2024 SAFF U-17 Championship

2024 SAFF U-17 Championship
༢༠༢༤ ལོའི་SAFF U-17 འགྲན་བསྡུར།
Tournament details
Host countryBhutan
Dates20–30 September 2024
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (6th title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance6,208 (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 ninth 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

All matches played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Participating teams

The following seven teams were participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship 		Previous best performance
 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

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

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 India
 Bhutan (hosts) 		 Maldives
   Nepal 		 Bangladesh
 Pakistan 		 Sri Lanka

Draw result

Group A
Pos Team
A1  India
A2  Maldives
A3  Bangladesh
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Bhutan
B2    Nepal
B3  Pakistan
B4  Sri Lanka

Match officials

Referees
  • Md Symoon Hasan Sany
  • Pema Tshewang
  • Mrutyunjay L Amatya
  • Zaheer Hussain
  • Nabindra Maharjan
  • Sashanka Madushanka
Assistant referees
  • Sujoy Barua
  • Tshering Phuntsho
  • Sourav Sarkar
  • Abdulla Shathir
  • Harish Karki
  • Indunil Sandakelum

Players eligibility

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

Key to colours in group tables
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.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellows, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: GSA
Bangladesh 0–1 India
Report Sumit Sharma Brahmacharimayum 90+1'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)
Bangladesh 1–1 Maldives
MD Mursed Ali 49' Report Mohamed Ilan Imran 79'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)
India 3–0 Maldives
  • Samson Ahongshangban 13'
  • Hemneichung Lunkim 74', 89'
 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Nepal   0–1 Pakistan
Report Muhammad Talha 81'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)
Bhutan 5–1 Sri Lanka
  • Karma Yeshe Thabkhe 14'
  • Sayon Lama 40'
  • Chimi Tobden Dorji 57'
  • Thinley Yezer 78'
  • Tandin Phuntsho 83'
 Report Mohamed Zaid Mohamed Ifham 65'
Attendance: 1,199
Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya (India)
Nepal   4–0 Sri Lanka
  • Sujan Dangol 4', 12', 30'
  • Bigyan Khadka 84'
 Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)
Bhutan 3–3 Pakistan
  • Thinley Yeszer 25'
  • Tandin Phuntsho 90+4'
  • Sonam Dorji 90+6' (pen.)
 Report
  • Khobaib Khan 38'
  • Subhan Karim 47'
  • Sharaf Khan 68'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh)
Pakistan 5–1 Sri Lanka
  • Subhan Karim 20', 26'
  • Muhammad Talha 30'
  • Mohamed Irshad 47' (o.g.)
  • Abdul Ghani 56'
 Report Zakariyya Zafarullah 77'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)
Bhutan 1–2   Nepal
Yonten Tharchen 43' Report
  • Krishna Bahadur Ale 56'
  • Sujan Dangol 85'
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya (India)

Knockout stage

  • 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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 September 2024 Thimphu
 
 
 India4
 
30 September 2024 Thimphu
 
   Nepal2
 
 India2
 
28 September 2024 Thimphu
 
 Bangladesh0
 
 Pakistan2 (7)
 
 
 Bangladesh (p) 2 (8)
 

Semi-finals

India 4–2   Nepal
  • Vishal Yadav 61', 68'
  • Ningthou Khongjam Rishi Singh 85'
  • Hemneichung Lunkim 90+5'
 Report
  • Subash Bam 82'
  • Mohammed Kaif 89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 82
Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh)
Pakistan 2–2 Bangladesh
  • M Shahab Ahmed 32'
  • Abdul Rehman 62' (pen.)
 Report Md Manik 74', 90+4'
Penalties
  • Abdul Rehman
  • Abdul Samad
  • Syed Muhammad Aabis Reza kazmi
  • Khobaib Khan
  • Ubaid Ullah Khan
  • Majid Ali
  • Sharaf Khan
  • Abdul Ghaani
7–8
  • Md Murshed Ali
  • Md Joy Ahmed
  • Md Kamal Merdha
  • Md Siam Omit
  • Md Manik
  • Akash Ahamad
  • Md Mithu Chowdhury
  • Ashikur Rahman
Attendance: 40
Referee: Pema Tshewang (Bhutan)

Final

India 2–0 Bangladesh
  • Mohammed Kaif 58'
  • Mohammed Arbash 90+5'
 Report
Attendance: 1,230
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

  • Sujan Dangol

3 goals

  • Hemneichung Lunkim
  • Subhan Karim

2 goals

  • Md Manik
  • Thinley Yezer
  • Tandin Phuntsho
  • Vishal Yadav
  • Muhammad Talha

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

  • Mohammed Kaif (Playing against Nepal)
  • Mohamed Irshad (Playing against Pakistan)

Source: GSA

Winner

 9th SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 Champions 

India
Sixth title

Awards

Fair Play Award Best Goalkeeper Highest Goalscorer Most Valuable Player
 Bhutan Aheibam Suraj Singh Sujan Dangol Mohammed Arbash

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kazi Md. Salahuddin Re-Elected As President". SAFF. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". www.footballbangladesh.com (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "India vanquish Bangladesh to wear the SAFF U17 Championship crown". www.aninews.in. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ^ "সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের ড্র অনুষ্ঠিত হলো ঢাকার ইন্টার কন্টিনেন্টাল হোটেলে". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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