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
City:	Lalitpur
Count:	2
Matches:	7
Goals:	34
Top Scorer:	Sauravi Akanda Prity Anushka Kumari (5 goals each)
Player:	Sauravi Akanda Prity
Goalkeeper:	Yearzan Begum
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025

The 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship was 6th edition of SAFF U-16 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament were played in Nepal from 1–10 March 2024. Four teams from the region participated in the tournament.^{[1] [2]}

Bangladesh is the defending champion having won the title by defeated India by (3)1–1(2) goals penalties shootout in the final on 10 March 2024.^[3]

Host selection

At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 10 January 2024 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Nepal host country of the tournament.^[1]

Participating nations

The following four nations were participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Women's Championship	width=39%	Previous best performance
	6th	Champions (2017)
	6th	(2018)
	5th	Champions (2018, 2019)
(Host)	6th	Champions (2022)

Venue

All matches were played at ANFA Complex Lalitpur, Nepal.

Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2009 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

• Jaya Chakma
• Sen Hangma Subba
• Maya Lama
• Meera Tamang

Assistant Referees

• Shohana Khatun
• Sonam Palden
• Elangbam Debala Devi
• Merina Dhimal

Round robin

Single round-robin, each team played each other. The top teams contest in the final.

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 yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points).

League table

Matches

--------------------

Awards

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes and References

1. News: SAFF to announced 2024 tournament calendar. 17 August 2023. South Asian Football Federation. 21 December 2023.
2. News: সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের. 16 September 2023. bn. Football Bangladesh. 21 December 2023.
3. News: Bangladesh beat India to clinch title. 10 March 2024. www.thedailystar.net. 10 March 2024.
4. Web site: SAFF U-16 Women's Champs: Bangladesh come from behind to beat India on penalties in final. 10 March 2024. 10 March 2024. www.unb.com.bd.