2014 SAFF Women's Championship
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = SAFF Women's Championship
| year = 2014
| other_titles = 2014 SAFF خواتین کی چیمپئن شپ
| image = 2014 SAFF Women's Championship Logo.png
| size =
| caption =
| country = Pakistan
| dates = 11–21 November 2014
| finalists =
| confederations = 1
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fbw|India}}
| count = 3
| second_other = {{fbw|Nepal}}
| third =
| matches = 15
| goals = 74
| attendance = 42450
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IND}} Ngangom Bala Devi (16 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|BAN}} Sabina Khatun
| fair_play = {{fbw|MDV}}
| prevseason = 2012
| nextseason = 2016
| city=Islamabad
}}
The 2014 SAFF Women's Championship was an association football tournament for women's national teams organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It was the third edition of the tournament since the first one in 2010. The competition was contested by the eight SAFF members. The tournament was hosted in Islamabad, Pakistan from 11 to 21 November 2014.{{cite web|title=Tsukitate unveiled as women's coach|url=http://www.dhakaherald.com/sports/cricket/tsukitate-unveiled-as-womens-coach/|work=Dhaka Herald|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214201/http://www.dhakaherald.com/sports/cricket/tsukitate-unveiled-as-womens-coach/|url-status=dead}}
In the final, India successfully defended their title by beating Nepal in the final.{{cite web|title=SAFF Championships: Indian Women Complete Record Hattrick of Football Title|url=http://newschoupal.com/2014/11/21/saff-championships-indian-women-complete-record-hattrick-of-football-title/|publisher=newschoupal.com|accessdate=21 November 2014|date=21 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070313/http://newschoupal.com/2014/11/21/saff-championships-indian-women-complete-record-hattrick-of-football-title/|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}
Host selection
On 10 September 2013, SAFF executive committee decided that 3rd SAFF Women's Championship will be held in Pakistan.{{cite web|title=Pakistan To Host 3rd SAFF Women's Championship NovemberNext Year|url=http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=17736|work=Goal Nepal|access-date=26 December 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040844/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=17736|url-status=dead}}
Venue
Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad hosted all the matches.{{cite web|title=SAFF Women's Championship organizing body formed|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1094215|newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=20 March 2014}} Although entry to all games was free, there were very few local spectators.{{cite web|title=Saff Women's Championship: India and Bangladesh claim dominant wins|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/790655/saff-womens-championship-india-and-bangladesh-claim-dominant-wins/|work=The Express Tribune|accessdate=15 November 2014|date=13 November 2014}} After a suicide attack one week before start, there were some security concerns but the tournament was considered safe by the Pakistan Football Federation.[http://tribune.com.pk/story/789307/sri-lanka-beat-pakistan-as-south-asia-womens-cup-kicks-off/ SAFF Championship: Pakistan women’s football team lose opener 2-1] Some matches were televised.{{Cite web |url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/sports/bangladesh-take-afghanistan-women-saff-championship-thursday/ |title=Bangladesh take on Afghanistan in Women SAFF championship Thursday – Click Ittefaq | Click Ittefaq |access-date=15 November 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141115133514/http://www.clickittefaq.com/sports/bangladesh-take-afghanistan-women-saff-championship-thursday/ |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status = dead }}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| rowspan="4" |{{Location map+|Pakistan|places={{location map~|Pakistan|lat=33.700556|long=73.092778|label=Islamabad|position=top}}|width=250|float=center|caption=}} |
| Jinnah Sports Stadium |
| Capacity: 48,820 |
| 250x250px |
Fixtures and results
Draw was done on 10 November 2014 at Manager's meeting.{{cite web|title=Govt help sought in hosting SAFF Women C'ship|url=http://www.awaztoday.com/News_Govt-help-sought-in-hosting-SAFF-Women-Cship_2_49285_Sports-News.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141024062843/http://www.awaztoday.com/News_Govt-help-sought-in-hosting-SAFF-Women-Cship_2_49285_Sports-News.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-10-24|work=Awaz Today}}
=Group A=
|section=Group A
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|team1=IND|name_IND={{fbw|India}}
|team2=BAN|name_BAN={{fbw|Bangladesh}}
|team3=MDV|name_MDV={{fbw|Maldives}}
|team4=AFG|name_AFG={{fbw|Afghanistan|2013}}
|win_IND=3|draw_IND=0|loss_IND=0|gf_IND=25|ga_IND=1
|win_BAN=2|draw_BAN=0|loss_BAN=1|gf_BAN=10|ga_BAN=7
|win_MDV=1|draw_MDV=0|loss_MDV=2|gf_MDV=2|ga_MDV=11
|win_AFG=0|draw_AFG=0|loss_AFG=3|gf_AFG=1|ga_AFG=19
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{{football box
