2024 SAFF U-17 Championship

2024 SAFF U-17 Championship
༢༠༢༤ ལོའི་SAFF U-17 འགྲན་བསྡུར།
Tournament details
Host countryBhutan
Dates20–30 September 2024
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (6th title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance6,208 (517 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Sujan Dangol
(4 goals)
Best player(s)India Mohamed Arbash
Best goalkeeperIndia Aheibam Suraj Singh
Fair play award Bhutan
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The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 9th 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). Its played from 20–30 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.[1][2]

India are the defending champions, who won their sixth title by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2024.[3]

Venue

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All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Participating teams

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The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship 		Previous best performance
 Bangladesh 9th Champion (2015, 2018)
 Bhutan 7th Fourth place (2017)
 India 9th Champion (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
 Maldives 7th Group stage (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
   Nepal 9th Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
 Pakistan 5th Champion (2011)
 Sri Lanka 7th Semi-finals (2022)

Draw

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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.[4]

Draw

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

Draw result

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Group A
Pos Team
A1  India
A2  Maldives
A3  Bangladesh
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Bhutan
B2    Nepal
B3  Pakistan
B4  Sri Lanka

Match officials

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Referees
  • Bangladesh Md Symoon Hasan Sany
  • Bhutan Pema Tshewang
  • India Mrutyunjay L Amatya
  • Maldives Zaheer Hussain
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharjan
  • Sri Lanka Sashanka Madushanka
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Sujoy Barua
  • Bhutan Tshering Phuntsho
  • India Sourav Sarkar
  • Maldives Abdulla Shathir
  • Nepal Harish Karki
  • Sri Lanka Indunil Sandakelum

Players eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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.

Group stage

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

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.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellots, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Bangladesh 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3  Maldives 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Source: GSA
Bangladesh 0–1 India
Report Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum 90+1'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)
Bangladesh 1–1 Maldives
MD Mursed Ali 49' Report Mohamed Ilan Imran 79'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)
India 3–0 Maldives
  • Samson Ahongshangban 13'
  • Hemneichung Lunkim 74', 89'
 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Qualified for Knockout stage
2    Nepal 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Bhutan (H) 3 1 1 1 9 6 +3 4
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Nepal   0–1 Pakistan
Report Muhammad Talha 81'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)
Bhutan 5–1 Sri Lanka
  • Karma Yeshe Thabkhe 14'
  • Sayon Lama 40'
  • Chimi Tobden Dorji 57'
  • Thinley Yezer 78'
  • Tandin Phuntsho 83'
 Report Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham 65'
Attendance: 1,199
Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya (India)
Nepal   4–0 Sri Lanka
  • Sujan Dangol 4', 12', 30'
  • Bigyan Khadka 84'
 Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)
Bhutan 3–3 Pakistan
  • Thinley Yeszer 25'
  • Tandin Phuntsho 90+4'
  • Sonam Dorji 90+6' (pen.)
 Report
  • Khobaib Khan 38'
  • Subhan Karim 47'
  • Sharaf Khan 68'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh)
Pakistan 5–1 Sri Lanka
  • Subhan Karim 20', 26'
  • Muhammad Talha 30'
  • Mohamed Irshad 47' (o.g.)
  • Abdul Ghani 56'
 Report Zakariyya Zafarullah 77'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)
Bhutan 1–2   Nepal
Yonten Tharchen 43' Report
  • Krishna Bahadur Ale 56'
  • Sujan Dangol 85'
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya (India)

Knockout stage

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  • 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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 September 2024 Thimphu
 
 
 India4
 
30 September 2024 Thimphu
 
   Nepal2
 
 India2
 
28 September 2024 Thimphu
 
 Bangladesh0
 
 Pakistan2 (7)
 
 
 Bangladesh (p) 2 (8)
 

Semi-finals

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India 4–2   Nepal
  • Vishal Yadav 61', 68'
  • Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh 85'
  • Hemneichung Lunkim 90+5'
 Report
  • Subash Bam 82'
  • Mohammed Kaif 89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 82
Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh)
Pakistan 2–2 Bangladesh
  • M Shahab Ahmed 32'
  • Abdul Rehman 62' (pen.)
 Report Md Manik 74', 90+4'
Penalties
  • Abdul Rehman soccer ball with check mark
  • Abdul Samad soccer ball with check mark
  • Syed Muhammad Aabis Reza kazmi soccer ball with check mark
  • Khobaib Khan soccer ball with check mark
  • Ubaid Ullah Khan soccer ball with check mark
  • Majid Ali soccer ball with check mark
  • Sharaf Khan soccer ball with check mark
  • Abdul Ghaani soccer ball with red X
 7–8
  • soccer ball with check mark Md Murshed Ali
  • soccer ball with check mark Md Joy Ahmed
  • soccer ball with check mark Md Kamal Merdha
  • soccer ball with check mark Md Siam Omit
  • soccer ball with check mark Md Manik
  • soccer ball with check mark Akash Ahamad
  • soccer ball with check mark Md Mithu Chowdhury
  • soccer ball with check mark Ashikur Rahman
Attendance: 40
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

Final

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India 2–0 Bangladesh
  • Mohammed Kaif 58'
  • Mohammed Arbash 90+5'
 Report
Attendance: 1,230
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

  • Nepal Sujan Dangol

3 goals

  • India Hemneichung Lunkim
  • Pakistan Subhan Karim

2 goals

  • Bangladesh Md Manik
  • Bhutan Thinley Yezer
  • Bhutan Tandin Phuntsho
  • India Vishal Yadav
  • Pakistan Muhammad Talha

1 goal

  • Bhutan Yonten Tharchen
  • Bhutan Karma Yeshe Thabkhe
  • Bhutan Sayon Lama
  • Bhutan Chimi Tobden Dorji
  • Bhutan Sonam Dorji
  • Bangladesh Md Mursed Ali
  • India Mohammed Kaif
  • India Mohammed Arbash
  • India Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum
  • India Samson Ahongshangban
  • India Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh
  • Maldives Mohamed Ilan Imran
  • Nepal Bigyan Khadka
  • Nepal Krishna Bahadur Ale
  • Nepal Subash Bam
  • Pakistan Sharaf Khan
  • Pakistan Abdul Ghani
  • Pakistan Khobaib Khan
  • Pakistan M. Shahab Ahmed
  • Pakistan Abdul Rehman
  • Sri Lanka Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham
  • Sri Lanka Zakariyya Zafarullah

1 own goal

  • India Mohammed Kaif (Playing against Nepal)
  • Sri Lanka Mohamed Irshad (Playing against Pakistan)

Source: GSA

Winner

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 9th SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 Champions 

India
Sixth title

Awards

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Fair Play Award Best Goalkeeper Highest Goalscorer Most Valuable Player
 Bhutan India Aheibam Suraj Singh Nepal Sujan Dangol India Mohammed Arbash

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kazi Md. Salahuddin Re-Elected As President". SAFF. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". www.footballbangladesh.com (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "India vanquish Bangladesh to wear the SAFF U17 Championship crown". www.aninews.in. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ^ "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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