The 2022 SAFF U-17 Championship was the seventh edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international 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.
India is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Nepal 7−0 on 31 August 2019.
Participating teams FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, but eventually withdrew the ban, yet they could not participate in the competition as it was too late for them to be ready.
TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-17 ChampionshipPrevious best performance 7th Champions (2015, 2018) 5th Fourth Place 7th Champions (2013, 2017, 2019) 5th Group Stage 7th Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019) (Host) 6th Group Stage
Venue All matches are being held at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo Racecourse Ground Capacity: 10,000
Officials
Referees Abdulla Shathir Athambawa Mohammed Jafran Pema Tshewang Kabin Byanjankar
Assistant Referees Sujoy Barua Md Alamgir Sarker Liyanagunawardhana Dhanushka Sampath Niushad Mohamed Yunal Malla Passang Tshering
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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (Hosts)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. 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.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Winner
Goalscorers
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
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