en SAFF U-17 Women%27s Championship

SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
Founded	2017; 8 years ago
Region	South Asia (SAFF)
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Bangladesh
Most successful team(s)	India; Bangladesh ; (2 titles)
	2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship

The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship is association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15. The tournament is organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

History

The tournament began in 2017 and is hosted every other year. For 2021, the decision was made to make the tournament a U-16 tournament versus the previous three iterations which had been U-15. However, the tournament was ultimately postponed.^[1] Later, Bangladesh was declared to be the host of the 4th edition, which is going to take place in U-15 format on late 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Results

U17 format

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2023 Details	Bangladesh	Russia	RR	Bangladesh	India	RR	Nepal

U16 format

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2024 Details	Nepal	Bangladesh	1–1 (3–2 p)	India	Nepal	RR	Bhutan

U15 format

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2017 Details	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1–0	India	Bhutan	RR	Nepal
2018 Details	Bhutan	India	1–0	Bangladesh	Bhutan	2–2 (4–3 p)	Nepal
2019 Details	Bhutan	India	0–0 (5–3 p)	Bangladesh	Nepal	RR	Bhutan
2022 Details	Bangladesh	Nepal	RR	Bangladesh	Bhutan	–	–

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts
× – Did not enter
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew before qualification
— Withdrew after qualification
— Disqualified after qualification

Team	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	Total
Bangladesh	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	6
Bhutan	GS	3rd	4th	3rd	5th	4th	6
India	2nd	1st	1st	×	3rd	2nd	5
Maldives	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Nepal	GS	4th	3rd	1st	4th	3rd	6
Pakistan	x	GS	x	x	x	x	1
Sri Lanka	x	GS	x	x	x	x	1
Guest team
Russia	x	x	x	x	1st	x	1

Awards

Year	Most Valuable Player	Top scorer(s)		Best Goalkeeper	Fair play award
Year	Most Valuable Player	Player(s)	Goals	Best Goalkeeper	Fair play award
2017	Akhi Khatun	Naorem Priyanka	4	Not awarded	Bangladesh
2018	Naorem Priyanka Devi	Silky Devi Shamsunnahar Jr. Tohura Khatun Chandra Bandari	4		Bangladesh
2019	Rupna Chakma	Lynda Kom Serto	4		Bhutan
2022	Sauravi Akanda Prity	Sauravi Akanda Prity	9	Sujata Tamang	Bangladesh
2023	Elena Golik	Shilji Shaji	8	Sujata Tamang	India
2024	Sauravi Akanda Prity	Sauravi Akanda Prity Anushka Kumari	5	Yearzan Begum	Bhutan

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2017	Bangladesh	Golam Robbani Choton
2018	India	Biby Thomas Muttath
2019	India	Biby Thomas Muttath
2022	Nepal	Bhagwati Rana Magar
2023	Russia	Elena Medved
2024	Bangladesh	Saiful Bari Titu

References

^ Deshkal, Shampratik. "SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Postponed". Shampratik Deshkal. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[1] Deshkal, Shampratik. "SAFF U-16 Women's Championship Postponed". Shampratik Deshkal. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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