The 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-16 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Bangladesh from 9–18 of August, 2015 at Sylhet District Stadium. Six teams from the region were taking part, divided into two groups. Bangladesh U16 beat India U16 in the final and claimed the title for the first time.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Bangladesh |
Dates | 9–18 August 2015 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | Sylhet District Stadium (in Sylhet host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Bangladesh (1st title) |
Runners-up | India |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 28 (3.11 per match) |
Attendance | 96,646 (10,738 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Saurabh Meher (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Sarwar Zaman Nipu |
Host selection edit
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Eligible teams edit
Participating teams edit
Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship |
Previous best performance |
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Afghanistan | 2nd | Fourth place (2013) |
Bangladesh (Host) | 3rd | Third place (2013) |
India | 3rd | Champions (2013) |
Maldives | 2nd | Group Stage |
Nepal | 3rd | Runners-up (2013) |
Sri Lanka | 3rd | Group Stage |
Group draw edit
Group A | Group B |
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Venues edit
Sylhet | |
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Sylhet District Stadium | |
Capacity: 18,000[2] | |
Match officials edit
- Referees
- Assistant referees
- Match Commissioner
- Referee Assessor
- General Coordinator
Squads edit
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Group stage edit
- All matches were played in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
- Times listed are UTC+06:00.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
Group A edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
India | 5–0 | Sri Lanka |
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Saurabh Meher 31', 49', 74' Mohammed Afran 46' (o.g.) Mohammed Shahjahan 66' |
Report |
Bangladesh | 4–0 | Sri Lanka |
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Md. Sarower Zaman Nipu 5', 87' M.M. Abedin Rakib 61' Mohamed Atikuzzaman 77' |
Report |
India | 1–2 | Bangladesh |
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Rahim Ali 49' | Report | Mohammed Shawon 31' Mohamed Atikuzzaman 85' (pen.) |
Group B edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Afghanistan | 4–2 | Maldives |
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Shayeq Hakeme 12' Abdul Naser Amini 48', 54' Sher Ahmed Hamidi 76' |
Report | Yanish Adil 62' Ismail Zaan Amir 86' (pen.) |
Nepal | 1–0 | Afghanistan |
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Kshitiz Raj G.T 47' | Report |
Knockout stage edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
16 August – Sylhet District Stadium | ||||||
Bangladesh | 1 | |||||
18 August – Sylhet District Stadium | ||||||
Afghanistan | 0 | |||||
Bangladesh | 1 (4) | |||||
16 August – Sylhet District Stadium | ||||||
India | 1 (2) | |||||
India | 1 | |||||
Nepal | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals edit
Bangladesh | 1–0 | Afghanistan |
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Saad 56' | Report |
Final edit
Bangladesh | 1–1 | India |
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Fahim Murshed 46' | Report | Amay Avinash Morajkar 63' |
Penalties | ||
Fahim Murshed Jahangir Alam Sajeeb Mohamed Atikuzzaman Md Saad Uddin |
4–2 | Saurabh Meher Mohammed Rakib Abhijit Sarkar Saqlain Khan |
Winner edit
2015 SAFF U-16 Championship |
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Bangladesh First title |
Awards edit
The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship.[3]
FIFA Fair Play Award | Man of the Final | Man of the Tournament | Golden Boot Award | ||||||||
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Nepal | Shawon Hossain | Sarwar Zaman Nipu | Saurabh Meher |
Goalscorers edit
3 goals
2 goals
- Abdul Naser Amini
- Mohamed Atikuzzaman
- Md Sarower Zaman Nipu
- Rahim Ali
- Suman Aryal
- Prezen Tamang
1 goal
- Shayeq Hakeme
- Sher Ahmed Hamidi
- Fahim Murshed
- M.M. Abedin Rakib
- Mohammed Shawon
- Saad Uddin
- Amay Avinash Morajkar
- Mohammed Shahjahan
- Yanish Adil
- Ismail Zaan Amir
- Laxman Pariyar
- Kshitiz Raj
1 own goal
References edit
- ^ Qadiri, Faizan. "U-16 SAFF Championships: India lose to Bangladesh in the final group game". www.sportskeeda.com.
- ^ "Not 'sold out' yet". The Daily Star. 5 February 2015.
- ^ "CHAMPIONS". The Daily Star. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.