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) |
2017 → | |
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 | |
|---|---|
| ANFA Complex | |
| Capacity: 6,000 |
Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 0–2 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rohit 42' Mannaf 44' |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 3–1 | Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| Masaud 45' Mansory 71' Ahmadi 82' |
Report | Hamdhaan 85' |
| Afghanistan | 0–2 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kamalpreet 11' Anirudh 86' |
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) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Bangladesh | 0–0 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Jony Rohit Ibrahim Emon Mannaf Rahmat |
3–4 | Khiangte Shahbaz Kumar Gursimrat Sarthak Lalhlimpuia |
Final
| Nepal | 1–1 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Tej 32' | Report | Shahbaz 85' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
| Hemant Sunil Biswas Dona Ananta |
5–4 | Moinuddin Hayden Sarthak Lalhlimpuia Shahbaz |
Winner
| 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship |
|---|
| Nepal First title |
Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
- Rohit Sarkar
- Anirudh Thapa
1 goal
- Mohammad Ahmadi
- Masaud Habibi
- Ali Ahmad Mansory
- Mehdi Rezayee
- Mannaf Rabby
- Sonam Togbay
- Hamdhaan Ali
- Sunil Bal
- Tej Tamang
- Moinuddin Khan
- Shahbaz Khan
- Lalramzauva Khiangte
- Kamalpreet Singh
1 own goal
- Tutul Hossain Badsha (against Nepal)
- Ananta Tamang (against Afghanistan)
References
- ^ "Nepal to Host First Ever SAFF U19 Championship From August 20–29". Goal Nepal. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Pak, Lanka withdraw from SAFF U-19". the-anfa.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.