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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = SAFF U-20 Championship
| year = 2022
| image =
| size =
| other_titles =
| country = [[India]]
| dates = 25 July – 5 August
| num_teams = 5
| sub-confederations = 1
| venues = [[Kalinga Stadium]], [[Bhubaneswar]]
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fbu|20|IND}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fbu|20|BAN}}
| third_other =
| fair_play =
| matches = 11
| goals = 40
| attendance = 13180
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurkirat Singh]] (8 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurkirat Singh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/nxgn-india-who-is-gurkirat-singh-the-golden-boot-and-mvp/blt5922c381d7fcd425|title=NXGN India: Who is Gurkirat Singh? The starlet that won the golden boot and MVP award in SAFF U-20 Championship|website=www.goal.com|access-date=9 August 2022|date=7 August 2022|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|first=Soham|last=Mukherjee|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809070132/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/nxgn-india-who-is-gurkirat-singh-the-golden-boot-and-mvp/blt5922c381d7fcd425}}</ref>
| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Som Kumar]]
| prevseason = [[2019 SAFF U-18 Championship|2019]]
| nextseason =[[2023 SAFF U-20 Championship|2023]]
| updated =
}}

The '''2022 SAFF U-20 Championship''' was the 4th edition of the [[SAFF U-20 Championship]], an international [[association football|football]] competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by [[South Asian Football Federation]] (SAFF). India was the hosts of the tournament, held between 25 July and 5 August 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/india-set-to-host-saff-u-18-womens-saff-u-19-championships-in-2022|title=India set to host SAFF U-18 Women's, SAFF U-19 Championships in 2022|publisher=AIFF|date=15 December 2021}}</ref>

[[India national under-20 football team|
India]] clinched the title defeating [[Bangladesh national under-20 football team|Bangladesh]] by 5–2 in the final on 5 August 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/india-beats-bangladesh-5-1-to-lift-saff-u20-championship-title-gurkirat-singh-football/article65732385.ece|title=India beats Bangladesh to clinch U20 SAFF Championship|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|publisher=[[Sportstar]]|date=5 August 2022|access-date=5 August 2022|first=21:34 IST|last=TEAM SPORTSTAR|location=Bhubaneswar, Odisha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805163036/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/india-beats-bangladesh-5-1-to-lift-saff-u20-championship-title-gurkirat-singh-football/article65732385.ece|archive-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

==Venue==
All matches were played at [[Kalinga Stadium]] in [[Bhubaneswar]], India.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0.2em auto;"
|-
! [[Bhubaneswar]]
|rowspan="4"| {{location map|India|float=right|width=200|caption=|lat=20.27|long=85.84|label='''[[Bhubaneswar]]'''|position=top
}}
|-
|[[Kalinga Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''16,000'''
|-
|}

== Participating teams ==
FIFA suspended [[Pakistan Football Federation]] on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.<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}}</ref> Bhutan abstained from participation due to government restrictions.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:16.67%;"|Team
! style="width:16.67%;"|Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship
!width=39%|Previous best performance
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|20|NEP}}
|align=center| 4th
|align=center| '''Champions''' ([[2015 SAFF U-19 Championship|2015]], [[2017 SAFF U-18 Championship|2017]])
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|20|IND}}
|align=center| 4th
|align=center| '''Champions''' ([[2019 SAFF U-18 Championship|2019]])
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|20|BAN}}
|align=center| 4th
|align=center| Runners-up ([[2017 SAFF U-18 Championship|2017]], [[2019 SAFF U-18 Championship|2019]])
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|20|MDV}}
|align=center| 4th
|align=center| Group Stage
|-
| align="left"| {{fbu|20|SRI}}
|align=center| 2nd
|align=center| Group Stage
|}

==Players eligibility==
Players born on or after 1 January 2003 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.

