2024 SAFF Women's Championship

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The 2024 SAFF Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was played 17–30 October 2024 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Bangladesh was the defending champion. In the final, Bangladesh played against Nepal on 30 October 2024 at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu. Bangladesh won the final match 2–1, claiming their second SAFF title.

Participating teams The following seven teams were participated in the tournament. Country Appearance Previous best performanceFIFA rankingAugust 2024 7th Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) 68 (Host)7th Runners-up (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) 99 7th Champions (2022) 139 7th Semi-finals (2012, 2014, 2019) 157 5th Semi-finals (2010) 158 7th Semi-finals (2016) 161 7th Semi-finals (2022) 175

Venue All matches were played at this ground.

KathmanduDasharath RangasalaCapacity: 20,000

Squads

Draw The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams.

Pots Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (hosts)

Result +Group ATeamA1A2A3+Group BTeamB1B2B3B4

Match officials The following officials were chosen for the competition by BFF tournament committee. Referees

Jaya Chakma Choki Om Kanika Barman Anjana Rai Y. A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa

Assistant referees

Salma Akter Mone Tshering Choden Ujjal Halder Merina Dhimal H. M. Malika Madhushani

Group stage

All matches were played at Nepal. Times listed are UTC+05:45. Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Winner

Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Top scorers (top scorer), Most Valuable Player (best overall player) and Best Goalkeeper (goalkeeper with the most clean sheets) awards were given.

Most Valuable PlayerTop scorer(s)Best GoalkeeperFair Play Award Ritu Porna Chakma Deki Lhazom(8 goals) Rupna Chakma

Statistics Goalscorers

Hat-tricks † Bold Club indicates winner of the match. Player ForAgainst Result Date Ref Preeti Rai3 11–0 Rekha Poudel5 11–0 Deki Lhazom5 13–0 7–1

Broadcasting rights Country Broadcaster Ref. FanCodefancode.com Kantipur Max HD, Kantipur Max HD (YouTube)Kantipur Max HD on YouTube

See also 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship

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