2018 SAFF U-15 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	25 October – 3 November
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in Lalitpur host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	India
Fourth place	Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	47 (4.7 per match)
Attendance	15,144 (1,514 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nihat Jaman Ucchash (4 Goals)
Best player(s)	Haseeb Khan
Fair play award	Bangladesh
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2019.

The 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship was the fifth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from October 25 to November 3, 2018, at ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal. Six out of seven teams from the region took part, as Sri Lanka later withdrew their team, and the teams were divided into two groups. ^{[1] [2]} On 3 November 2018, Bangladesh beat Pakistan to claim their second SAFF title. ^[3]

Host selection

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 13 September 2018 at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation.

BFF general secretary Abu Naeem Shohag, chairman of the BFF Media Committee Amirul Islam Babu and Mindu Dorji, the deputy general secretary of Bhutan Football Federation was also present on the occasion.

Initially all of seven countries team participated for the draw, two groups A and B were made, A consisted of Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan and group B consisted of India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka

But later Sri Lanka had its team withdrawn from the tournament and the groups are redefined. ^[2]

Group A	Group B
Nepal   Bangladesh   Maldives   Pakistan ‡	India   Bhutan   Sri Lanka †   Pakistan

† Sri Lanka withdrew before tournament

‡ Pakistan drawn to Group B, thus both the groups redefined

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	5th	Champions ( 2015), (2018)
Bhutan	3rd	Fourth Place
India	5th	Champions ( 2013, 2017)
Maldives	4th	Group Stage
Nepal (Host)	5th	Runners-up ( 2013, 2017)
Pakistan	3rd	Champions ( 2011)

Venues

Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000

Match officials

Group stage

• All matches were played at 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	11	1	+10	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal (H)	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
3	Maldives	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Pakistan	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	India	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
3	Bhutan	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

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Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 November  – ANFA Complex
	Bangladesh	1 (4)
					3 November  – ANFA Complex
	India	1 (2)
					Bangladesh	1 (3)
	1 November  – ANFA Complex
					Pakistan	1 (2)
	Pakistan	4
	Nepal	0
					Third Place
					3 November  – ANFA Complex
					India	1
					Nepal	0

Knockout stage

• All matches will be played at Lalitpur, Nepal.
• Times listed are UTC+05:45

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Semi-finals

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Third place

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Final

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Winner

2018 SAFF U-15 Championship champions
Bangladesh Second title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship.

Fair Play Award		Most Valuable Player		Golden Boot Award
Bangladesh		Haseeb Khan		Nihat Jaman Ucchash

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.7 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References