2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship

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2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Bhutan
Dates28 September – 7 October 2018
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in Thimpu host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh
Runners-up   Nepal
Third place India
Fourth place 
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored65 (6.5 per match)
Attendance24,383 (2,438 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Mossammat Sirat Jahan Shopna
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Akhi Khatun
2021 →

The 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-18 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted from 28 September – 7 October 2018 at Changlimithang Stadium.[1] Six teams from the region took part (Sri Lanka had its team withdrawn from the tournament).

Venue[]

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

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 45,000

Draw[]

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 7 July 2018 in Motijheel at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation. SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag, were among others present on the occasion.[1] Initially all of seven countries team participated for the draw, two groups A and B were made: group A consisted of India, and and group B consisted of Nepal, Bangladesh, and .[2] Later, however, had their team withdrawn from the tournament and the groups were redefined.

Group A Group B

 India
  †
 
 

   Nepal
 Bangladesh
  ‡
 

† Sri Lanka withdrew before tournament
‡ Bhutan drawn to Group A, thus both the groups redefined

Squads[]

Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Main article:

Players Eligibility[]

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had 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 yellow cards = 3 points, 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 Status
1  India 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2   (H) 2 1 0 1 13 4 +9 3
3   2 0 0 2 0 21 −21 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: Championship schedule according to the SAFF U18 Women's Championship official website.SAFF
(H) Host
India 4–0 
Devneta Roy Goal 35', 50'
Manisha Goal 64'
Ashem Roja Devi Goal 67'		 SAFF AIFF
Attendance: 3941
Referee: M. Rahman Bangladesh
 13–0 
Yeshey Bidha Goal 3', 7'
Sonam Choden Goal 16', 41', 44', 86'
Namgyel Den Goal 19', 50'
Galley Wangmo Goal 21', 72'
Suk Maya Galley Goal 35'
Jamyang Choden Goal 67'
Tandin Zangmo Goal 84'		 SAFF
Attendance: 2200
Referee: Nani Ram Thapa Nepal
 0–8 India
SAFF AIFF
  • Goal 16' Ashem Roja Devi
  • Goal 19' Karishma Rai
  • Goal 22' (pen.) Pakpi Devi
  • Goal 27' B. Mariyammal
  • Goal 34', 46' Soni Behra
  • Goal 57' Sangita Kumari
  • Goal 62' (o.g.) Jannat Adam
Attendance: 2466
Referee: K.L.S Chathuranga Sri Lanka

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 19 1 +18 6 Qualified for Knockout stage
2    Nepal 2 1 0 1 13 2 +11 3
3   2 0 0 2 0 29 −29 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: Championship schedule according to the SAFF U18 Women's Championship official website.SAFF
Nepal   12–0 
Rekha Paudel Goal 5', 17', 19', 32', 38', 71', 74'
Saru Limbu Goal 47'
Rashmi Kumari Ghising Goal 67'
Alisha JimbaGoal 82'
Manjali Kumari Yonjan Goal 87'
Manisha RautGoal 92'		 Report
Attendance: 1348
Referee: Ugyen Dorji Bhutan
 0–17 Bangladesh
Report Goal 10', 30', 40', 62', 73', 76', 90'Mossammat Sirat Jahan Shopna
Goal 7', 13', 22', 71'Marzia
Goal 37' Mishrat Jahan Moushumi
Goal 58'Akhi Khatun
Goal 74'Krishna Rani Sarkar
Goal 87' Tohura Khatun
Goal 32', 69' (pen.) Sheuli Azim
Attendance: 3618
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar India
Bangladesh 2−1   Nepal
  • Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 1941
Referee: D.D Indika Sendanayake Sri Lanka

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 October –
 
 
 India1(1)
 
7 October –
 
   Nepal1(3)
 
   Nepal 0
 
5 October –
 
 Bangladesh1
 
 Bangladesh4
 
 
 0
 
Third Place
 
 
7 October –
 
 
 India1
 
 
 0

Semi finals[]

India 1−1   Nepal
Jabamani Tudu Goal 62' SAFF AIFF Goal 15' Rashmi Kumari Ghising
Penalties
 1−3
  • Penalty scored Rekha Poudel
  • Penalty missed Puja Rana
  • Penalty scored Anjana Rani Magar
  • Penalty scored
Attendance: 3148
Referee: Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Bangladesh
Bangladesh 4−0 
Attendance: 2340
Referee: Kuldeep Tariyal India

Third Place[]

 0–1 India
  • Goal 72' Devneta Roy
Attendance: 1740
Referee: Md Shafiqul Islam Bangladesh

Final[]

Bangladesh 1–0   Nepal
Masura Parvin Goal 49'
Attendance: 1641
Referee: Abdulla Shathir Maldives

Winners[]

 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship 2018 

Bangladesh
First title

Goalscorers[]

There were 65 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 6.5 goals per match.

8 goals

  • Bangladesh Mossammat Sirat Jahan Shopna

7 goals

  • Nepal Rekha Paudel

4 goals

  • Bangladesh Marzia
  • Bhutan Sonam Choden

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ a b "SAFF U18 Women's Championship draw held". saffederation. org. 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ "SAFF U15, U18 Women's Championship draw held". bff.com. 7 July 2018.

External links[]

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