| date = 13 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|India}}
| score = 8–0
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1731 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Maldives}}
| goals1 = Bala Devi {{goal|24||46||72||74}}
Kamala Devi {{goal|64||85}}
Bembem Devi {{goal|76}}
Jyoti Ann Burrett {{goal|90}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 250
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 13 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Bangladesh}}
| score = 6–1
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1732 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Afghanistan|2013}}
| goals1 = Maynum Rana {{goal|34}}
Krishna Rani {{goal|36||47||69}}
Sabina Khatun {{goal|62}}
Musammat Mummun Ather {{goal|90+5}}
| goals2 = Marjan Haydaree {{goal|23}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 5,000
| referee =
}}
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{{football box
| date = 15 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Maldives}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1735 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Afghanistan|2013}}
| goals1 = Mariyam Rifa {{goal|34}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 2,000
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 15 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|India}}
| score = 5–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20231010141453/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/indian-eves-thrash-bangladesh-5-1-saff-football-championship/articleshow/45160760.cms 1] [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1736 2]
| team2 = {{fbw|Bangladesh}}
| goals1 = Umapati Devi {{goal|46}}
Mandakini Devi {{goal|48}}
Bala Devi {{goal|57|pen.|86}}
Indumathi Kathiresan {{goal|76}}
| goals2 = Sabina Khatun {{goal|50}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 2,000
| referee =
}}
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{{football box
| date = 17 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Afghanistan|2013}}
| score = 0–12
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1739 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|India}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Indumathi Kathiresan {{goal|3||7||51}}
Bala Devi {{goal|4||12||33||39||84}}
Prameshwori Devi {{goal|29||45+2||69}}
Mandakini Devi {{goal|88}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 2,000
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 17 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Maldives}}
| score = 1–3
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1740 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Bangladesh}}
| goals1 = Aishath Sama {{goal|81}}
| goals2 = Maynum Rana {{goal|18}}
Sabina Khatun {{goal|35||87}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 900
| referee =
}}
=Group B=
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=NEP|name_NEP={{fbw|Nepal}}
|team2=SRI|name_SRI={{fbw|Sri Lanka}}
|team3=PAK|name_PAK={{fbw|Pakistan}}
|team4=BHU|name_BHU={{fbw|Bhutan}}
|win_NEP=3|draw_NEP=0|loss_NEP=0|gf_NEP=13|ga_NEP=0
|win_SRI=2|draw_SRI=0|loss_SRI=1|gf_SRI=5|ga_SRI=4
|win_PAK=1|draw_PAK=0|loss_PAK=2|gf_PAK=5|ga_PAK=5
|win_BHU=0|draw_BHU=0|loss_BHU=3|gf_BHU=1|ga_BHU=15
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|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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{{football box
| date = 11 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Pakistan}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1729 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Sri Lanka}}
| goals1 = Hajra Khan {{goal|90+1}}
| goals2 = Ishara Madushani {{goal|38}}
Erandi Kumudumala {{goal|86}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 6,500
| referee = Kalpana Sharma (Nepal){{cite web |title=Islamabad: FIFA Referee Kalpana Sharma Officiates The Opening Match of The 3rd SAFF Women's Championship |url=http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=22355 |work=goalnepal.com |date=11 November 2014 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111214508/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=22355 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{football box
| date = 12 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Nepal}}
| score = 8–0
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1730 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Bhutan}}
| goals1 = Sajana Rana {{goal|14||45+1}}
Menuka Giri {{goal|21}}
Anu Lama {{goal|36||40}}
Dipa Adhikari {{goal|60||84}}
Sabitra Bhandari {{goal|88}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 2,000
| referee =
}}
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{{football box
| date = 14 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Sri Lanka}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1733 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Bhutan}}
| goals1 = Achala Chitrani {{goal|20}}
Erandi Kumudumala {{goal|40}}
Praveena Perea {{goal|88}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 500
