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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = SAFF U-17 Championship
| year = 2022
| image =
| size =
| other_titles =
| country = Sri Lanka<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=Sri Lanka to host SAFF U17 Championship |url=https://www.thepapare.com/sri-lanka-host-saff-u17-championship-2022-bangladesh-maldives-india-nepal/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=ThePapare.com |language=en-US |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903072454/https://www.thepapare.com/sri-lanka-host-saff-u17-championship-2022-bangladesh-maldives-india-nepal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| dates = 5–14 September
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| city = [[Colombo]]
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|IND}}
| count = 4
| second_other = {{fbu|17|NEP}}
| third_other =
| fourth_other =
| fair_play =
| matches = 7
| goals = 29
| attendance =
| top_scorer ={{fbaicon|IND}} [[Thanglalsoun Gangte]] {{fbaicon|BAN}} [[Mirajul Islam]] {{fbaicon|NEP}} Unesh Budhathoki (4 goals each)
| prevseason = [[2019 SAFF U-15 Championship|2019]]
| nextseason = [[2023 SAFF U-16 Championship|2023]]
|updated =
}}

The '''2022 SAFF U-17 Championship''' was the seventh edition of the [[SAFF U-17 Championship]], an international [[association football|football]] competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by [[South Asian Football Federation]] (SAFF). The tournament took place in Sri Lanka from September 5 to 14, 2022. Six teams from the region took part.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2021-saff-calendar/15scy2mqzigv31mx6qhmxsxf3t|title=All you need to know about the 2021 SAFF calendar|publisher=Goal.com|date=17 April 2021|access-date=17 April 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417134040/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2021-saff-calendar/15scy2mqzigv31mx6qhmxsxf3t|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[India national under-17 football team|India]] is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating [[Nepal national under-17 football team|Nepal]] 7−0 on 31 August 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=With 28 goals in 5 games, India lift SAFF U-15 Title |url=https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9890 |website=saffederation.org |publisher=AIFF |accessdate=17 April 2021 |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914165945/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/with-28-goals-in-5-games-india-lift-saff-u-15-title |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Participating teams==
FIFA suspended [[Pakistan Football Federation]] on 7 April 2021,<ref>{{cite news|title=FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-suspends-chad-and-pakistan-football-associations|access-date=17 April 2021|archive-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407143916/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-suspends-chad-and-pakistan-football-associations|url-status=live}}</ref> but eventually withdrew the ban, yet they could not participate in the competition as it was too late for them to be ready.<ref>{{cite news|title=
Draw ceremony for SAFF Women’s Championship and SAFF U17 Championship held|url=
https://saffederation.org/news/read/50|access-date=
28 August 2022|archive-date=
28 August 2022|archive-url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20220828110553/https://saffederation.org/news/read/50|url-status=
live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:16.67%;"|Team
! style="width:16.67%;"|Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship
! width=39%|Previous best performance
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|17|BAN}}
| align=center| 7th
| align=center| '''Champions''' ([[2015 SAFF U-16 Championship|2015]], [[2018 SAFF U-15 Championship|2018]])
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|17|BHU}}
| align=center| 5th
| align=center| Fourth Place
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|17|IND}}
| align=center| 7th
| align=center| '''Champions''' ([[2013 SAFF U-16 Championship|2013]], [[2017 SAFF U-15 Championship|2017]], [[2019 SAFF U-15 Championship|2019]])
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|17|MDV}}
| align=center| 5th
| align=center| Group Stage
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|17|NEP}}
| align=center| 7th
| align=center| Runners-up ([[2013 SAFF U-16 Championship|2013]], [[2017 SAFF U-15 Championship|2017]], [[2019 SAFF U-15 Championship|2019]])
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|17|SRI}} (Host)
| align=center| 6th
| align=center| Group Stage
|}

==Venue==
All matches are being held at the [[Colombo Racecourse|Racecourse Ground]] in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0.2em auto;"
|-
! [[Colombo]]
|rowspan="4"| {{location map|Sri Lanka|float=right|width=200px|caption=|lat=6.934444|long=79.842778|label='''[[Colombo]]'''|position=top
}}
|-
|[[Colombo Racecourse|Racecourse Ground]]
|-
| Capacity: '''10,000'''
|-
| [[File: Colombo Racecourse grandstand - 03.jpg|200px]]
|}

==Officials==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
'''Referees'''
*{{flagicon|MDV}} Abdulla Shathir
*{{flagicon|SRI}} Athambawa Mohammed Jafran
*{{flagicon|BHU}} Pema Tshewang
*{{flagicon|NEP}} Kabin Byanjankar
{{Col-2}}
'''Assistant Referees'''
*{{flagicon|BAN}} Sujoy Barua
*{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Alamgir Sarker
*{{flagicon|SRI}} Liyanagunawardhana Dhanushka Sampath
*{{flagicon|MDV}} Niushad Mohamed
*{{flagicon|NEP}} Yunal Malla
*{{flagicon|BHU}} Passang Tshering
{{Col-end}}

==Draw==
''Once the hosting nation is announced, it will be put in the 1st position of pot 1 while Maldives will be moved to pot 3.''

