SAFF Women's Championship

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SAFF Women's Championship
Founded2010
RegionSAFF
Number of teams7
Current champions India
Most successful team(s) India (5 titles)

The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is the main association football competition of the women's national football teams, governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in this tournament.

History[]

The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete, prior to the departure of Afghanistan from SAFF. It is held every two years.

India has won every edition so far, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final.[1][2]

Format[]

Results[]

Refs:[3][4][1]

Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists
Champion Score Runner-up
2010
Details 		 Bangladesh
India 		1–0
Nepal 		 Bangladesh,  Pakistan
2012
Details 		 Sri Lanka
India 		3–1
Nepal 		 Afghanistan,  Sri Lanka
2014
Details 		 Pakistan
India 		6–0
Nepal 		 Bangladesh,  Sri Lanka
2016
Details 		 India
India 		3–1
Bangladesh 		 Maldives,    Nepal
2019
Details 		   Nepal[5]
India 		3–1
Nepal 		 Sri Lanka,  Bangladesh
2021

Statistics[]

Performance by nation[]

Nation Champions Runners-up Semi-finalists
 India 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) – –
   Nepal – 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019) 1 (2016)
 Bangladesh 1 (2016) 3 (2010, 2014, 2019)
 Sri Lanka – – 3 (2012, 2014, 2019)
 Maldives – – 1 (2016)
 Afghanistan1 – – 1 (2012)
 Pakistan – – 1 (2010)

1Left SAFF and joined CAFA in 2015.

Bold = Hosts

All-time table[]

As of 2019

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  India 5 23 22 1 0 138 6 +132 67
2    Nepal 5 23 18 0 5 102 17 +85 54
3  Bangladesh 5 18 8 1 9 38 32 +6 25
4  Sri Lanka 5 17 6 1 10 18 43 –25 19
5  Pakistan 3 10 4 0 6 13 38 –25 12
6  Maldives 5 15 3 2 10 14 56 –42 11
7  Afghanistan 4 12 1 2 9 10 67 –57 5
8  Bhutan 5 14 0 1 13 3 77 –72 1

Top goalscorers by edition[]

Years Player(s) Goals
2010 India Bala Devi

India Sasmita Malik

11
2012 Nepal Jamuna Gurung 8
2014 India Bala Devi 16
2016 Nepal Sabitra Bhandari 12
2019 Nepal Sabitra Bhandari

India Indumathi Kathiresan

4

Overall top goalscorers[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website". Goalnepal.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Ranjith Rodrigo appointed acting President of SAFF". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "SAFF: India clinch the title". indiablooms.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Indian women football team flay Pakistan in SAFF semis". sunday-guardian.com. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Draws held for SAFF women's events". The Daily Star. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

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