2015 SAFF U-19 Championship

2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	20–29 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	ANFA Complex (in Lalitpur host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nepal (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	Not Awarded
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	24 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	24,704 (2,745 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bimal Magar; Anjan Bista (3 goals)
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The 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 20–29 of August.^[1] Six teams from the region took part, dividing into two groups. Nepal defeated India in the penalty shot in the finals and won the championship making Nepal first country to win the first U-19 SAFF Championship.

On 3 August, both Pakistan and Sri Lanka withdrew from the competition.^[2]

Participating teams

The following six nations were competed in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship	Previous best performance
Afghanistan	1st	n/a
Bangladesh	1st	n/a
Bhutan	1st	n/a
India	1st	n/a
Maldives	1st	n/a
Nepal (host)	1st	n/a

Venue

All matches was played at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Lalitpur	Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 6,000

Group stage

All matches were played in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Times listed are UTC+05:45.

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
Bangladesh	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Bhutan	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

20 August 2015

15:30 UTC+05:45

Nepal	3–1	Bhutan
Bimal 10', 29', 62'	Report	Sonam 11'

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Halim Aqa (Afghanistan)

22 August 2015

15:30 UTC+05:45

Bhutan	0–2	Bangladesh
	Report	Rohit 42' Mannaf 44'

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 2,610

Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

24 August 2015

15:30 UTC+05:45

Bangladesh	1–2	Nepal
Rohit 11'	Report	Anjan 18' (pen.) Badsha 90+4' (o.g.)

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ramchandra Venkatesh (India)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	5	0	+5	6
Afghanistan	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
Maldives	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0

21 August 2015

15:30 UTC+05:45

Afghanistan	3–1	Maldives
Masaud 45' Mansory 71' Ahmadi 82'	Report	Hamdhaan 85'

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

23 August 2015

15:30 UTC+05:45

Afghanistan	0–2	India
	Report	Kamalpreet 11' Anirudh 86'

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 4,801

Referee: Prajwol Chhetri (Nepal)

25 August 2015

15:30 UTC+05:45

India	3–0	Maldives
Moinuddin 41' Khiangte 47' Anirudh 71'	Report

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 3,180

Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

27 August – Lalitpur

Nepal	3
		29 August – Lalitpur
Afghanistan	2
		Nepal (p)	1 (5)
27 August – Lalitpur
		India	1 (4)
Bangladesh	0 (3)

India (p)	0 (4)