2015 SAFF U-19 Championship

2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Nepal Nepal
Dates 20–29 August 2015
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) ANFA Complex (in Lalitpur host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nepal Nepal (1st title)
Runners-up India India
Third place Bangladesh Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 24 (2.67 per match)
Attendance 12,500 (1,389 per match)
Top scorer(s)

Nepal Bimal Magar (3 goal)

Nepal Anjan Bista (3 Goals)

The 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship was the first 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


Venues

Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000[3]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Nepal 220052+36
 Bangladesh 210132+13
 Bhutan 200215−40
   Nepal 3–1  Bhutan
Bimal Magar  10', 29', 62' Report Sonam Togbay  11'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Halim Aqa (Afghanistan)
 Bhutan 0–2  Bangladesh
Report Rohit Sarkar  42'
Mannaf Rabby  44'
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)
 Bangladesh 1–2    Nepal
Rohit Sarkar  11' Report Anjan Bista  18' (pen.)
Tutul Badsha  90+4' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Ramchandra Venkatesh (India)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 220050+56
 Afghanistan 21013303
 Maldives 200216−50
 Afghanistan 3–1  Maldives
Masaud Habibi  45'
Ali Ahmad Mansory  71'
Mohammad Ahmadi  82'		 Report Hamdhaan Ali  85'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
 Afghanistan 0–2  India
Report Kamalpreet Singh  11'
Anirudh Thapa  86'
Referee: Prajwol Chhetri (Nepal)
 India 3–0  Maldives
Moinuddin Khan  41'
Lalramzuava Khinangte  47'
Anirudh Thapa  71'		 Report
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August – ANFA Complex
 
 
   Nepal3
 
29 August – ANFA Complex
 
 Afghanistan2
 
   Nepal1(5)
 
27 August – ANFA Complex
 
 India1(4)
 
 Bangladesh0(3)
 
 
 India0(4)
 

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

   Nepal 3–2  Afghanistan
Anjan Bista  34', 39' (pen.)
Sunil Bal  53'		 Report Ananta Tamang  50' (o.g.)
Mehdi Rezayee  72'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Ramchandra Ventaktesh (India)
 Bangladesh 0–0  India
Report
Penalties
Masuk Miah Zoni
Rohit Sarkar
Mohammad Ibrahim
Mohammad Emon
Mannaf Rabby
Rahmat Mia 		3–4 Lalramzuava Khiangte
Shahbaz Khan
Rohit Kumar
Gursimrat Singh Gill
Sarthak Golui
Daniel Lalhlimpuia
Referee: Halim Aqa (Afghanistan)

Final

   Nepal 1–1  India
Tej Tamang  32' Report Shahabaaz Khan  85' (pen.)
Penalties
Hemant Thapa Magar
Sunil Bal
Biswas Shrestha
Dona Thapa
Ananta Tamang 		5–4 Moinuddin Khan
Hayden Fernandes
Sarthak Golui
Daniel Lalhlimpuia
Shahbaz Khan
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

Winner

 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship 

Nepal
First title

Goalscorers

3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
Own Goal
  • Bangladesh Tutul Badsha (playing against Nepal)
  • Nepal Ananta Tamang (playing against Afghanistan)

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal to Host First Ever SAFF U19 Championship From August 20–29". Goal Nepal. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pak, Lanka withdraw from SAFF U-19". the-anfa.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=22921
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