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2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	11–22 December
Teams	5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	Nepal
Fourth place	Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	44 (4 per match)
Attendance	49,303 (4,482 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saheda Akter Ripa (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Saheda Akter Ripa
Fair play award	Nepal
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The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 11 to 22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0 goals in the final of the tournament.

Host selection

On 14 October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka	Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition. Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	2nd	Champions (2018)
Nepal	2nd	Runners-up (2018)
India	2nd	Third-place (2018)
Bhutan	2nd	Fourth-place (2018)
Sri Lanka	1st	–

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 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.

Match officials

Referees

• Tshering Yangkhey
• Jaya Chakma
• Rupadevi Gurusamy
• Anjana Rai
• Pabasara Minisarani

Assistant referees

• Salma Akter Mone
• Reshmi Thapa Chhetri
• Bina Nawachhe Shrestha
• Meera Tamang
• Malika Madhushani

Group stage

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.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh (H)	4	3	1	0	19	0	+19	10	Advance to the Final
2	India	4	3	0	1	9	1	+8	9
3	Nepal	4	2	1	1	10	1	+9	7
4	Bhutan	4	1	0	3	5	13	−8	3
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	0	28	−28	0

Matches

Bhutan	5–0	Sri Lanka
Pema 21', 22' Tshering 27' Sonam 45' Senavige 85' (o.g.)	Report

Bangladesh	0–0	Nepal
	Report

Bangladesh	6–0	Bhutan
Tohura 2', 45+2' Ripa 41', 47' Rituporna 68' Maria 90+2'	Report

India	5–0	Sri Lanka
Santosh 2' Estrocio 5' N. Linda 9', 41' Priyangka 82'	Report

Nepal	6–0	Sri Lanka
Rashimi 5', 85' Sabita 6' Menuka 43' Rajani 48' Saloni 53'	Report

India	3–0	Bhutan
Sumati 7' Priyangka 41', 53'	Report

Bangladesh	1–0	India
Shamsunnahar 7' (pen.)	Report

Nepal	4–0	Bhutan
Menuka 2', 72' Kusum 18' Rajani 21'	Report

Nepal	0–1	India
	Report	Priyangka 67'

Bangladesh	12–0	Sri Lanka
Anuching 2', 77' Rituporna 7', 43' Saheda 16', 49', 87' Akhi 47' Afeida 54', 70', 83' Unnoti 84'	Report

Final

Bangladesh	1–0	India
Mogini 80'	Report

Winners

2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship champions
Bangladesh Second title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer	Most Valuable Player	Fair Play award
Saheda Akter Ripa	Saheda Akter Ripa	Nepal

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 44 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

5 goals

• Saheda Akter Ripa

4 goals

• Naorem Priyangka Devi

3 goals

• Afeida Khandaker
• Rituporna Chakma
• Menuka Kumari Ale Magar

2 goals

• Anuching Mogini
• Tohura Khatun
• Pema Yangzom
• Nitu Linda
• Reshmi Kumari Ghishing
• Rajani Thokar

1 goal

• Anai Mogini
• Maria Manda
• Unnoti Khatun
• Akhi Khatun
• Shamsunnahar
• Sonam Lhamo
• Tshering Choden
• Karen Estrocio
• Sumati Kumari
• Santosh
• Kusum Khatiwada
• Sabita Rana Magar
• Saloni Ranamagar

1 own goal

• Subhashi Madhushani (against Bhutan)

References

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8. "ডিসেম্বর ঢাকায় অনুষ্ঠিত হবে সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ". Channel 24 Sports (in Bengali). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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External links

• Official website

• SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
• 2021 in women's association football
• 2021 in Asian football
• December 2021 sports events in Asia
• 2021 in youth association football