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The 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 7th edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams from South Asia region, organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was played in Yupia, India from 9–18 May 2025.[1]
On 18 May 2025, India won their fourth title by beating Bangladesh 4–3 on penalty in the final after a 1–1 draw at the end of the regular time.[2]
Venue
All matches were played at Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, India.[3]
| Yupia | Template:Location map |
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| Golden Jubilee Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 |
Participants teams
The following six national teams participated in the tournament.[4]
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship |
Previous best performance |
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| Template:Nobr | 7th | Template:Sort |
| Template:Fbu | 6th | Template:Sort |
| Template:Fbu (Host) | 7th | Template:Sort |
| Template:Fbu | 7th | Template:Sort |
| Template:Fbu | 7th | Template:Sort |
| Template:Fbu | 4th | Group stage (2019, 2022) |
Players eligibility
Each team had to register a squad of minimum 16 and maximum 23 players. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament (as per FIFA eligibility rules of underage competitions[5]).
- Squads
| Template:Flagicon Bangladesh[6] | Template:Flagicon Bhutan[7] | Template:Flagicon India[8] | Template:Flagicon Maldives[7] | Template:Flagicon Nepal[9] | Template:Nobr |
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Draw
The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 11 March 2025.[1]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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| Template:Fbu (hosts) Template:Fbu |
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Draw result
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Match officials
- Referees
- Template:Flagicon SM Jashim Akhter
- Template:Flagicon Harish Kundu (†)
- Template:Flagicon Zaheer Hussain (†)
- Template:Flagicon Nabindra Maharjan (†)
- Template:Flagicon Md Jafran Athambawa (†)
- Template:Flagicon Ugyen Penjor (†)
- Assistant Referees & Fourth Official
- Template:Flagicon Shohrab Hossain
- Template:Flagicon Sourav Sarker
- Template:Flagicon Tshering Phuntsho
- Template:Flagicon Raeef Rauf
- Template:Flagicon Prakash Bhujel
- Template:Flagicon L. Dhanushka Sampath
(†): Also performed as assistant referee in some matches. Template:Colend
Group stage
- Times listed are UTC+05:30 Indian Standard Time (IST).
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| 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.
- 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 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
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Group B
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Knockout stage
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Semi-finals
Final
Winners
Statistics
Goalscorers
Hat-tricks
| No. | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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| 1. | Template:Sortname | Template:Nobr | Template:Nobr | 8–0 | Template:Dts | [10] |
- Note: Bold indicates the winning team.
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[2]
| Fair Play Award | Best goalkeeper | Top scorer(s) | Most valuable player | ||||
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| Template:Fbu | Template:Flagicon Suraj Singh Aheibam | Template:Flagicon Danny Meitei | Template:Flagicon Mohammed Arbas |
Broadcasting
| Territory | Broadcaster(s) | Reference |
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| No restricted territory | Sportzworkz (YouTube channel) |
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hosts India drawn with Nepal, Sri Lanka in SAFF U19 Championship 2025. All India Football Federation(11 March 2025). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 India crowned SAFF U19 champions. All India Football Federation(18 May 2025). Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ↑ SAFF U-19 Championship heads to Arunachal Pradesh in historic first. India Today(7 February 2025). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ↑ Bibiano Fernandes names 35 probables for SAFF U19 Championship. All India Football Federation(19 April 2025). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ↑ Regulations for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 (Article 24: Eligibility). The Hub (FIFA). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ Bangladesh announce U-19 squad for upcoming SAFF. Daily Sun (Bangladesh)(6 May 2025). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 SAFF U19 Championship 2025, match report: Maldives vs Bhutan. South Asian Football Federation(13 May 2025). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Bibiano Fernandes' 25-member squad arrives in Arunachal Pradesh for SAFF U19 Championship. All India Football Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ↑ Final squad for SAFF U-19 Championship announced.. All Nepal Football Association(27 April 2025). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ India put eight past Sri Lanka in perfect start to SAFF U19 campaign. All India Football Federation(9 May 2025). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
External links
- Official website
- 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship at GSA
- 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship at Soccerway