2024 SAFF U-20 Championship

2024 SAFF U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates18–28 August 2024
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (1st title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored20 (2.22 per match)
Attendance10,387 (1,154 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bangladesh Mirajul Islam
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Mirajul Islam
Best goalkeeperBangladesh Mohammad Asif
Fair play award   Nepal
2023
2025

The 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the SAFF U-20 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-20 national teams from South Asia region, organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).[1] The tournament were played in Lalitpur, Nepal from 18–28 August 2024.[2][3]

Bangladesh are the defending champions, who won their maiden title by defeating Nepal 4–1 goals in the final on 28 August 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "Nepal to host SAFF U20 Championship". ANFA. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Kazi Md. Salahuddin Re-Elected As President". SAFF. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "সাফ নিয়ে বিশাল পরিকল্পনা কাজী সালাউদ্দিনের". www.footballbangladesh.com (in Bengali). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Magical Mirajul helps Bangladesh to maiden SAFF U-20 title". www.thedailystar.net. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.