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2013 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–30 July 2013 [1]
Teams7
Venue(s)2 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions  India (1st title)
Runners-up    Nepal
Third place  Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored35 (2.69 per match)
Attendance26,091 (2,007 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nepal Bimal Magar (6 goals)
Best player(s) India Krishna Pandit
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The 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament hosted by Nepal from 20 to 30 July at Dasarath Stadium and army ground. Seven teams from the region were participated in the tournament.

Participated teams

The following seven nations participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship 		Previous best performance
  Bangladesh 2nd Semi finals ( 2011)
  Bhutan 1st Group stages ( 2011)
  Sri Lanka 2nd Group stages ( 2011)
  India 2nd Runner up ( 2011)
  Maldives 2nd Group stages ( 2011)
    Nepal
(Host)		 2nd Semi-finals ( 2011)
  Pakistan 2nd Champion ( 2011)

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 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
  Afghanistan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
  Pakistan 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3 2
  Bhutan 3 0 1 2 1 10 -9 1
Nepal   7 – 0  Bhutan
B.Magar 48', 62', 63'
H.Magar 58', 76', 84'
Subedi 78'		 Report
Attendance: 1500
Pakistan 0 – 0  Afghanistan
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 2379
Referee: Shrawan Lama ( Nepal)
Afghanistan 1 – 1    Nepal
A.Mansory 74' Report H.Magar 81'
Attendance: 1249
Bhutan 0 – 0  Pakistan
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 3341
Pakistan 0 – 3    Nepal
Report Limbu 13'
B.Magar 65', 73'
Attendance: 2164
Bhutan 1 – 3  Afghanistan
Shezang 18' Report Waziri 27'
Ahmad 63', 90+2'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1971
Referee: S. Borua ( Bangladesh)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  India 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 0
India 4 – 1  Sri Lanka
Pandit 21'
Singh 23', 90'
Chakraborty 66'		 Report Niresh 44'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1749
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)
Bangladesh 3 – 1  Sri Lanka
Tutul 28', 57'
Islam 81'		 Report Niresh 43'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1560
India 2 – 0  Bangladesh
Singh 43'
Pandit 90+2'		 Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 971
Referee: Shrawan Lama ( Nepal)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
27 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 
  Bangladesh1
 
30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
  Pakistan5
 
    Nepal0
 
28 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
  India1
 
  India ( p)0 (4)
 
 
  Afghanistan1 (3)
 
 Third place match
 
 
30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 
  Afghanistan0
 
 
  Bangladesh1

Semi-finals

Nepal   5 – 1  Bangladesh
Limbu 8', 59'
B.Magar 20'
Bista 23'
Atikuzzaman 56' ( o.g.)		 Report Sifat 65'
Attendance: 1746
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)
India 0 – 0  Afghanistan
Report
Penalties
Pandit soccer ball with red X
Singh soccer ball with check mark
Chakraborty soccer ball with check mark
Tirkey soccer ball with check mark
Rodrigues soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Waziri
soccer ball with check mark Ahmad
soccer ball with red X Jalal
soccer ball with check mark Sardari
soccer ball with red X Rezahi
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1400

Third place

Bangladesh 1 – 0  Afghanistan
Tushar 55' Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1642
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

Final

Nepal   0 – 1  India
Report Lalrinzuala 18'
Attendance: 4419

Awards

 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship champions 

India
First title

References

  1. ^ "..... U16 SAFF C'ship on July 2013". Goalnepal.com. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Goal Nepal". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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