The 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship was 6th edition of SAFF U-16 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament were played in Nepal from 1–10 March 2024. Four teams from the region participated in the tournament.[1][2]
Bangladesh is the defending champion having won the title by defeated India by (3)1–1(2) goals penalties shootout in the final on 10 March 2024.[3]
Host selection
At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 10 January 2024 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Nepal host country of the tournament.[1]
Participating nations
The following four nations were participated in the tournament.
Players born on or after 1 January 2009 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.[citation needed]
Match officials
Referees
Jaya Chakma
Sen Hangma Subba
Maya Lama
Meera Tamang
Assistant Referees
Shohana Khatun
Sonam Palden
Elangbam Debala Devi
Merina Dhimal
Round robin
Single round-robin, each team played each other. The top teams contest in the final.
Key to colours in league table define Champion
Champion
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.
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).
