2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	11–22 December
Teams	5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	Nepal
Fourth place	Bhutan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	44 (4 per match)
Attendance	49,303 (4,482 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saheda Akter Ripa; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Saheda Akter Ripa
Fair play award	Nepal
	← 2018 2022 →

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated India 1–0 goals in the final of the tournament.^[7]

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.^[8]

Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka	Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Participating nations

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.^[9] Maldives withdrew from the tournament before the fixtures were finalised.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	2nd	Champions (2018)
Nepal	2nd	Runners-up (2018)
India	2nd	Third-place (2018)
Bhutan	2nd	Fourth-place (2018)
Sri Lanka	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
Rupadevi Gurusamy
Anjana Rai
Pabasara Minisarani

Assistant referees

Salma Akter Mone
Reshmi Thapa Chhetri
Bina Nawachhe Shrestha
Meera Tamang
Malika Madhushani

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group 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.