2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship

2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Bhutan
Dates 28 September – 7 October 2018
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in Thimpu host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Bangladesh
Runners-up    Nepal
Third place  India
Fourth place  Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 65 (6.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bangladesh Mossammat Sirat Jahan Shopna
(8 goals)

The 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship was the first 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28 September – 7 October 2018 at Changlimithang Stadium.[1] Six teams from the region took part (Sri Lanka had its team withdrawn from the tournament).

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, Sri Lanka and Maldives and group B cosnsisted of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan[2]. Later, however, Sri Lanka had their team withdrawn from the tournament and the groups were redefined.

Group A Group B

 India
 Sri Lanka †
 Maldives
 Bhutan

   Nepal
 Bangladesh
 Bhutan ‡
 Pakistan

† 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.

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  Bhutan (H) 2 1 0 1 13 4 +9 3
3  Maldives 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  Bhutan
Devneta Roy  35', 50'
Manisha  64'
Ashem Roja Devi  67'		 SAFF AIFF
Bhutan  13–0  Maldives
Yeshey Bidha  3', 7'
Sonam Choden  16', 41', 44', 86'
Namgyel Den  19', 50'
Galley Wangmo  21', 72'
Suk Maya Galley  35'
Jamyang Choden  67'
Tandin Zangmo  84'		 SAFF
Maldives  0–8  India
SAFF AIFF
  •  16' Ashem Roja Devi
  •  19' Karishma Rai
  •  22' (pen.) Pakpi Devi
  •  27' B. Mariyammal
  •  34', 46' Soni Behra
  •  57' Sangita Kumari
  •  62' (o.g.) Jannat Adam

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  Pakistan 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  Pakistan
Rekha Paudel  5', 17', 19', 32', 38', 71', 74'
Saru Limbu  47'
Rashmi Kumari Ghising  67'
Alisha Jimba 82'
Manjali Kumari Yonjan  87'
Manisha Raut 92'		 Report
Pakistan  0–17  Bangladesh
Report  10', 30', 40', 62', 73', 76', 90' Mossammat Sirat Jahan Shopna
 7', 13', 22', 71' Marzia
 37' Mossammat Mishrat Jahan Moushumi
 58' Mossammat Akhi Khatun
 74' Srimoti Krishna Rani Sarker
 87' Tohura Khatun
 32', 69' (pen.) Sheuli Azim
Bangladesh  2−1    Nepal
  • Mossammat Sirat Jahan Shopna  16'
  • Krishna Rani Sarker  32'
  •  90+2' Rashmi Kumari Ghising

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 October –
 
 
 India1(1)
 
7 October –
 
   Nepal1(3)
 
   Nepal 0
 
5 October –
 
 Bangladesh1
 
 Bangladesh4
 
 
 Bhutan0
 
Third Place
 
 
7 October –
 
 
 India1
 
 
 Bhutan0

Semi-finals

India  1−1    Nepal
Jabamani Tudu  62' SAFF AIFF  15' Rashmi Kumari Ghising
Penalties
 1−3
  • Rekha Poudel
  • Puja Rana
  • Anjana Rani Magar
Bangladesh  4−0  Bhutan
  • Sanjida Akther  2'
  • Mishrat Jahan Moushumi  45+3'
  • Krishna Rani Saker  60'
  • Shamsunnahar  86' (pen.)

Third Place

Bhutan  0–1  India
  •  72' Devneta Roy

Final

Bangladesh  1–0    Nepal
Masura Pravin  49'

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

  • Bangladesh Srimoti Krishna Rani Sarker
  • India Devneta Roy
  • Nepal Rashmi Kumari Ghising

2 goals

  • Bangladesh Sheuli Azim
  • Bangladesh Mossammat Mishrat Jahan
  • Bhutan Yeshey Bidha
  • Bhutan Namgyel Den
  • Bhutan Galley Wangmo
  • India Ashem Roja Devi
  • India Soni Behra

1 goal

  • Bangladesh Moushumi Mossammat Akhi Khatun
  • Bangladesh Tohura Khatun
  • Bangladesh Sanjida Akhter
  • Bangladesh Shamsunnahar
  • Bangladesh Masura Pravin
  • Bhutan Suk Maya Galley
  • Bhutan Jamyang Choden
  • Bhutan Tandin Zangmo
  • India Manisha
  • India Karishma Rai
  • India Yumlembam Pakpi Devi
  • India Balamurugan Mariyammal
  • India Sangita Kumari
  • India Jabamani Tudu
  • Nepal Saru Limbu
  • Nepal Alisha Jimba
  • Nepal Manjali Kumari Yonjan
  • Nepal Manisha Raut

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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