2024 SAFF U-17 Championship
༢༠༢༤ ལོའི་SAFF U-17 འགྲན་བསྡུར། | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Bhutan |
Dates | 20–30 September 2024 |
Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | India (6th title) |
Runners-up | Bangladesh |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 44 (3.67 per match) |
Attendance | 6,208 (517 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Sujan Dangol (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Mohamed Arbash |
Best goalkeeper | Aheibam Suraj Singh |
Fair play award | Bhutan |
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The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship was the 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). Its played from 20–30 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan.[1][2]
India are the defending champions, who won their sixth title by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 30 September 2024.[3]
Venue
[edit]All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.
Thimphu | |
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Changlimithang Stadium | |
Capacity: 15,000 | |
Participating teams
[edit]The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.
Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship |
Previous best performance |
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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
[edit]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]
Draw
[edit]Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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India Bhutan (hosts) |
Maldives Nepal |
Bangladesh Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
Draw result
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Match officials
[edit]- Referees
- Md Symoon Hasan Sany
- Pema Tshewang
- Mrutyunjay L Amatya
- Zaheer Hussain
- Nabindra Maharjan
- Sashanka Madushanka
- Assistant referees
Players eligibility
[edit]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
[edit]- Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.
Key to colours in group tables | |
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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
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Bangladesh | 0–1 | India |
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Report | Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum 90+1' |
Bangladesh | 1–1 | Maldives |
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MD Mursed Ali 49' | Report | Mohamed Ilan Imran 79' |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
2 | Nepal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Bhutan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Bhutan | 5–1 | Sri Lanka |
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Report | Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham 65' |
Bhutan | 3–3 | Pakistan |
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Report |
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Pakistan | 5–1 | Sri Lanka |
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Report | Zakariyya Zafarullah 77' |
Knockout stage
[edit]- 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
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
28 September 2024 Thimphu | ||||||
India | 4 | |||||
30 September 2024 Thimphu | ||||||
Nepal | 2 | |||||
India | 2 | |||||
28 September 2024 Thimphu | ||||||
Bangladesh | 0 | |||||
Pakistan | 2 (7) | |||||
Bangladesh (p) | 2 (8) | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]India | 4–2 | Nepal |
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Report |
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Pakistan | 2–2 | Bangladesh |
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Report | Md Manik 74', 90+4' |
Penalties | ||
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7–8 |
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Final
[edit]India | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
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Report |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Yonten Tharchen
- Karma Yeshe Thabkhe
- Sayon Lama
- Chimi Tobden Dorji
- Sonam Dorji
- Md Mursed Ali
- Mohammed Kaif
- Mohammed Arbash
- Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum
- Samson Ahongshangban
- Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh
- Mohamed Ilan Imran
- Bigyan Khadka
- Krishna Bahadur Ale
- Subash Bam
- Sharaf Khan
- Abdul Ghani
- Khobaib Khan
- M. Shahab Ahmed
- Abdul Rehman
- Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham
- Zakariyya Zafarullah
1 own goal
Source: GSA
Winner
[edit]9th SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 Champions |
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India Sixth title |
Awards
[edit]Fair Play Award | Best Goalkeeper | Highest Goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | ||||
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Bhutan | Aheibam Suraj Singh | Sujan Dangol | Mohammed Arbash |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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 vanquish Bangladesh to wear the SAFF U17 Championship crown". www.aninews.in. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.