2024 SAFF Women's Championship

2024 SAFF Women's Championship

२०२४ साफ महिला च्याम्पियनसिप
Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	17–30 October 2024
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	62 (5.17 per match)
Attendance	55,371 (4,614 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Deki Lhazom (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Ritu Porna Chakma
Best goalkeeper	Rupna Chakma
Fair play award	Bhutan
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The 2024 SAFF Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).[1] The tournament was played 17–30 October 2024 in Kathmandu, Nepal.[2][3]

Bangladesh was the defending champion. In the final, Bangladesh played against Nepal on 30 October 2024 at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu. Bangladesh won the final match 2–1, claiming their second SAFF title.[4]

Participating teams

The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking August 2024
India	7th	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)	68
Nepal (Host)	7th	Runners-up (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022)	99
Bangladesh	7th	Champions (2022)	139
Sri Lanka	7th	Semi-finals (2012, 2014, 2019)	157
Pakistan	5th	Semi-finals (2010)	158
Maldives	7th	Semi-finals (2016)	161
Bhutan	7th	Semi-finals (2022)	175

Venue

All matches were played at this ground.

Kathmandu
Dasharath Rangasala
Capacity: 20,000
	Kathmandu

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.[5]

Draw

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

Draw result

Group A Pos Team A1  India A2  Bangladesh A3  Pakistan

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

Match officials

Referees

• Jaya Chakma
• Om Choki
• Kanika Barman
• Anjana Rai
• Y. A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa

Assistant referees

• Salma Akter Mone
• Tshering Choden
• Ujjal Halder
• Merina Dhimal
• H. M. Malika Madhushani

Group stage

• All matches were played at 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	India	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	3
3	Pakistan	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: Soccerway

17 October 2024 (2024-10-17)

17:30

Pakistan	2–5	India
Suha Hirani 45+2' (pen.) Kayla Siddiqi 47'	Report	Dangmei 5', 42' Manisha 17' Bala Devi 35' Chouhan 78'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 452

Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

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20 October 2024 (2024-10-20)

17:30

Bangladesh	1–1	Pakistan
Shamsunnahar Jr. 90+1'	Report	Malik 32'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 307

Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

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23 October 2024 (2024-10-23)

17:30

India	1–3	Bangladesh
Bala Devi 43'	Report	Afeida Khandaker 19' Tohura 29', 42'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 251

Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nepal (H)	3	2	1	0	17	0	+17	7	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bhutan	3	2	1	0	17	1	+16	7
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Maldives	3	0	0	3	0	25	−25	0

Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts

18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)

13:30

Sri Lanka	1–0	Maldives
Dilasha Imasha 17'	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 104

Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

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18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)

17:30

Nepal	0–0	Bhutan
	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 5,562

Referee: Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa (Sri Lanka)

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21 October 2024 (2024-10-21)

13:30

Bhutan	4–1	Sri Lanka
Lhazom 7', 76' Dorji Edon 32' Namgyel Dema 79'	Report	Thushani Madushika 23'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 214

Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

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21 October 2024 (2024-10-21)

17:30

Maldives	0–11	Nepal
	Report	Preeti 5', 65', 87' (pen.) Sabita Rana Magar 29' Rekha 32', 42', 48', 63', 78' Anita KC 69' Amisha Karki 88'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 6,671

Referee: Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa (Sri Lanka)

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24 October 2024 (2024-10-24)

13:30

Maldives	0–13	Bhutan
	Report	Sonam Choden 5' Tshering 7', 18' Lhazom 14', 19', 46', 52', 70' Namgyel Dema 41' Deki Yangdon 47' Tshering Yangden 65', 80' Tshering Lhaden 68'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 325

Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

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24 October 2024 (2024-10-24)

17:30

Nepal	6–0	Sri Lanka
Sabita Rana Magar 8' Sabitra 12' Rekha 13', 36' Amisha Karki 47' Rashmi Kumari Ghising 90+4'	Report

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 7,617

Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

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 October 2024 – Kathmandu
	Bangladesh	7
					30 October 2024 – Kathmandu
	Bhutan	1
					Bangladesh	2
	27 October 2024 – Kathmandu
					Nepal	1
	Nepal (p)	1 (4)
	India	1 (2)

Semi-finals

27 October 2024 (2024-10-27)

13:30

Bangladesh	7–1	Bhutan
Ritu 7' Tohura 15', 35', 58' Sabina 26', 37' Sheuli 72'	Report	Lhazom 41'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 486

Referee: Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa (Sri Lanka)

27 October 2024 (2024-10-27)

18:30

Nepal	1–1	India
Bhandari 66'	Report	Basfore 62'
Penalties
Bhandari Rana Sabita Rana Magar Amisha Karki	4–2	Ashalata Devi Manisha Shirvoikar Ranjana Chanu

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 18,009

Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

Final

30 October 2024 (2024-10-30)

18:30

Bangladesh	2–1	Nepal
Monika 52' Ritu 81'	Report	Amisha Karki 56'

Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu

Attendance: 15,373

Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

Winner

7th SAFF Women's Championship 2024
Bangladesh Second title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Top scorers (top scorer), Most Valuable Player (best overall player) and Best Goalkeeper (goalkeeper with the most clean sheets) awards were given.

Most Valuable Player	Top scorer(s)	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
Ritu Porna Chakma	Deki Lhazom (8 goals)	Rupna Chakma	Bhutan

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.

8 goals

• Deki Lhazom

7 goals

• Rekha Poudel

5 goals

• Tohura Khatun

3 goals

• Preeti Rai
• Amisha Karki

2 goals

• Ritu Porna Chakma
• Sabina Khatun
• Tshering Yanden
• Namgyel Dema
• Pema Choden Tshering
• Bala Devi
• Grace Dangmei
• Sabita Rana Magar
• Sabitra Bhandari

1 goal

• Monika Chakma
• Masura Parvin
• Shamsunnahar Jr.
• Afeida Khandakar
• Deki Yangdon
• Dorji Edon
• Sonam Choden
• Tshering Lhaden
• Manisha Kalyan
• Jyoti Chouhan
• Anita KC
• Rashmi Kumari Ghising
• Suha Hirani
• Kayla Siddiqi
• Zahmena Malik
• Dilasha Imasha
• Thushani Madushika

Source: GSA

Hat-tricks

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Preeti Rai^3	Nepal	Maldives	11–0	21 October 2024	[6]
Rekha Poudel^5	Nepal	Maldives	11–0	21 October 2024	[6]
Deki Lhazom^5	Bhutan	Maldives	13–0	24 October 2024	[7]
Tohura Khatun^3	Bangladesh	Bhutan	7–1	27 October 2024	[8]

Broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster	Ref.
India	FanCode	fancode.com
Nepal	Kantipur Max HD, Kantipur Max HD (YouTube)	Kantipur Max HD on YouTube

See also

• 2024 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
• 2024 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

References

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4. "Bangladesh triumphs in SAFF Women's Championship 2024 with 2-1 win over Nepal". www.unb.com.bd. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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6. "Paudel hits five, Rai nets a hat-trick as Nepal put 11 past the Maldives". www.thekathmandupost.com. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
7. "Bhutan stuns Maldives 13-0". www.observer.bd. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
8. "Tohura's hat-trick powers Bangladesh into SAFF Women's Championship final with 7-1 win Over Bhutan". www.unb.com.bd. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.