The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship is an annual association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15/16/17. The tournament is organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).
History The tournament began in 2017 and is hosted every other year. For 2021, the decision was made to make the tournament a U-16 tournament versus the previous three iterations which had been U-15. However, the tournament was ultimately postponed. Later, Bangladesh was declared to be the host of the 4th edition, which is going to take place in U-15 format on late 2022.
Results YearHostFinalThird place playoffChampionScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place12017U-151–0RR4220181–02–26320190–0RR442022RR352023U-17RRRR562024U-161–1RR472025U-17RRRR482026
Participating nations Legend
– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place GS – Group stage q – Qualified for upcoming tournament — Hosts × – Did not enter • – Did not qualify × – Withdrew before qualification — Withdrew after qualification — Disqualified after qualification
Team 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total1st2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd7GS3rd4th3rd 5th4th4th 72nd1st1st ×3rd2nd1st 6 x x x x x x × 04th4th3rd1st4th3rd3rd 7 x GS x x x x × 1 x GS x x x x × 1Guest team x x x x1st x × 1
Performance by nation Bold: Indicates host. NationChampions3 (2018, 2019, 2025) 2 (2017, 2024)1 (2023) 2 (2017, 2024)5 (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025) 1 (2022) 3 (2019, 2024, 2025)3 (2017, 2018, 2023)1 (2023) 3 (2017, 2018, 2022)3 (2019, 2024, 2025)
Awards YearMost Valuable PlayerTop scorer(s)Best GoalkeeperFair play awardPlayer(s)Goals 2017 Akhi Khatun Priyangka Devi Naorem4Not awarded 2018 Priyangka Devi Naorem Shilky Devi Hemam Shamsunnahar Jr. Tohura Khatun Chandra Bandari4 2019 Rupna Chakma Lynda Kom4 2022 Sauravi Akanda Prity Sauravi Akanda Prity9 Sujata Tamang 2023 Elena Golik Shilji Shaji8 Sujata Tamang 2024 Sauravi Akanda Prity Sauravi Akanda Prity Anushka Kumari5 Yearzan Begum 2025 Abhista Basnett Anushka Kumari8 Meghla Rani Roy
Winning coaches YearTeamCoach2017 Golam Robbani Choton2018 Biby Thomas Muttath2019 Biby Thomas Muttath2022 Bhagwati Rana Magar2023 Elena Medved2024 Saiful Bari Titu2025 Joakim Alexandersson
See also SAFF Championship SAFF U-20 Championship SAFF U-17 Championship SAFF Women's Championship SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
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