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2015 SAFF U-19 Championship

The 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-19 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 20–29 of August.[1] Six teams from the region took part, dividing into two groups. Nepal defeated India in the penalty shot in the finals and won the championship making Nepal first country to win the first U-19 SAFF Championship.

2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNepal
Dates20–29 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)ANFA Complex (in Lalitpur host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsNepal Nepal (1st title)
Runners-upIndia India
Third placeNot Awarded
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored24 (2.67 per match)
Attendance24,704 (2,745 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Bimal Magar
Nepal Anjan Bista (3 goals)
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On 3 August, both Pakistan and Sri Lanka withdrew from the competition.[2]

Participating teams

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The following six nations were competed in the tournament.

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Championship 		Previous best performance
  Afghanistan 1st n/a
  Bangladesh 1st n/a
  Bhutan (Host) 1st n/a
  India 1st n/a
  Maldives 1st n/a
    Nepal 1st n/a

Venue

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All matches was played at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Lalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 6,000

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 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6
  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Nepal    3–1  Bhutan
Bimal Magar   10', 29', 62' Report Sonam Togbay   11'
Attendance: 3000
Bhutan  0–2  Bangladesh
Report Rohit Sarkar   42'
Mannaf Rabby   44'
Attendance: 2610
Bangladesh  1–2    Nepal
Rohit Sarkar   11' Report Anjan Bista   18' (pen.)
Tutul Badsha   90 4' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3000

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  India 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 6
  Afghanistan 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  Maldives 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Afghanistan  3–1  Maldives
Masaud Habibi   45'
Ali Ahmad Mansory   71'
Mohammad Ahmadi   82'		 Report Hamdhaan Ali   85'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
Afghanistan  0–2  India
Report Kamalpreet Singh   11'
Anirudh Thapa   86'
Attendance: 4801
India  3–0  Maldives
Moinuddin Khan   41'
Lalramzauva Khiangte   47'
Anirudh Thapa   71'		 Report
Attendance: 3180

Knockout stage

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  • In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August – ANFA Complex
 
 
    Nepal3
 
29 August – ANFA Complex
 
  Afghanistan2
 
    Nepal1(5)
 
27 August – ANFA Complex
 
  India1(4)
 
  Bangladesh0(3)
 
 
  India0(4)
 

Semi-finals

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Nepal    3–2  Afghanistan
Anjan Bista   34', 39' (pen.)
Sunil Bal   53'		 Report Ananta Tamang   50' (o.g.)
Mehdi Rezayee   72'
Attendance: 3000
Bangladesh  0–0  India
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Penalties
Masuk Mia Jony  
Rohit Sarkar  
Mohammad Ibrahim  
Mohammad Emon  
Mannaf Rabby  
Rahmat Mia  		 3–4   Lalramzauva Khiangte
  Shahbaz Khan
  Rohit Kumar
  Gursimrat Singh Gill
  Sarthak Golui
  Daniel Lalhlimpuia
Attendance: 1613

Final

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Nepal    1–1  India
Tej Tamang   32' Report Shahbaz Khan   85' (pen.)
Penalties
Hemant Thapa Magar  
Sunil Bal  
Biswas Shrestha  
Dona Thapa  
Ananta Tamang  		 5–4   Moinuddin Khan
  Hayden Fernandes
  Sarthak Golui
  Daniel Lalhlimpuia
  Shahbaz Khan
Attendance: 3000

Winner

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 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship 
   
Nepal
First title

Goalscorers

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3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Nepal to Host First Ever SAFF U19 Championship From August 20–29". Goal Nepal. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Pak, Lanka withdraw from SAFF U-19". the-anfa.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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