{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|-
!width=20%|Pot 1
!width=20%|Pot 2
!width=20%|Pot 3
|-
|{{fbu|17|SRI}} (Hosts) {{fbu|17|IND}}
|{{fbu|17|NEP}} {{fbu|17|BAN}}
|{{fbu|17|BHU}} {{fbu|17|MDV}}
|-
|colspan=4|Source: SAFF
|}

==Players' eligibility==
Players born on or after 1 January 2006, are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

==Group stage==
*Times listed are [[UTC+05:30]] [[Sri Lanka Standard Time]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
|-
|bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"|
|align=left|Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
|}
;Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to [[Points (association football)|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.
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#[[Goal difference]] in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#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;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
#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);
#Drawing of lots.
----
===Group A===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football
|section=Group A
|teamwidth = 180
|update=complete
|source=[https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/saff-u-17-championship-2022/group-stage/72568/ GSA]

|team3=MDV |team2=SRI |team1=BAN


|result1=KO |result2=KO


|win_MDV=0 |draw_MDV=0 |loss_MDV=2|gf_MDV=0 |ga_MDV=6 |status_SRI=H
|win_SRI=1 |draw_SRI=0 |loss_SRI=1|gf_SRI=2 |ga_SRI=5
|win_BAN=2 |draw_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=0 |gf_BAN=10 |ga_BAN=1 |status_BAN=


|name_SRI={{fbu|17|SRI}}
|name_MDV={{fbu|17|MDV}}
|name_BAN={{fbu|17|BAN}}
|res_col_header=Status
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Qualified for [[#Knockout_stage|Knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>
----
{{football box
| date = 5 September 2022
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BAN}}
| score =5–1
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/6319742471b59.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|17|SRI}}
| goals1 =
* Rubel {{goal|7}}
* Murshed {{goal|10||75}}
* Rana {{goal|79}}
* Nazim Uddin {{goal|90+2}}
| goals2 = Yasser {{goal|77}}
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]], [[Colombo]]
| attendance = 556
| referee = Kabin Byanjankar ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 7 September 2022
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MDV}}
| score = 0–5
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/6319752a7a13f.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|17|BAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
* Faysal {{goal|5}}
* Murshed {{goal|38}}
* [[Mirajul Islam|Mirajul]] {{goal|74||77||90+7}}
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]], [[Colombo]]
| attendance = 206
| referee = Pema Tshewang ([[Bhutan Football Federation|Bhutan]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 9 September 2022
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SRI}}
| score = 1−0
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/63478c3e3864e.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|17|MDV}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]], [[Colombo]]
| attendance =
| referee =
| event =
| round =
| score1 =
| score2 =
}}
----

===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football
|section=Group B
|teamwidth = 180
|update=complete
|source=[https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/saff-u-17-championship-2022/group-stage/72568/ GSA]


|team1=NEP |team2=IND |team3=BHU


|result1=KO |result2=KO


|win_IND=1 |draw_IND=0 |loss_IND=1 |gf_IND=4 |ga_IND=3 |status_IND=
|win_NEP=2 |draw_NEP=0 |loss_NEP=0 |gf_NEP=5 |ga_NEP=2 |status_NEP=
|win_BHU=0 |draw_BHU=0 |loss_BHU=2 |gf_BHU=1 |ga_BHU=5 |status_BHU=


|name_IND={{fbu|17|IND}}
|name_NEP={{fbu|17|NEP}}
|name_BHU={{fbu|17|BHU}}
|res_col_header=Status
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Qualified for [[#Knockout_stage|Knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>
----
{{football box
| date = 5 September 2022
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BHU}}
| score = 0–3
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/631973d26302b.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|17|IND}}
| goals2 =
* [[Thanglalsoun Gangte|Gangte]] {{goal|9||15}}
* Vanlalpeka {{goal|47}}
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]], [[Colombo]]
| attendance = 302
| referee = Athambawa Mohammed Jafran ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}

