2024 SAFF U-17 Championship
The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship will be 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). It is schedule to be played from 18–28 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Bhutan |
| Dates | 18–28 September 2024 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
India are the defending champions, who won their fifth title in by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 10 September 2023.[3]
Venue
All matches of the tournament will held at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.
| Thimphu | |
|---|---|
| Changlimithang Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | |
Participants teams
The following seven participants will participate 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
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]
Players eligibility
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
- Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.
| 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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
| TBC | v | TBC |
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| TBC | v | TBC |
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| TBC | v | TBC |
|---|---|---|
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 | |||||
| September 2024–Thimphu | ||||||
| Champion Group A | ||||||
| 28 September 2024–Thimphu | ||||||
| Runner Up Group B | ||||||
| Winner SF1 | ||||||
| September 2024–Thimphu | ||||||
| Winner SF2 | ||||||
| Champion Group B | ||||||
| Runner Up Group A | ||||||
Semi-finals
| Champion Group A | v | Runner Up Group B |
|---|---|---|
| Champion Group B | v | Runner Up Group A |
|---|---|---|
Final
| Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 |
|---|---|---|
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 18 September 2018).
References
- "Kazi Md. Salahuddin Re-Elected As President". SAFF. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". www.footballbangladesh.com (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- "India emerge SAFF U16 champions, make short work of Bangladesh in final". www.the-aiff.com. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.