2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

| year = 2021

| image = 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship Logo.png

| size = 200px

| other_titles =

| country = {{BAN}}

| dates = 11–22 December

| num_teams = 5

| confederations =

| sub-confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = Dhaka

| Sponsors = Dhaka Bank, IFIC, CleanAll

| Broadcast = Tsports

| champion_other = {{fbwu|20|BAN}}

| count = 2

| second_other = {{fbwu|20|IND}}

| third_other = {{fbwu|20|NEP}}

| fourth_other = {{fbwu|20|BHU}}

| matches = 11

| goals = 44

| attendance = 49303

| top_scorer = {{fbaicon|BAN}} Saheda Akter Ripa
(5 goals)

| player = {{fbaicon|BAN}} Saheda Akter Ripa

| prevseason = 2018

| fair_play = {{fbwu|20|NEP}}

| nextseason = 2022

| updated =

}}

The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 11 to 22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2021-saff-calendar/15scy2mqzigv31mx6qhmxsxf3t|title=All you need to know about the 2021 SAFF calendar|publisher=Goal.com|date=17 April 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.offsidebangladesh.com/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B2/|date=6 November 2021|title=কক্সবাজারের পরিবর্তে কমলাপুরে হবে অনুর্ধ্ব ১৯ নারী সাফ!|language=Bengali|work=Offside Bangladesh|access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakapost.com/sports/football/74407|date=5 November 2021|title=কক্সবাজার নয়, অ-১৯ নারী সাফ কমলাপুরে|language=Bengali|work=Daily Dhaka Post|access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.offsidebangladesh.com/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF/|date=29 November 2021|title=সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ আয়োজনে প্রস্তুত বাফুফে|work=Offside Bangladesh|access-date=28 November 2021|language=Bengali}}{{cite news|url=http://www.footballbangladesh.com/2021/12/09/7320/|date=9 December 2021|title=শনিবার ঢাকায় শুরু হচ্ছে সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ|work=Daily Football Bangladesh|access-date=9 December 2021|language=Bengali}}{{cite news|url=https://saffederation.org/news/read/22|date=10 December 2021|title=Participating Teams Thank SAFF for Organizing SAFF U-19 Women's Championship|work=South Asian Football Federation|access-date=10 December 2021}}

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0

goals in the final of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/news/bangladesh-beat-india-retain-saff-u-19-womens-championship-title-2923311|date=22 December 2021|title=Bangladesh beat India to retain SAFF U-19 Women's Championship title|work=The Daily Star|access-date=22 December 2021}}

Host selection

On 14 October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/sports24team/videos/3930376767064147/?app=fbl|date=16 October 2021|title=ডিসেম্বর ঢাকায় অনুষ্ঠিত হবে সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ নারী চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ|language=Bengali|work=Channel 24 Sports|access-date=18 October 2021}}

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Dhaka

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BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.{{cite news|title=FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-suspends-chad-and-pakistan-football-associations}} Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

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style="width:160px;"|Country

! style="width:100px;"|Appearance

! style="width:300px;"|Previous best performance

{{fbwu|20|BAN}}align=center|2ndChampions (2018)
{{fbwu|20|NEP}}align=center|2ndRunners-up (2018)
{{fbwu|20|IND}}align=center|2ndThird-place (2018)
{{fbwu|20|BHU}}align=center|2ndFourth-place (2018)
{{fbwu|20|SRI}}align=center|1st

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 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.

Match officials

;Referees

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  • {{fbaicon|BHU}} Tshering Yangkhey
  • {{fbaicon|BAN}} Jaya Chakma
  • {{fbaicon|IND}} Rupadevi Gurusamy
  • {{fbaicon|NEP}} Anjana Rai
  • {{fbaicon|SRI}} Pabasara Minisarani

{{colend}}

;Assistant referees

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  • {{fbaicon|BAN}} Salma Akter Mone
  • {{fbaicon|IND}} Reshmi Thapa Chhetri
  • {{fbaicon|NEP}} Bina Nawachhe Shrestha
  • {{fbaicon|NEP}} Meera Tamang
  • {{fbaicon|SRI}} Malika Madhushani

{{colend}}

Group stage

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colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
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|align=left|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 yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

{{Hatnote|All times listed below are local, BST (UTC+06:00).}}

=Standings=

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|res_col_header=Status

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=Matches=

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| date = 11 December 2021

| time = 15:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|BHU}}

| score1 =5

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-11/bhutan-u19-vs-sri-lanka-u19/2542919/

| score2 =0

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|SRI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 3250

| referee = Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

}}

{{football box

| date = 11 December 2021

| time = 19:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|BAN}}

| score1 = 0

| score2 = 0

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-11/bangladesh-u19-vs-nepal-u19/2542920/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|NEP}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 5539

| referee = Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)

}}

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| date = 13 December 2021

| time = 15:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|BAN}}

| score1 = 6

| score2 = 0

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-13/bhutan-u19-vs-bangladesh-u19/2542921/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|BHU}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 4992

| referee = Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)

}}

{{football box

| date = 13 December 2021

| time = 19:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|IND}}

| score1 = 5

| score2 = 0

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-13/sri-lanka-u19-vs-india-u19/2542922/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|SRI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 2372

| referee = Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 15 December 2021

| time = 15:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|NEP}}

| score1= 6

| score2 = 0

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-15/nepal-u19-vs-sri-lanka-u19/2542923/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|SRI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 1650

| referee = Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan)

}}

{{football box

| date = 15 December 2021

| time = 19:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|IND}}

| score1 = 3

| score2 = 0

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-15/india-u19-vs-bhutan-u19/2542924/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|BHU}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 2250

| referee = Anjana Rai (Nepal)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 17 December 2021

| time = 15:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|BAN}}

| score1 = 1

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-17/bangladesh-u19-vs-india-u19/2542925/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|IND}}

| score2 = 0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 5743

| referee = Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka

}}

{{football box

| date = 17 December 2021

| time = 19:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|NEP}}

| score1 = 4

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-17/nepal-u19-vs-bhutan-u19/2542926/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|BHU}}

| score2 = 0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 2873

| referee = Rubadevi Gurusamy (India)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 19 December 2021

| time = 15:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|NEP}}

| score = 0–1

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-19/india-u19-vs-nepal-u19/2542927/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|IND}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 3276

| referee = Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

}}

{{football box

| date = 19 December 2021

| time = 19:00 UTC+6:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|BAN}}

| score1 = 12

| score2 = 0

| report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-19/sri-lanka-u19-vs-bangladesh-u19/2542928/

| team2 = {{fbwu|20|SRI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

| location = Dhaka

| attendance = 6233

| referee = Anjana Rai (Nepal)

}}

Final

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2021|12|22|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 UTC+6:00

|team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|BAN}}

|score1 = 1

|score2 = 0

|team2 = {{fbwu|20|IND}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium

|location = Dhaka

|attendance = 11125

|referee = Anjana Rai (Nepal)

|report = https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-12-22/bangladesh-u19-vs-india-u19/2607759/

}}

Winners

{{winners|fbwu|20|2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship champions|BAN|Second}}

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

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Top Goalscorer{{cite news|url=https://saffederation.org/news/read/30|date=22 December 2021|title=2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship awarded|work=South Asian Football Federation|access-date=23 December 2021}}

!Most Valuable Player

!Fair Play award

{{fbwuicon|20|BAN}} Saheda Akter Ripa

|{{fbwuicon|20|BAN}} Saheda Akter Ripa

|{{fbwu|20|NEP}}

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

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|updated=complete|matches=11|goals=44|ongoing=no

|5 goals=

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal =

|1 own goals=

}}

References

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