----
{{football box
| date = 7 September 2022
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NEP}}
| score = 2−1
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/63197567413d8.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|17|BHU}}
| goals1 =
* Budathoki {{goal|13}}
* S. Thapa {{goal|57}}
| goals2 = J. Dorji {{goal|68}}
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]], [[Colombo]]
| attendance = 346
| referee = Abdulla Shathir ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
}}

----
{{football box
| date = 9 September 2022
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IND}}
| score = 1−3
| report = https://khelnow.com/football/saff-u-17-championship-2022-india-vs-nepal-match-report
| team2 = {{fbu|17|NEP}}
| goals1 =
*Danny {{goal|25}}
| goals2 =
*Saroj {{goal}}
*Budathoki {{goal|49}}
*Subash {{goal|68}}
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]], [[Colombo]]
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
----

==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|style=white-space:nowrap
|3rdplace=no|bold_winner=high
|widescore=yes
|RD1=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Final|Final]]

|12 September – [[Colombo]] |{{fbu|17|BAN}}|1|{{fbu|17|IND}}|2
|12 September – [[Colombo]] |{{fbu|17|NEP}}|6|{{fbu|17|SRI}}|0
|14 September – [[Colombo]] |{{fbu|17|IND}}|4|{{fbu|17|NEP}}|0
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2022|9|12|df=y}}
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BAN}}
|score1 = 1
|team2 = {{fbu|17|IND}}
|score2 = 2
|goals1 = [[Mirajul Islam|Mirajul]] {{goal|61|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Thanglalsoun Gangte|Gangte]] {{goal|50||58}}
|stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]]
|location = [[Colombo]]
|attendance =
|referee = Kabin Byanjankar ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
|report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/63478e2de9e49.pdf
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|2022|9|12|df=y}}
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NEP}}
| score1 = 6
| team2 = {{fbu|17|SRI}}
| score2 = 0
|goals1 =
*Laksham {{goal|22}}
*Budhathoki {{goal|23||51}}
*Subash {{goal|30}}
*Karki {{goal|38}}
*Rai {{goal|90}}
| stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]]
| location = [[Colombo]]
| attendance =
| referee =
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/63478e69f409e.pdf
| event =
| round =
}}
----

===Final===
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2022|9|14|df=y}}
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IND}}
|score1 = 4
|team2 = {{fbu|17|NEP}}
|score2 = 0
|goals1 =
*Bobby {{goal|18}}
*[[Korou Singh Thingujam|Korou]] {{goal|30}}
*Guite {{goal|63}}
*Aman {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Colombo Racecourse]]
|location = [[Colombo]]
|attendance =
|referee = Alamgir Sarker ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
|report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/63478f21de5b9.pdf
}}

==Winner==
{{winners|fbu|17|7th SAFF U-17 Championship 2022|India|Fourth}}

==Goalscorers==
{{goalscorers
|updated=14 September 2022|goals=35|matches=9|source=SAFF|ongoing=no
|4 goals=
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Unesh Budhathoki
*{{fbaicon|IND}} [[Thanglalsoun Gangte]]
*{{fbaicon|BAN}} [[Mirajul Islam]]
|3 goals=
*{{fbaicon|BAN}} Mohammed Mursed Ali
|2 goals=
*{{fbaicon|IND}} Vanlalpeka Guite
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Subash Bam
|1 goal=
*{{fbaicon|BAN}} Mohammed Rubel Shaikh
*{{fbaicon|BAN}} Sirajul Islam Rana
*{{fbaicon|BAN}} Mohammed Nazim Uddin
*{{fbaicon|BAN}} Nazmul Huda Faysal
*{{fbaicon|BHU}} Jetsune Dorji
*{{fbaicon|IND}} Danny Meitei
*{{fbaicon|IND}} Bobby
*{{fbaicon|IND}} [[Korou Singh Thingujam|Korou]]
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Harish Raj Bhatta
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Niraj Karki
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Sijal Rai
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Prashant Laksham
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Semanta Thapa
*{{fbaicon|NEP}} Saroj Darlami
*{{fbaicon|SRI}} M. M. Yasser Sharfaraz
*{{fbaicon|SRI}} Mohamed Aiham Ibrahim
}}

==See also==
* [[2022 SAFF Women's Championship]]
* [[2022 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship]]
* [[2022 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship]]
* [[2022 SAFF U-20 Championship]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{SAFF U-17 Championship}}
{{SAFF Football}}
[[Category:SAFF U-17 Championship]]
[[Category:September 2022 sports events in Asia|SAFF]]
[[Category:2022 in Sri Lankan sport|SAFF]]

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