The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was be the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament will be hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.[1][2]
Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.
Participating teamsedit
Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A. However, due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation, they withdrew from the tournament.[3]
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The 2019 SAFF U 18 Championship was be the 3rd edition of the SAFF U 18 Championship an international football competition for men s under 18 national teams organized by SAFF The tournament will be hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019 1 2 2019 SAFF U 18 ChampionshipTournament detailsHost countryNepalDates20 29 SeptemberTeams6 from 1 confederation Venue s APF Stadium KathmanduFinal positionsChampions India 1st title Runners up BangladeshThird place MaldivesTournament statisticsMatches played10Goals scored23 2 3 per match Attendance3 900 390 per match Top scorer s Tanvir Hossain Foysal Ahmed Fahim Gurkirat Singh 2 goals each Best player s Ninthoinganba MeeteiFair play award Bhutan 20172022 Nepal were the defending champions having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017 however they lost in Group Stage Contents 1 Squads 2 Participating teams 3 Officials 4 Group stage 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 5 Bracket 6 Knockout stage 6 1 Semi finals 6 2 Third place match 6 3 Final 7 Goalscorers 8 Winner 9 Broadcasting rights 10 ReferencesSquads editPlayers born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers Participating teams editPakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A However due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation they withdrew from the tournament 3 Team Appearances in the SAFF U 19 Championship Previous best performance nbsp Bangladesh 3rd Runners up 2017 nbsp Bhutan 3rd 4th 2017 nbsp India 3rd Runners Up 2015 nbsp Maldives 3rd Group Stage nbsp Nepal Host 3rd Champions 2015 2017 nbsp Sri Lanka 1st Officials editReferees nbsp Virendha Rai Bhutan nbsp Mohamed Anisur Rahman Bangladesh nbsp Ashwin Kumar India nbsp Abdulla Sathir Maldives nbsp Kabin Byanjankar Nepal nbsp Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege Sri Lanka Assistant Referees nbsp Tashi Dendup Bhutan nbsp Md Shafiqul Islam Bangladesh nbsp Sanjay E S India nbsp Zaheer Hussain Maldives nbsp Yunal Malla Nepal nbsp Dhanushka Sampath Liyanagunawardana Sri Lanka Group stage editAll matches will be played at Kathmandu Nepal 4 Times listed are UTC 05 45 Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners up advance to the semi finalsGroup A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status1 nbsp Bhutan 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 4 Qualified for Knockout stage2 nbsp Maldives 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 23 nbsp Nepal 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1Updated to match es played on 24 September 2019 Source SAFF 20 September 201915 00Nepal nbsp 1 1 nbsp MaldivesDangi nbsp 75 Report Nazeem nbsp 12 APF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 1 000Referee Mohamed Anisur Rahman Bangladesh 22 September 201915 00Nepal nbsp 0 3 nbsp BhutanReport Dorji nbsp 36 Jigme nbsp 86 Sonam nbsp 90 APF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 1 000Referee Ashwin Kumar India 24 September 201915 30Maldives nbsp 0 0 nbsp BhutanReportAPF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 150Referee Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege Sri Lanka Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status1 nbsp India 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 4 Qualified for Knockout stage2 nbsp Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 43 nbsp Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 6 6 0Updated to match es played on 25 September 2019 Source SAFF 21 September 201915 00Bangladesh nbsp 3 0 nbsp Sri LankaTanvir nbsp 1 Morshed nbsp 76 Fahim nbsp 86 ReportAPF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 500Referee Abdulla Sathir Maldives 23 September 201915 00India nbsp 0 0 nbsp BangladeshReportAPF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 300Referee Kabin Byanjankar Nepal 25 September 201915 00Sri Lanka nbsp 0 3 nbsp IndiaReport G Singh nbsp 61 89 A Chetri nbsp 90 2 APF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 450Referee Virendha Rai Bhutan Bracket edit Semi finalsFinal 27 September APF Stadium Kathmandu nbsp Bhutan0 29 September APF Stadium Kathmandu nbsp Bangladesh4 nbsp Bangladesh1 27 September APF Stadium Kathmandu nbsp India2 nbsp India4 nbsp Maldives0 Third Place 29 September APF Stadium Kathmandu nbsp Bhutan0 nbsp Maldives1Knockout stage editTimes listed are UTC 05 45 Semi finals edit 27 September 201911 00Bhutan nbsp 0 4 nbsp BangladeshReport Tanvir nbsp 16 Ahmed nbsp 27 Maraz nbsp 32 Dipok nbsp 90 2 APF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 350Referee Ashantha Dias Adeege Sri Lanka 27 September 201915 00India nbsp 4 0 nbsp MaldivesGahlot nbsp 7 Rasheedh nbsp 45 1 o g M Singh nbsp 79 Meetei nbsp 81 ReportAPF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 350Referee Kabin Byanjankar Nepal Third place match edit 29 September 201910 30Bhutan nbsp 0 1 nbsp MaldivesReport Imran nbsp 75 APF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 150Referee Anisur Rahman Bangladesh Final edit 29 September 201914 30Bangladesh nbsp 1 2 nbsp IndiaArafat nbsp 40 Report V P Singh nbsp 2 Rana nbsp 90 1 APF Stadium KathmanduAttendance 500Referee Kabin Byanjankar Nepal Goalscorers editThere were 23 goals scored in 10 matches for an average of 2 3 goals per match 2 goals nbsp Tanvir Hossain nbsp Foysal Ahmed Fahim nbsp Gurkirat Singh 1 goal nbsp Yeshi Dorji nbsp Kelzang Jigme nbsp Karma Sonam nbsp Maraz Hossain Opi nbsp Fahim Morshed nbsp Dipok Roy nbsp Yeasin Arafat nbsp Aman Chetri nbsp Ninthoinganba Meetei nbsp Narender Gahlot nbsp Manvir Singh Jr nbsp Vikram Pratap Singh nbsp Ravi Bahandur Rana nbsp Hassan Nazeem nbsp Ibrahm Imran nbsp Manish Dangi 1 own goal nbsp Ahnaf Rasheedh playing against India Winner edit 3rd SAFF U 18 Championship 2019 nbsp IndiaFirst titleBroadcasting rights editCountry Broadcaster nbsp Nepal host MYCUJOO TVSouth Asian CountriesSouth East Asian CountriesReferences edit SAFF Ordinary Congress 2019 held in Nepal South Asian Football Federation 16 July 2019 Archived from the original on 14 July 2019 Retrieved 16 July 2019 Bangladesh may host SAFF U15 Women s Championship 2019 Bangladesh Football Federation 13 July 2019 Archived from the original on 14 July 2019 Retrieved 14 July 2019 PAKISTAN MAY MISS SAFF UNDER 18 MEN S CHAMPIONSHIP Football Pakistan 26 August 2019 Nepal Groups With Bhutan Maldives amp Pakistan In 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