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2016 SAFF Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	26 December 2016 – 4 January 2017
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	57 (4.75 per match)
Attendance	117,662 (9,805 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sabitra Bhandari (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Indumathi Kathiresan
Fair play award	Nepal
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The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament began in India from 26 December 2016 and went on until 4 January 2017. The country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016. This was the first time India had hosted the SAFF Women's Championship.

The defending champions coming into the tournament were India, who won the three previous tournaments. By the end of the tournament, India emerged as champions again, defeating Bangladesh in the final 3–1.

Participating teams

Apart from the hosts, India, six other South Asian teams participated in the tournament. On 3 November 2016 it was announced that Pakistan would not participate in the tournament.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking December 2016
India (Host)	4th	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014)	54
Afghanistan	4th	Semi-finals	n/a
Bangladesh	4th	Semi-finals	114
Bhutan	4th	Group-stage	n/a
Maldives	4th	Group-stage	116
Nepal	4th	Runners-up	105
Sri Lanka	4th	Semi-finals	115

Squads

Venue

The Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal served as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.

Siliguri	Siliguri
Kanchenjunga Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 17 November 2016 at the South Asian Football Federation head office in Dhaka.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nepal	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Maldives	3	2	0	1	8	12	−4	6
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Bhutan	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Nepal	8–0	Bhutan
Bhandari 5', 9', 23', 35', 72', 77' Sharmila Thapa 26' Khatri 90'	Report

Sri Lanka	2–5	Maldives
Liyanage 43' Kumudini 45+2'	Report	Rifa 24' Zahir 27', 64', 80' Shamila 88'

Bhutan	0–2	Sri Lanka
	Report	Liyanage 60' Perera 77'

Maldives	0–9	Nepal
	Report	Bhandari 12', 28', 39', 50', 63' Yonjan 52' Lama 71' Bhujel 74' BK 90+3'

Nepal	1–0	Sri Lanka
Gunawardane 87' (o.g.)	Report

Maldives	3–1	Bhutan
Zahir 18', 90' Shamila 36'	Report	Ghalley 81'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	India (H)	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4
3	Afghanistan	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

India	5–1	Afghanistan
Kamala Devi 3', 32' Mallik 29' Dangmei 45+2' Sanju 90+2'	Report	Muhtaj 88'

Bangladesh	6–0	Afghanistan
Sabina Khatun 6', 15', 40', 44', 48' Shopna 85'	Report

India	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 January
	Nepal	1
					4 January
	India	3
					India	3
	2 January
					Bangladesh	1
	Bangladesh	6
	Maldives	0

Semi-finals

Nepal	1–3	India
Bhandari 75'	Report	Kamala Devi 45' Indumathi 50' Mallik 83'

Bangladesh	6–0	Maldives
Shopna 11', 22', 58' Sabina Khatun 48', 64' (pen.) Nargis Khatun 52'	Report

Final

India	3–1	Bangladesh
Dangmei 12' Mallik 60' Indumathi 67'	Report	Shopna 40'

Goalscorers

12 goals

• Sabitra Bhandari

8 goals

• Sabina Khatun

5 goals

• Sirat Jahan Shopna
• Fadhuwa Zahir

3 goals

• Sasmita Malik
• Yumnam Kamala Devi

2 goals

• Grace Dangmei
• Indumathi Kathiresan
• Aminath Shamila
• Erandi Liyanage

1 goal

• Farkhunda Muhtaj
• Nargis Khatun
• Tanka Maya Ghalley
• Sanju Yadav
• Mariyam Rifa
• Sharmila Thapa
• Krishna Khatri
• Manjali Yonjan
• Sapana Lama
• Hira Kumari Bhujel
• Nirmala BK
• Maheshika Kumudini
• Praveena Perera

1 own goal

• Rushani Gunawardena (playing against Nepal)

References

1. "Bangladesh to host the 2017 South Asian football cup". Asia News. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
2. "Reality check for host in Nepal-Malaysia friendly today". My Republica. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
3. "India keep unbeaten SAFF record". shekicks.net. 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
4. "India Wins SAFF Championship for the 4th time". goalie365.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
5. "Players Called for SAFF Women's Championship Preparatory Camp in Punjab". The All India Football Federation. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
6. "Draw Held in Dhaka". Goal Nepal. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

External links

• SAFF Women's Championship 2016.

• 2016 SAFF Women's Championship
• SAFF Women's Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by India
• 2016 in Asian football
• 2017 in Asian football
• 2016–17 in Indian football
• December 2016 sports events in India
• January 2017 sports events in Asia
• 2016 in women's association football
• 2017 in women's association football
• 2016 in Indian women's sport
• 2017 in Indian women's sport