Tournament details | |
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Host country | Sri Lanka[1] |
City | Colombo |
Dates | 5–14 September |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 |
Final positions | |
Champions | India (4th title) |
Runners-up | Nepal |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
Goals scored | 29 (4.14 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Thanglalsoun Gangte Mirajul Islam Unesh Budhathoki (4 goals each) |
The 2022 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 7th 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). The tournament took place in Sri Lanka from September 5 to 14, 2022. Six teams from the region took part.[2]
India is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Nepal 7−0 on 31 August 2019.[3]
FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021,[4] but eventually withdrew the ban, yet they could not participate in the competition as it was too late for them to be ready.[5]
Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship |
Previous best performance |
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India | 7th | Champions (2013, 2017, 2019) |
Bangladesh | 7th | Champions (2015, 2018) |
Nepal | 7th | Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019) |
Bhutan | 5th | Fourth Place |
Sri Lanka | 6th | Group Stage |
Maldives | 5th | Group Stage |
All matches are being held at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Colombo | |
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Racecourse Ground | |
Capacity: 10,000 | |
Referees |
Assistant Referees
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Once the hosting nation is announced, it will be put in the 1st position of pot 1 while Maldives will be moved to pot 3.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | |
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Sri Lanka (Hosts) India |
Nepal Bangladesh |
Bhutan Maldives | |
Source: SAFF |
Players born on or after 1 January 2006, 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.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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1 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Sri Lanka (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 5–1 | Sri Lanka |
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Report | Yasser 77' |
Maldives | 0–5 | Bangladesh |
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Report |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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1 | Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Bhutan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 September–Colombo | ||||||
Bangladesh | 1 | |||||
14 September–Colombo | ||||||
India | 2 | |||||
India | 4 | |||||
12 September–Colombo | ||||||
Nepal | 0 | |||||
Nepal | 6 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
India | 4–0 | Nepal |
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Report |
7th SAFF U-17 Championship 2022 |
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India Fourth title |
There have been 35 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.89 goals per match (as of 14 September 2022).
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: SAFF