2019 SAFF Women's Championship

2019 SAFF Women's Championship
२०१९ साफ महिला च्याम्पियनसिप
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates12–22 March
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (5th title)
Runners-up Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored33 (3.67 per match)
Attendance30,200 (3,356 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Indumathi Kathiresan
Nepal Sabitra Bhandari (4 goals each)
Best player(s)India Grace Dangmei
Fair play award Bangladesh
2016
2022

The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Initially, scheduled from 17 to 26 December 2018 in Sri Lanka, the competition was rescheduled, as Sri Lanka withdrew as hosts.[1][2][3] Afterwards, it was scheduled to be held in 2019 from 12 to 22 March[4] and to be hosted by Nepal.[5][6]

India is the current champions having defeated Nepal by 3–1 goals on 22 March 2019 in the final.[7]

  1. ^ "2018 SAFF Women's Championship official draw concluded". the-afc.com. AFC. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ "SAFF Women's draw held". South Asian Football Federation.
  3. ^ "Nepal starts training for SAFF Women's C'ship". República. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference rescheduled was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "OFFICIAL: Biratnagar To Host SAFF Women's Championship". Goal Nepal. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ "SAFF Women's Championship 2019 Fixture". South Asian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. ^ "INDIAN WOMEN CLINCH FIFTH STRAIGHT SAFF TITLE AFTER 3-1 WIN OVER NEPAL". The AIFA.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022.