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2022 SAFF U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	25 July – 5 August
Teams	5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	40 (3.64 per match)
Attendance	13,180 (1,198 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gurkirat Singh (8 goals)^[1]
Best player(s)	Gurkirat Singh^[2]
Best goalkeeper	Som Kumar^[3]
← 2019 2023 →

The 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-20 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). India was the hosts of the tournament, held between 25 July and 5 August 2022.^[4]

India clinched the title defeating Bangladesh by 5–2 in the final on 5 August 2022.^[5]

Venue

All matches were played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.

Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Stadium
Capacity: 16,000

Participating teams

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.^[6] Bhutan abstained from participation due to government restrictions.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship	Previous best performance
Nepal	4th	Champions (2015, 2017)
India	4th	Champions (2019)
Bangladesh	4th	Runners-up (2017, 2019)
Maldives	4th	Group Stage
Sri Lanka	2nd	Group Stage

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 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.

Officials

Referees

Mohammed Nassir Uddin (Bangladesh)
S. M. Junayed Sharif (Bangladesh)
Mrutyunjay Lingaraj Amatya (India)
Sinan Hussain (Maldives)
Afsah Ahmed (Maldives)
Prajwol Chhetri (Nepal)
Kanaya K. Yadav (Nepal)
W. Lakmal Weerakody (Sri Lanka)

Assistant Referees

Suman Majumdar (India)
D. D. I. Sendanayaka (Sri Lanka)

Round robin stage

Times listed are UTC+05:30.

Key to colours in group tables
	Table top two teams will advance to the final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10	Qualified for Final
2	India (H, C)	4	3	0	1	14	2	+12	9	Qualified for Final
3	Nepal	4	2	1	1	8	9	−1	7
4	Maldives	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	1
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

31 July 2022

18:30

Nepal	4–0	Maldives
Gurung 41' Suwal 57' Chhunju 61' (pen.) Nakarmi 90+4'	Report

Attendance: 100

Referee: Mrutyunjay Lingaraj Amatya (India)

25 July 2022

19:00

Sri Lanka	0–1	Bangladesh
	Report	Mirajul 71'

Attendance: 100

Referee: Prajwol Chhetri (Nepal)

27 July 2022

16:00

Bangladesh	2–1	India
Nova 27', 90' (pen.)	Report	Gurkirat 15'

Attendance: 500

Referee: Sinan Hussain (Maldives)

27 July 2022

19:00

Sri Lanka	0–3	Nepal
	Report	Ghalan 58' Chhunju 65' Nakarmi 84'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Mohammed Nassir Uddin (Bangladesh)

29 July 2022

16:00

India	4–0	Sri Lanka
Jangra 50' Gogoi 69', 90+3' Gurkirat 74' (pen.)	Report

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mohammed Nassir Uddin (Bangladesh)

29 July 2022

19:00

Maldives	1–4	Bangladesh
Zafar 53'	Report	Mirajul 1', 41', 67' Rafiq 89'

Attendance: 200

Referee: W. Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

31 July 2022

16:00

Maldives	1–1	Sri Lanka
Aiham 74'	Report	Thushmika 90+5'

Attendance: 99

Referee: Mrutyunjay Lingaraj Amatya (India)

31 July 2022

19:00

Nepal	0–8	India
	Report	Loitongbam 32', 66' Gogoi 50', 52' Jangra 70' Bag 78' Gurkirat 89' Paul 90+3'

Attendance: 500

Referee: W. Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

2 August 2022

16:00

Bangladesh	1–1	Nepal
Nova 63' Shahidul 38' 52'	Report	Malla 69' Gurung 52' Subba 52'

Attendance: 250

Referee: Sinan Hussain (Maldives)

2 August 2022

19:00

India	1–0	Maldives
Gurkirat 89'	Report

Attendance: 550

Referee: Prajwol Chhetri (Nepal)

Final

5 August 2022

19:00 IST

Bangladesh	2–5 (a.e.t.)	India
Rajon Howleder 45' Shahin Mia 48'	Report	Gurkirat Singh 2', 60', 96', 102' Himanshu Jangra 95'

Kalinga Stadium

Attendance: 7642

Referee: Sinan Hussain (Maldives)

Bangladesh U-20

India U-20


GK	1	Asif Bhuiyan (GK)
LB	2	Shahin Mia	48'	63'
RB	3	Azizul Hoque Ananto
CB	5	Mohammed Imran Khan
CB	6	Tanvir Hossain (c)
LW	7	Rafiqul Islam
RW	9	Piash Ahmed Nova
MF	10	Moinul Islam Moin			46'
CF	11	Mohammed Nahiyan
MF	14	Akkas Ali			46'
MF	16	Rajon Howleder	45'		46'
Substitutions:
FW	19	Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum			46'
FW	20	Mirajul Islam			46'
MF	15	Mojibur Rahman Jony			46'
Manager:
Paul Smalley


GK	22	Som Kumar (GK)
LB	2	Amandeep Singh		56'
CB	3	Halen Nongtudu
CB	4	Bikash Yumnam		94'
MF	6	Sibajit Singh Leimapokpam (c)
CM	7	Vibin Mohanan
LB	9	Gurkirat Singh	2', 60', 93', 99'		93'
CF	11	Himanshu Jangra	92' (a.e.t)
DM	12	Maheson Singh Tongbram			57'
CB	17	Brijesh Giri
CF	20	Taison Singh Loitongbam			85'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Tankadhar Bag			57'
MF	11	Hitesh Sharma			73'
FW	19	Harsh Patre			85'
Manager:
Shanmugam Venkatesh

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Afsah (Maldives)
D.D.I Sendanayaka (Sri Lanka)
Fourth official:
W.L Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

Match rules:

90 minutes
Extra time if scores remain level after 90 minutes
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
11 substitutes named

Winner

4th SAFF U-20 Championship 2022
India Second title

Goalscorers

There were 40 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.

8 goals

Gurkirat Singh

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

^ "SAFF U20 CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 — Overview". saffederation.org. South Asian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ Mukherjee, Soham (7 August 2022). "NXGN India: Who is Gurkirat Singh? The starlet that won the golden boot and MVP award in SAFF U-20 Championship". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ Menon, Sandeep (23 January 2021). "Winds of change in Bengaluru football?". deccanherald.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ "India set to host SAFF U-18 Women's, SAFF U-19 Championships in 2022". AIFF. 15 December 2021.
^ TEAM SPORTSTAR, 21:34 IST (5 August 2022). "India beats Bangladesh to clinch U20 SAFF Championship". sportstar.thehindu.com. Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations".

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