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2015 SAFF U-19 Championship

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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)
2017 →

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.

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
Report
Penalties
Masuk Mia Jony soccer ball with check mark
Rohit Sarkar soccer ball with check mark
Mohammad Ibrahim soccer ball with red X
Mohammad Emon soccer ball with red X
Mannaf Rabby soccer ball with check mark
Rahmat Mia soccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with red X Lalramzauva Khiangte
soccer ball with check mark Shahbaz Khan
soccer ball with check mark Rohit Kumar
soccer ball with check mark Gursimrat Singh Gill
soccer ball with red X Sarthak Golui
soccer ball with check mark 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 soccer ball with check mark
Sunil Bal soccer ball with check mark
Biswas Shrestha soccer ball with check mark
Dona Thapa soccer ball with check mark
Ananta Tamang soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with red X Moinuddin Khan
soccer ball with check mark Hayden Fernandes
soccer ball with check mark Sarthak Golui
soccer ball with check mark Daniel Lalhlimpuia
soccer ball with check mark 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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