==Officials==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
'''Referees'''
*{{flagicon|BAN}} Mohammed Nassir Uddin ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
*{{flagicon|BAN}} S. M. Junayed Sharif ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
*{{flagicon|IND}} Mrutyunjay Lingaraj Amatya ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
*{{flagicon|MDV}} Sinan Hussain ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
*{{flagicon|MDV}} Afsah Ahmed ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
*{{flagicon|NEP}} Prajwol Chhetri ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
*{{flagicon|NEP}} Kanaya K. Yadav ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
*{{flagicon|SRI}} W. Lakmal Weerakody ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
{{Col-2}}
'''Assistant Referees'''
*{{flagicon|IND}} Suman Majumdar ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
*{{flagicon|SRI}} D. D. I. Sendanayaka ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
{{Col-end}}

==Round robin stage==
*Times listed are [[UTC+05:30]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
|-
|bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"|
|align=left|Table top two teams will advance to the final
|}

<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group A
|teamwidth = 180
|update= complete
|source=[https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/saff-u-20-championship-2022-bangladesh/group-stage/69173/ GSA]

|team1=A1 |team2=A2 |team3=A4 |team4=A3 |team5=A5


|result1=KO |result2=KO


|win_A1=3 |draw_A1=1 |loss_A1=0 |gf_A1=8 |ga_A1=3
|win_A2=3 |draw_A2=0 |loss_A2=1 |gf_A2=14 |ga_A2=2 |status_A2=H C
|win_A3=0 |draw_A3=1 |loss_A3=3 |gf_A3=2 |ga_A3=10
|win_A4=2 |draw_A4=1 |loss_A4=1 |gf_A4=8 |ga_A4=9
|win_A5=0 |draw_A5=1 |loss_A5=3 |gf_A5=1 |ga_A5=9


|name_A1={{fbu|20|BAN}}
|name_A2={{fbu|20|IND}}
|name_A3={{fbu|20|MDV}}
|name_A4={{fbu|20|NEP}}
|name_A5={{fbu|20|SRI}}

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
|res_col_header=Status
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Qualified for [[#Final|Final]]
}}</onlyinclude>