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 14 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Pakistan}}
| score = 0–2
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1734 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Nepal}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Anu Lama {{goal|14}}
Sajana Rana {{goal|24}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 1,700
| referee =
}}
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{{football box
| date = 16 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Nepal}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1737 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Sri Lanka}}
| goals1 = Niru Thapa {{goal|14}}
Anu Lama {{goal|53|pen.|84}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 600
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 16 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|Pakistan}}
| score = 4–1
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1738 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|Bhutan}}
| goals1 = Sehar Zaman {{goal|55}}
Shahlyla Baloch {{goal|68}}
Shenaz Roshan {{goal|74}}
Malika Noor {{goal|79|pen.}}
| goals2 = Tshering Yangdon {{goal|69}}
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 4,000
| referee =
}}
Knockout stage
{{Round4
|team-width=200
|19 November – Jinnah Sports Stadium|{{fbw|SRI}}|0|{{fbw|IND}}|5
|19 November – Jinnah Sports Stadium|{{fbw|NEP}}|1|{{fbw|BAN}}|0
|21 November – Jinnah Sports Stadium|{{fbw|IND}}|6|{{fbw|NEP}}|0
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{Football box
| date = 19 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|IND}}
| score = 5–0
| aet =
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1741 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|SRI}}
| goals1 = Indumathi Kathiresan {{goal|23||69}}
Bala Devi {{goal|31}}
Prameshwori Devi {{goal|48}}
Kamala Devi {{goal|72}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 2,000
| referee =
}}
{{Football box
| date = 19 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|NPL}}
| score = 1–0
| aet =
| report = [http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1742 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|BAN}}
| goals1 = Sajana Rana {{goal|56|pen.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 5,000
| referee =
}}
Final
{{Football box
| date = 21 November 2014
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|IND}}
| score = 6–0
| aet =
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20141124040545/http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1745 Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|NPL}}
| goals1 = Kamala Devi {{goal|26}}
Bala Devi {{goal|40||41||51||90+1}}
Prameshwori Devi {{goal|47}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
| attendance = 8,000
| referee =
}}
Goalscorers
;16 goals
- {{flagicon|IND}} Ngangom Bala Devi
; 6 goals
- {{Flagicon|IND}} Indumathi Kathiresan
; 5 goals
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Anu Lama
- {{Flagicon|IND}} Irom Prameshwori Devi
; 4 goals
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Sabina Khatun
- {{flagicon|IND}} Yumnam Kamala Devi
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Sajana Rana
;3 goals
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Krishna Rani Sarkar
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Suinu Pru Marma
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Dipa Adhikari
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Erandi Kumudumala
{{div col end}}
;1 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} Marjan Haydaree
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Musammat Mummun Ather
- {{flagicon|IND}} Jyoti Ann Burrett
- {{flagicon|IND}} Moirangthem Mandakini Devi
- {{flagicon|IND}} Oinam Bembem Devi
- {{flagicon|IND}} Thokchom Umapati Devi
- {{flagicon|MDV}} Mariyam Rifa
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Sabitra Bhandari
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Menuka Giri
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Niru Thapa
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sehar Zaman
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Shahlyla Baloch
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Shenaz Roshan
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Malika Noor
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Hajra Khan
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Achala Chitrani
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Ishara Madushani
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Praveena Perea
{{div col end}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.goalnepal.com/tournament_details.php?tid=125 Tournament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112001900/http://www.goalnepal.com/tournament_details.php?tid=125 |date=12 November 2014 }} at goalnepal.com
- [http://www.futbol24.com/international/AFC/SAFF-Women-Championship/2014/Group-A/ Results] at futbol24.com
- [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/saff_women_championship_india/#horizontalTab5 Results] at kolkatafootball.com
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