2018 SAFF U-15 Championship


The 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from October 25 to November 3, 2018 at ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal. Six out of seven teams from the region took part, as Sri Lanka later withdrew their team, and the teams were divided into two groups. On 3 November 2018, Bangladesh beat Pakistan to claim their second SAFF title.

Host selection

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 13 September 2018 at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation.
BFF general secretary Abu Naeem Shohag, chairman of the BFF Media Committee Amirul Islam Babu and Mindu Dorji, the deputy general secretary of Bhutan Football Federation was also present on the occasion.
Initially all of seven countries team participated for the draw, two groups A and B were made, A consisted of Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan and group B consisted of India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka
But later Sri Lanka had its team withdrawn from the tournament and the groups are redefined.
Group AGroup B







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Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Venues


Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 4,000

Match officials

Referees
Assistant Referees

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Group B


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Bracket

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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Winner

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship.

Goalscorers