The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was held from 11 to 22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0 goals in the final of the tournament.
Host selection On 14 October 2021, SAFF members board meeting took place in Malé, Maldives, where Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.
Venue All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. DhakaBSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Capacity: 25,000
Participating nations FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition. Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.
TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-19 Women's ChampionshipPrevious best performance (Host) 2nd Champions (2018) 2nd Fourth-place (2018) 2nd Third-place (2018) 2nd Runners-up (2018) 1st –
Players eligibility Players born on or after 1 January 2002 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.
Match officials Referees
Tshering Yangkhey Jaya Chakma Ruba Devi Gurusamy Anjana Rai Pabasara Y. Minisarani
Assistant referees
Salma Akter Mone Reshmi Thapa Chhetri Bina Nawachhe Shrestha Meera Tamang Malika Madhushani
Group stage Key to colours in group tablesGroup 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.
Standings
Matches
Final
Winners
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top GoalscorerMost Valuable Player Fair Play award Shaheda Akter Ripa Shaheda Akter Ripa
Statistics Goalscorers
References
External links Official website