2017 SAFF U-18 Championship

2017 SAFF U-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bhutan Bhutan
Dates 18-27 September 2017
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Changlimithang Stadium (in Thimphu host cities)

The 2017 SAFF U-18 Championship will be the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. But since most teams use to send their U-18 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification it has been officially changed to U-18 tournament. The tournament will be hosted by Bhutan 18–27 September 2017.[1]

It will be the first time that Bhutan hosts a SAFF event.

Host selection

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 10 July 2017 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]

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Format

In both groups, teams play each other once. The group winners and runners-up qualify for semi-finals.

Participating teams

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Championship		 Previous best performance
 Bangladesh 2nd Semi Finals (2015)
 Bhutan (Host) 2nd Group Stage
 India 2nd Runners-Up (2015)
 Maldives 2nd Group Stage
   Nepal 2nd Champion (2015)
 Sri Lanka 1st –

Venue

Thimpu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 25,000


Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Knockout stage
2  Bhutan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 August 2017. Source: []
(H) Host.

18 September 2017
17:00 UTC+06:00
India  v  Bhutan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Knockout stage
2    Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 August 2017. Source: []

19 September 2017
17:00 UTC+06:00
Nepal    v  Sri Lanka

23 September 2017
17:00 UTC+06:00
Nepal    v  Maldives

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 September – Changlimithang Stadium
 
 
Group A Winner
 
27 September – Changlimithang Stadium
 
Group B Runner-Up
 
SF 1 Winner
 
25 September – Changlimithang Stadium
 
SF 2 Winner
 
Group B Winner
 
 
Group A Runner-Up
 
Third Place
 
 
27 September – Changlimithang Stadium
 
 
SF 1 Loser
 
 
SF 2 Loser

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

25 September 2017
16:00 UTC+06:00
Group A Winner v Group B Runner-Up

25 September 2017
19:30 UTC+06:00
Group B Winner v Group A Runner-Up

Third Place

27 September 2017
16:00 UTC+06:00
SF 1 Loser v SF 2 Loser

Final

27 September 2017
19:30 UTC+06:00
SF 1 Winner v SF 2 Winner

References

  1. 1 2 "SAFF U18 Draw held". Daily Sun. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "SAFF U18 Championship Match Fixtures Revealed". Goal Nepal. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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