2019 SAFF U-18 Championship

2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–29 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)APF Stadium, Kathmandu
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Third place Maldives
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Attendance3,900 (390 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Tanvir Hossain
Bangladesh Foysal Ahmed Fahim
India Gurkirat Singh
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)India Ninthoinganba Meetei
Fair play award Bhutan
2017
2022

The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.[1][2]

Nepal were the defending champions, having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017, however they lost in Group Stage.

  1. ^ "SAFF Ordinary Congress 2019 held in Nepal". South Asian Football Federation. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh may host SAFF U15 Women's Championship 2019". Bangladesh Football Federation. 13 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.