2024 SAFF U-17 Championship

2024 SAFF U-17 Championship
༢༠༢༤ ལོའི་SAFF U-17 འགྲན་བསྡུར།
Tournament details
Host country	Bhutan
Dates	20–30 September 2024
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (6th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	6,208 (517 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sujan Dangol; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohamed Arbash
Best goalkeeper	Aheibam Suraj Singh
Fair play award	Bhutan
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The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 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). Its played from 20–30 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.^[1]^[2]

India are the defending champions, who won their sixth title by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2024.^[3]

Venue

All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
	Thimphu

Participating teams

The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	9th	Champion (2015, 2018)
Bhutan	7th	Fourth place (2017)
India	9th	Champion (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Maldives	7th	Group stage (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
Nepal	9th	Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Pakistan	5th	Champion (2011)
Sri Lanka	7th	Semi-finals (2022)

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

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India Bhutan (hosts)	Maldives Nepal	Bangladesh Pakistan	Sri Lanka

Draw result

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	India
A2	Maldives
A3	Bangladesh

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Bhutan
B2	Nepal
B3	Pakistan
B4	Sri Lanka

Match officials

Referees

Md Symoon Hasan Sany
Pema Tshewang
Mrutyunjay L Amatya
Zaheer Hussain
Nabindra Maharjan
Sashanka Madushanka

Assistant referees

Sujoy Barua
Tshering Phuntsho
Sourav Sarkar
Abdulla Shathir
Harish Karki
Indunil Sandakelum

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 UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Maldives	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: GSA

20 September 2024

18:00

Bangladesh	0–1	India
	Report	Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum 90+1'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu

Attendance: 300

Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

22 September 2024

18:00

Bangladesh	1–1	Maldives
MD Mursed Ali 49'	Report	Mohamed Ilan Imran 79'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu

Attendance: 150

Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

24 September 2024

18:00

India	3–0	Maldives
Samson Ahongshangban 13' Hemneichung Lunkim 74', 89'	Report

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu

Attendance: 60

Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Bhutan (H)	3	1	1	1	9	6	+3	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Source: GSA
(H) Hosts

21 September 2024