2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

The 2023 UEFA Assist U-17 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF in collaboration with UEFA. The tournament was played in Bangladesh from 20 to 28 March 2023. Five teams from the region took part.[1][2]

2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
UEFA Assist SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
CityDhaka
Dates20–28 March
Teams5 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Third place India
Fourth place   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored49 (4.9 per match)
Attendance5,783 (578 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Shilji Shaji
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Russia Elena Golik
Best goalkeeperNepal Sujata Tamang
Fair play award India

Nepal was the defending champion having won the previous 2022 edition title for the finished top of the league table.[3]

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

Participating nations

Russia is set to feature in the tournament for the first time as a guest nation, following suspension by FIFA and UEFA for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5]

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship		 Previous best performance
 Bangladesh (Host) 3rd Champions (2017)
 Bhutan 3rd 3rd (2018)
 India 3rd Champions (2018, 2019)
   Nepal 3rd Champions (2022)
 Russia (invitee) 1st debut

Venue

All matches will be held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Tournament format

Single round-robin, each team will play each other. The team with the most points becomes champion.

Key to colours in league table define Champion
Champion
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).

League table

Standing
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Russia 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16 12 Champion
2  Bangladesh (H) 4 2 1 1 10 5 +5 7
3  India 4 2 0 2 13 4 +9 6
4    Nepal 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
5  Bhutan 4 0 0 4 2 31 −29 0
Source: SAFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times at local (UTC+6)

Nepal   1–4 India
Barsha Oli 54' Report (SAFF)
Report (AIFF)
  • Shilji 10', 40', 81'
  • Pooja 41'
Attendance: 203
Referee: Yangkhey Tshering (Bhutan)
Bhutan 1–8 Bangladesh
Preya Ghalley 64' Report (SAFF)
Report (UNB)
  • Sree Moti Trisna Rani 16', 28'
  • Mst Sultana Akter 35'
  • Sauravi Akanda Prity 42'
  • Thuinuye Marma 60', 77'
  • Munne 61'
  • Mst Sagorika 85'
Attendance: 314
Referee: Kanika Barman (India)
Bangladesh 0–3 Russia
Report (SAFF)
Report (UNB)
  • Elena Golik 5', 45'
  • Anastasia Karataeva 62'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Bhutan 0–5   Nepal
Report (SAFF)
Report (Goalnepal)
  • Barsha Oli 16', 50'
  • Dipa Rokaya 30'
  • Senu Pariyar 34', 58'
Attendance: 332
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
Russia 9–1 Bhutan
  • Anastasiia Chernousova 11', 46', 48'
  • Elena Golik 14'
  • Anastasia Karataeva 37'
  • Eseniia Kadyntseva 45+4', 59'
  • Sofia Golovina 49'
  • Polina Bogdanova 66'
 Report (SAFF)
Report (TBS)		 Kira Naumova 49' (o.g.)
Attendance: 312
Referee: Kanika Barman (India)
India 0–1 Bangladesh
Report (SAFF)
Report (Daily Sun)		 Akhila Rajan 74' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,324
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
India 9–0 Bhutan
  • Menaka Lourembam 3'
  • Shilji 12', 62', 69', 76', 79'
  • Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam 42', 61'
  • Thoibisana Chanu Toijam 56'
 Report (SAFF)
Report (AIFF)
Attendance: 452
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Nepal   0–3 Russia
Report (SAFF)
Report (Himal Sanchar)
  • Elena Golik 63', 75'
  • Polina Filshina 83'
Attendance: 326
Referee: Meera Tamang (Nepal)
Bangladesh 1–1   Nepal
Senu Pariyar 8' Report (SAFF)
Report (TBS)		 Mst Sagorika 75'
Attendance: 607
Referee: Kanika Barman (India)
Russia 2–0 India
  • Vasilisa Avdienko 10'
  • Daria Kotlova 13'
 Report (SAFF)
Report (AIFF)
Attendance: 713
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)

Awards
 2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Champions 

Russia
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.9 goals per match. Source: SAFF

See also

References
  1. "SAFF to announced 2023 tournament calendar". South Asian Football Federation. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. "SAFF to revise fixtures after FIFA bans India". Daily New Age. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. "Nepal Crowned U-15 Women's SAFF Champions". www.goalnepal.com. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. @wfootball_bd (8 February 2023). "Russia to play in the UEFA sponsored SAFF U17 Women's Championship in March" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "সাফে খেলবে রাশিয়া!" (in Bengali). Bangla Tribune. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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