2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	18–27 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in Lalitpur and Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Third place	Bangladesh
Fourth place	Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	51 (5.1 per match)
Attendance	23,053 (2,305 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Foysal Ahmed Fahim (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Vikram Pratap Singh
Fair play award	Bangladesh
← 2015 2018 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. Since most teams use to send their U-15 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification it has been officially changed to U-15 tournament. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 18 to 27 of August, 2017 at ANFA Complex, Satdobato and Halchowk Stadium. Six teams from the region took part, divided into two groups. ^[1]

Host selection

On July 10, 2017, a tournament draw ceremony was held in the conference room of the Bangladesh Football Federation.

SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag, were among others present on the occasion. ^[2]

Eligible teams

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Participating teams

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	4th	Champions ( 2015)
Bhutan	2nd	Group Stage
India	4th	Champions ( 2013,2017)
Maldives	3rd	Group Stage
Nepal (Host)	4th	Runners-up ( 2013)
Sri Lanka	4th	Group Stage

Venues

Lalitpur	Kathmandu
ANFA Complex, Satdobato	Halchowk Stadium
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 3,500

Match officials

Referees

• Kabin Byanjankar
• Golam Mourshed Choidhary
• Abdulla Shathir
• D.D.Indika Sendanayake
• Tanmoy Dhar
• Ugyen Dorji

Assistant referees

• Nani Ram Thapa
• Kuldeep Tariyal
• Md Shafikul Islam
• K.L.S.Chathuranga
• Abdulla Suneed
• Phurpa Wangchuk

Group stage

• All matches were played in Lalitpur, Nepal.
• Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bhutan	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal (H)	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
3	Maldives	2	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

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Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 August – ANFA Complex
	Bangladesh	2
					27 August – ANFA Complex
	Nepal	4
					Nepal	1
	25 August – Halchowk Stadium
					India	2
	India	3
	Bhutan	0
					Third Place
					27 August – Halchowk Stadium
					Bangladesh	8
					Bhutan	0

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place

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Final

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Winner

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship
India Second title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship.

FIFA Fair Play Award		Player of the Tournament		Golden Boot Award
Bangladesh		Vikram Pratap Singh		Foysal Ahmed Fahim

Goalscorers

6 Goals

• Foysal Ahmed Fahim

5 Goals

• Vikram Pratap Singh

4 Goals

3 Goals

• Ravi Bahadur Rana

2 Goals

1 Goal

2 Own Goals

• Ibrahim Anoof (playing against   India)

Own Goal

• Nazmul Biswas (playing against     Nepal)

References