2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nepal |
Dates | 20–29 August |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | ANFA Complex (in Lalitpur host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | Not Awarded |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 24 (2.67 per match) |
Attendance | 24,704 (2,745 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() |
2017 → |
International football competition
The 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 20–29 of August.[1] Six teams from the region took part, dividing into two groups. Nepal defeated India in the penalty shot in the finals and won the championship making Nepal first country to win the first U-19 SAFF Championship.
On 3 August, both Pakistan and Sri Lanka withdrew from the competition.[2]
Participating teams
The following six nations were competed in the tournament.
Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship | Previous best performance |
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![]() | 1st | n/a |
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Venue
All matches was played at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Lalitpur | |
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ANFA Complex | |
Capacity: 4,000 |
Group stage
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Nepal ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Bimal Magar ![]() | Report | Sonam Togbay ![]() |
Bhutan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Rohit Sarkar ![]() Mannaf Rabby ![]() |
Bangladesh ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Rohit Sarkar ![]() | Report | Anjan Bista ![]() Tutul Badsha ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Afghanistan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Masaud Habibi ![]() Ali Ahmad Mansory ![]() Mohammad Ahmadi ![]() | Report | Hamdhaan Ali ![]() |
Afghanistan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Kamalpreet Singh ![]() Anirudh Thapa ![]() |
India ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Moinuddin Khan ![]() Lalramzauva Khiangte ![]() Anirudh Thapa ![]() | Report |
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-finals | Final | |||||
27 August – ANFA Complex | ||||||
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29 August – ANFA Complex | ||||||
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![]() | 1(5) | |||||
27 August – ANFA Complex | ||||||
![]() | 1(4) | |||||
![]() | 0(3) | |||||
![]() | 0(4) | |||||
Semi-finals
Nepal ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Anjan Bista ![]() Sunil Bal ![]() | Report | Ananta Tamang ![]() Mehdi Rezayee ![]() |
Bangladesh ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Masuk Mia Jony ![]() Rohit Sarkar ![]() Mohammad Ibrahim ![]() Mohammad Emon ![]() Mannaf Rabby ![]() Rahmat Mia ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final
Nepal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Tej Tamang ![]() | Report | Shahbaz Khan ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Hemant Thapa Magar ![]() Sunil Bal ![]() Biswas Shrestha ![]() Dona Thapa ![]() Ananta Tamang ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Winner
2015 SAFF U-19 Championship |
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![]() Nepal First title |
Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
Rohit Sarkar
Anirudh Thapa
1 goal
Mohammad Ahmadi
Masaud Habibi
Ali Ahmad Mansory
Mehdi Rezayee
Mannaf Rabby
Sonam Togbay
Hamdhaan Ali
Sunil Bal
Tej Tamang
Moinuddin Khan
Shahbaz Khan
Lalramzauva Khiangte
Kamalpreet Singh
1 own goal
Tutul Hossain Badsha (against Nepal)
Ananta Tamang (against Afghanistan)