2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
The 2023 UEFA Assist U-17 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF in collaboration with UEFA. The tournament was played in Bangladesh from 20 to 28 March 2023. Five teams from the region took part.[1][2]
UEFA Assist SAFF U-17 Women's Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Bangladesh |
City | Dhaka |
Dates | 20–28 March |
Teams | 5 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 49 (4.9 per match) |
Attendance | 5,783 (578 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
Nepal was the defending champion having won the previous 2022 edition title for the finished top of the league table.[3]
Player eligibility
editPlayers 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.
Participating nations
editRussia is set to feature in the tournament for the first time as a guest nation, following suspension by FIFA and UEFA for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5]
Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship |
Previous best performance |
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Bangladesh (Host) | 3rd | Champions (2017) |
Bhutan | 3rd | 3rd (2018) |
India | 3rd | Champions (2018, 2019) |
Nepal | 3rd | Champions (2022) |
Russia (invitee) | 1st | debut |
Venue
editAll matches will be held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka | |
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BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | |
Match officials
editTournament format
editSingle round-robin, each team will play each other. The team with the most points becomes champion.
Key to colours in league table define Champion | |
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Champion |
- Tiebreakers
Teams 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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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
editStanding
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 12 | Champion |
2 | Bangladesh (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | |
4 | Nepal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | Bhutan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 |
Matches
editAll times at local (UTC+6)
Nepal | 1–4 | India |
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Barsha Oli 54' | Report (SAFF) Report (AIFF) |
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Bhutan | 1–8 | Bangladesh |
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Preya Ghalley 64' | Report (SAFF) Report (UNB) |
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Bangladesh | 0–3 | Russia |
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Report (SAFF) Report (UNB) |
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Bhutan | 0–5 | Nepal |
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Report (SAFF) Report (Goalnepal) |
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Russia | 9–1 | Bhutan |
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Report (SAFF) Report (TBS) |
Kira Naumova 49' (o.g.) |
India | 0–1 | Bangladesh |
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Report (SAFF) Report (Daily Sun) |
Akhila Rajan 74' (o.g.) |
India | 9–0 | Bhutan |
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Report (SAFF) Report (AIFF) |
Nepal | 0–3 | Russia |
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Report (SAFF) Report (Himal Sanchar) |
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Bangladesh | 1–1 | Nepal |
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Senu Pariyar 8' | Report (SAFF) Report (TBS) |
Mst Sagorika 75' |
Russia | 2–0 | India |
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Report (SAFF) Report (AIFF) |
Awards
edit2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Champions |
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Russia First title |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 49 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.9 goals per match. Source: SAFF
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SAFF to announced 2023 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "SAFF to revise fixtures after FIFA bans India". Daily New Age. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Nepal Crowned U-15 Women's SAFF Champions". www.goalnepal.com. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ @wfootball_bd (8 February 2023). "Russia to play in the UEFA sponsored SAFF U17 Women's Championship in March" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "সাফে খেলবে রাশিয়া!" (in Bengali). Bangla Tribune. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.