2015 SAFF U-16 Championship

2015 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bangladesh Bangladesh
Dates 9–18 August 2015
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Sylhet District Stadium (in Sylhet host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Bangladesh (1st title)
Runners-up  India
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 28 (3.11 per match)
Attendance 87,500 (9,722 per match)
Top scorer(s) India Saurabh Meher (3 Goals)
Best player Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu

The 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, a international football competition for men's under-16 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Bangladesh from 9–18 of August, 2015 at Sylhet District Stadium. Six teams from the region are taking part, divided into two groups. Bangladesh U16 beat India U16 in final and claimed the title for first time [1]

Eligible teams

Participating teams

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Championship
Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 2nd Fourth place (2013)
 Bangladesh (Host) 3rd Third place (2013)
 India 3rd Champions (2013)
 Maldives 2nd Group Stage
   Nepal 3rd Runners-up (2013)
 Sri Lanka 3rd Group Stage

Group Draw

Group A Group B

 India
 Bangladesh
 Sri Lanka

   Nepal
 Maldives
 Afghanistan

Venues

Sylhet
Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 18,000[2]

Match officials

Referees

  • Bangladesh Rahman Dali
  • Bangladesh Md. Anisur Rahman

  • India L. Priyobrata Singh
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharajan

Assistant referees

  • Bangladesh Md Salim Miah
  • Bangladesh Bitu Raj Barua
  • Bangladesh Rahman Dali (Fourth Official)
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharajan (Fourth Official)

  • Maldives Ahmed Giyas
  • Afghanistan Mohd Sharif Sarwari
  • India L. Priyobrata Singh (Fourth Official)

Match Commissioner

  • Nepal Gokul Thapa

Referee Assessor

  • India Purushothaman Basker

General Coordinator

  • Bangladesh Md Mohebul Kabir Rony

Group stage

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 220061+56
 India 210162+43
 Sri Lanka 200209−90

9 August 2015
17:00 UTC+06:00
India  5–0  Sri Lanka
Saurabh Meher  31', 49', 74'
Mohammed Afran 46' (o.g.)
Mohammed Shahjahan  66'
Report
Sylhet District Stadium
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

11 August 2015
17:00 UTC+06:00
Bangladesh  4–0  Sri Lanka
Md. Sarower Zaman Nipu  5', 87'
M.M. Abedin Rakib  61'
Mohammed Atikuzzaman  77'
Report
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 12000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)

13 August 2015
17:00 UTC+06:00
India  1–2  Bangladesh
Rahim Ali  49' Report Mohammed Shawon  31'
Mohammed Atikuzzaman  85' (pen.)
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 18000
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Nepal 220060+66
 Afghanistan 210143+13
 Maldives 200229−70

10 August 2015
17:00 UTC+06:00
Nepal    5–0  Maldives
Laxman Pariyar  3'
Prezen Tamang  18', 50'
Suman Aryal  21', 90+5'
Report
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)

12 August 2015
17:00 UTC+06:00
Afghanistan  4–2  Maldives
Shayeq Hakeme  12'
Abdul Naser Amini  48', 54'
Sher Ahmed Hamidi  76'
Report Yanish Adil  62'
Ismail Zaan Amir  86' (pen.)
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

14 August 2015
17:30 UTC+06:00
Nepal    1–0  Afghanistan
Kshitiz Raj G.T  47' Report
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
16 August Sylhet District Stadium
  Bangladesh 1  
  Afghanistan 0  
 
18 August Sylhet District Stadium
      Bangladesh 1 (4)
    India 1 (2)
16 August Sylhet District Stadium
  India 1
    Nepal 0  

Semi-finals

16 August 2015
16:00 UTC+06:00
Bangladesh  1–0  Afghanistan
Saad Uddin  56' Report
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 20000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)

16 August 2015
19:00 UTC+06:00
India  1–0    Nepal
Rahim Ali  22' Report
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Final

18 August 2015
17:00 UTC+06:00
Bangladesh  1–1  India
Fahim Murshed  46' Report Amay Avinash Morajkar  63'
  Penalties  
Fahim Murshed
Jahangir Alam Sajeeb
Mohammad Atikuzzaman
Saad Uddin
4–2 Saurabh Meher
Mohamad Rakip
Abhijit Sarkar
Saqlain Khan
Sylhet District Stadium
Attendance: 22000
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)


Winner

 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship 

Bangladesh
First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship.[3]

FIFA Fair Play Award Man of the Final Man of the Tournament Golden Boot Award
   Nepal Bangladesh Shawon Hossain Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu India Saurabh Meher

Goalscorers

3 Goals
2 Goal
1 Goal
Own Goal

References

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