----
{{football box
| date = 31 July 2022
| time = 18:30
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NEP}}
| score = 4–0
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62de99422d441.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|MDV}}
| goals1 =
*[[Dipesh Gurung|Gurung]] {{goal|41}}
*[[Sugam Suwal|Suwal]] {{goal|57}}
*[[Kritish Ratna Chhunju|Chhunju]] {{goal|61|pen.}}
*[[Managya Nakarmi|Nakarmi]] {{goal|90+4}}
| goals2 =
| attendance = 100
| referee = Mrutyunjay Lingaraj Amatya ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
}}
{{football box
| date = 25 July 2022
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SRI}}
| score = 0–1
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62decfeb84cce.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|BAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = [[Mirajul Islam|Mirajul]] {{goal|71}}
| attendance = 100
| referee = Prajwol Chhetri ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 27 July 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|BAN}}
| score = 2–1
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e143eed0a30.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|IND}}
| goals1 = [[Piash Ahmed Nova|Nova]] {{goal|27||90|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Gurkirat Singh|Gurkirat]] {{goal|15}}
| attendance = 500
| referee = Sinan Hussain ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
}}
{{football box
| date = 27 July 2022
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SRI}}
| score = 0–3
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e21853ec38d.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|NEP}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
*[[Ayush Ghalan|Ghalan]] {{goal|58}}
*[[Kritish Ratna Chhunju|Chhunju]] {{goal|65}}
*[[Managya Nakarmi|Nakarmi]] {{goal|84}}
| attendance = 200
| referee = Mohammed Nassir Uddin ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 29 July 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IND}}
| score = 4–0
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e3e8a400544.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|SRI}}
| goals1 =
*[[Himanshu Jangra|Jangra]] {{goal|50}}
*[[Parthib Sundar Gogoi|Gogoi]] {{goal|69||90+3}}
*[[Gurkirat Singh|Gurkirat]] {{goal|74|pen.}}
| goals2 =
| attendance = 500
| referee = Mohammed Nassir Uddin ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
{{football box
| date = 29 July 2022
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|MDV}}
| score = 1–4
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e40826ce95b.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|BAN}}
|goals1 = [[Zain Zafar|Zafar]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2 =
*[[Mirajul Islam|Mirajul]] {{goal|1||41||67}}
*[[Rafiqul Islam (footballer)|Rafiq]] {{goal|89}}
| attendance = 200
| referee = W. Lakmal Weerakkody ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 31 July 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|MDV}}
| score = 1–1
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e6c57922fab.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|SRI}}
| goals1 = *[[Aiham Hamdoon|Aiham]] {{goal|74}}
| goals2 = *[[J. G. Theshan Thushmika|Thushmika]] {{goal|90+5}}
| attendance = 99
| referee = Mrutyunjay Lingaraj Amatya ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
}}
{{football box
| date = 31 July 2022
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NEP}}
| score = 0–8
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e6c4e3c8790.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|IND}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
*[[Taison Singh Loitongbam|Loitongbam]] {{goal|32||66}}
*[[Parthib Sundar Gogoi|Gogoi]] {{goal|50||52}}
*[[Himanshu Jangra|Jangra]] {{goal|70}}
*[[Tankadhar Bag|Bag]] {{goal|78}}
*[[Gurkirat Singh|Gurkirat]] {{goal|89}}
*[[Shubho Paul|Paul]] {{goal|90+3}}
| attendance = 500
| referee = W. Lakmal Weerakkody ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 2 August 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|BAN}}
| score = 1–1
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62e93911e1e23.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|NEP}}
| goals1 =
*[[Piash Ahmed Nova|Nova]] {{goal|63}}
*[[Shahidul Islam (Bangladeshi footballer)|Shahidul]] {{sent off|2|38|52}}
| goals2 =
*[[Niranjan Malla|Malla]] {{goal|69}}
*[[Dipesh Gurung|Gurung]] {{sent off|0|52}}
*[[Rohit Subba|Subba]] {{sent off|0|52}}
| attendance = 250
| referee = Sinan Hussain ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
}}
{{football box
| date = 2 August 2022
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IND}}
| score = 1–0
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62ef7b9c136c4.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|MDV}}
| goals1 = [[Gurkirat Singh|Gurkirat]] {{goal|89}}
| goals2 =
| attendance = 550
| referee = Prajwol Chhetri ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
}}

==Final==
{{football box
| date = 5 August 2022
| time = 19:00 [[Indian standard time|IST]]
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|BAN}}
| report = https://saffederation.org/uploads/62f4973555a0d.pdf
| team2 = {{fbu|20|IND}}
| goals1 =
*[[Rajon Howleder]] {{goal|45}}
*[[Shahin Mia]] {{goal|62}}
| aet = yes
| goals2 =
*[[Gurkirat Singh]] {{goal|2||60||96||102}}
*[[Himanshu Jangra]] {{goal|95}}
| attendance = 7642
| referee = Sinan Hussain ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
| score1 = 2
| score2 = 5
| stadium = [[Kalinga Stadium]]
}}

{| style="width:92%"
|-
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la =
| pattern_b = _Banglades16h
| pattern_ra =
| pattern_sh =
| pattern_so =
| leftarm = ed1c24
| body = FF0000
| rightarm = ed1c24
| shorts = FF0000
| socks = FF0000
| title = Bangladesh U-20
}}
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la =
| pattern_b = _india21a
| pattern_ra =
| pattern_sh =
| pattern_so = _orangetop
| leftarm = FFFFFF
| body = FFFFFF
| rightarm = FFFFFF
| shorts = FFFFFF
| socks = FFFFFF
| title = India U-20
}}
|}

