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2013 SAFF U-16 Championship

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2013 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–30 July 2013[1]
Teams7
Venue(s)2 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Third place Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored35 (2.69 per match)
Attendance26,091 (2,007 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Bimal Magar (6 goals)
Best player(s)India Krishna Pandit
2011
2015

The 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament hosted by Nepal from 20 to 30 July at Dasarath Stadium and army ground. Seven teams from the region were participated in the tournament.

Participated teams

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The following seven nations participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-17 Championship
Previous best performance
 Bangladesh 2nd Semi finals (2011)
 Bhutan 1st Group stages (2011)
 Sri Lanka 2nd Group stages (2011)
 India 2nd Runner up (2011)
 Maldives 2nd Group stages (2011)
   Nepal
(Host)
2nd Semi-finals (2011)
 Pakistan 2nd Champion (2011)

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Nepal 3 2 1 0 11 1 10 7
 Afghanistan 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 5
 Pakistan 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3 2
 Bhutan 3 0 1 2 1 10 -9 1
Nepal   7 – 0 Bhutan
B.Magar 48', 62', 63'
H.Magar 58', 76', 84'
Subedi 78'
Report
Pakistan 0 – 0 Afghanistan
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 2379
Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

Afghanistan 1 – 1   Nepal
A.Mansory 74' Report H.Magar 81'
Bhutan 0 – 0 Pakistan
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 3341

Pakistan 0 – 3   Nepal
Report Limbu 13'
B.Magar 65', 73'
Bhutan 1 – 3 Afghanistan
Shezang 18' Report Waziri 27'
Ahmad 63', 90 2'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1971
Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 6
 Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 0
India 4 – 1 Sri Lanka
Pandit 21'
Singh 23', 90'
Chakraborty 66'
Report Niresh 44'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1749
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

Bangladesh 3 – 1 Sri Lanka
Tutul 28', 57'
Islam 81'
Report Niresh 43'
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1560

India 2 – 0 Bangladesh
Singh 43'
Pandit 90 2'
Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 971
Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 
 Bangladesh1
 
30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 Pakistan5
 
   Nepal0
 
28 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 India1
 
 India (p)0 (4)
 
 
 Afghanistan0 (3)
 
Third place match
 
 
30 July 2013 – Kathmandu
 
 
 Afghanistan0
 
 
 Bangladesh1

Semi-finals

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Nepal   5 – 1 Bangladesh
Limbu 8', 59'
B.Magar 20'
Bista 23'
Atikuzzaman 56' (o.g.)
Report Sifat 65'
Attendance: 1746
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)


Third place

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Bangladesh 1 – 0 Afghanistan
Tushar 55' Report
Army Ground, Kathmandu
Attendance: 1642
Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

Final

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Nepal   0 – 1 India
Report Lalrinzuala 18'
Attendance: 4419
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Awards

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 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship champions 

India

First title

References

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  1. ^ "..... U16 SAFF C'ship on July 2013". Goalnepal.com. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Goal Nepal". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2013.