2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
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 (Host)
|
1st | n/a |
 India
|
1st | n/a |
 Maldives
|
1st | n/a |
 Nepal
|
1st | n/a |
Venue
All matches was played at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal.
| Lalitpur | |
|---|---|
| ANFA Complex | |
| Capacity: 4,000 |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
Bimal Magar  10', 29', 62' |
Report | Sonam Togbay 11' |
Bhutan | 0–2 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rohit Sarkar 42' Mannaf Rabby 44' |
| Bangladesh | 1–2 | Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sarkar 11' |
Report | Anjan Bista 18' (pen.) Tutul Badsha 90+4' (o.g.) |
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 |
Maldives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Masaud Habibi 45' Ali Ahmad Mansory 71'Mohammad Ahmadi 82' |
Report | Hamdhaan Ali 85' |
| Afghanistan | 0–2 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kamalpreet Singh 11' Anirudh Thapa 86' |
Maldives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Moinuddin Khan 41' Lalramzauva Khiangte 47'Anirudh Thapa 71' |
Report |
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-outto determine the winner.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 August – ANFA Complex | ||||||
| Nepal | 3 | |||||
| 29 August – ANFA Complex | ||||||
| Afghanistan | 2 | |||||
| Nepal | 1(5) | |||||
| 27 August – ANFA Complex | ||||||
| India | 1(4) | |||||
| Bangladesh | 0(3) | |||||
| India | 0(4) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Nepal | 3–2 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
| Anjan Bista 34', 39' (pen.) Sunil Bal 53' |
Report | Ananta Tamang 50' (o.g.) Mehdi Rezayee 72' |
Final
| Nepal | 1–1 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Tej Tamang 32' |
Report | Shahbaz Khan 85' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
Hemant Thapa Magar  Sunil Bal Biswas Shrestha Dona Thapa Ananta Tamang |
5–4 |  Moinuddin Khan Hayden Fernandes Sarthak Golui Daniel Lalhlimpuia Shahbaz Khan |
Winner
| 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship |
|---|
 Nepal First title |
Goalscorers
3 goals
Anjan Bista- Bimal Magar
2 goals
1 goal
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.