{| style="width:100%"
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;width:40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Asif Bhuiyan]] ([[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]])
|-
|LB ||'''2''' ||[[Shahin Mia]] || {{goal|2}} || {{yel|63}} ||
|-
|RB ||'''3'''||[[Azizul Hoque Ananto]]
|-
|CB ||'''5'''||[[Mohammed Imran Khan]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Tanvir Hossain (footballer, born 2003)|Tanvir Hossain]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LW ||'''7'''||[[Rafiqul Islam (footballer)|Rafiqul Islam]]
|-
|RW ||'''9''' ||[[Piash Ahmed Nova]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Moinul Islam Moin]] || || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Mohammed Nahiyan]]
|-
|MF ||'''14'''||[[Akkas Ali (footballer, born 2004)|Akkas Ali]] || || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''16''' ||[[Rajon Howleder]] || {{goal|45}} || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''19''' ||[[Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum]] || || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||[[Mirajul Islam]] || || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''15''' ||[[Mojibur Rahman Jony]] || || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Smalley]]
|}
|style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%;margin:auto"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||[[Som Kumar]] ([[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]])
|-
|LB ||'''2'''||[[Amandeep Singh (footballer, born 2004)|Amandeep Singh]] || || {{yel|56}} ||
|-
|CB ||'''3'''||[[Halen Nongtudu]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Bikash Yumnam]] || || {{yel|94}} ||
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Sibajit Singh Leimapokpam]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''7''' ||[[Vibin Mohanan]]
|-
|LB ||'''9''' ||[[Gurkirat Singh]] || {{goal|2||60||93||99}} || || {{yel|93}} ||
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Himanshu Jangra]] || {{goal|92|a.e.t}}
|-
|DM ||'''12'''||[[Maheson Singh Tongbram]] || || || {{suboff|57}}
|-
|CB ||'''17''' ||[[Brijesh Giri]]
|-
|CF ||'''20'''||[[Taison Singh Loitongbam]] || || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''18''' ||[[Tankadhar Bag]] || || || {{subon|57}}
|-
|MF ||'''11''' ||[[Hitesh Sharma (footballer)|Hitesh Sharma]] || || || {{subon|73}}
|-
|FW ||'''19''' ||[[Harsh Patre]] || || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shanmugam Venkatesh]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|-
|style="width:50%;vertical-align:top"|

'''Assistant referees:'''
 Ahmed Afsah ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
 D.D.I Sendanayaka ([[Football Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
 '''Fourth official:'''
 W.L Weerakkody ([[Football Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])
<includeonly>|}</includeonly><section end=Lineups />

|style="width:50%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules:'''
* 90 minutes
* Extra time if scores remain level after 90 minutes
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
* 11 [[Substitute (football)|substitutes]] named
|}

==Goalscorers==
{{goalscorers
|matches=11|goals=40
|8 goals=
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurkirat Singh]]

|4 goals=
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Mirajul Islam]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Parthib Sundar Gogoi]]

|3 goals=
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Piash Ahmed Nova]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Himanshu Jangra]]

|2 goals=
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Taison Singh Loitongbam]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Kritish Ratna Chhunju]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Managya Nakarmi]]

|1 goal=
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Rajon Hawlader]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Shahin Mia]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Rafiqul Islam (footballer)|Rafiqul Islam]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tankadhar Bag]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubho Paul]]
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Aiham Hamdoon]]
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Zain Zafar]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Ayush Ghalan]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Dipesh Gurung]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Niranjan Malla]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Sugam Suwal]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Theshan Thushmika]]
}}

== See also ==
* [[2022 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship]]
* [[2022 SAFF U-17 Championship]]
* [[2022 SAFF Women's Championship]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{SAFF U-18 Championship}}
{{SAFF Football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:SAFF U-18 Championship}}
[[Category:SAFF U-18 Championship|2021]]
[[Category:2022 in Asian football]]
[[Category:2020–21 in Nepalese football]]
[[Category:2020–21 in Indian football]]
[[Category:2021 in Bhutanese football]]
[[Category:2021 in Bangladeshi football]]
[[Category:2021 in Maldivian football]]
[[Category:2020–21 in Sri Lankan football]]
[[Category:2021 in youth association football]]
[[Category:July 2022 sports events in India|SAFF]]
[[Category:August 2022 sports events in India|SAFF]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Odisha]]

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