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. 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.

Participating teams

The following six nations were competed in the tournament.

TeamAppearances in the SAFF U-19 ChampionshipPrevious best performance
Afghanistan1stn/a
Bangladesh1stn/a
Bhutan1stn/a
India1stn/a
Maldives1stn/a
Nepal (Host)1stn/a

Venue

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

LalitpurLalitpur
ANFA Complex
Capacity: 6,000

Group stage

  • All matches were played in Lalitpur, Nepal.
  • Times listed are UTC+05:45.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Nepal220052+36
Bangladesh210132+13
Bhutan200215−40
Nepal3–1Bhutan
Bimal 10', 29', 62'Sonam 11'
Bhutan0–2Bangladesh
Rohit 42' Mannaf 44'
Bangladesh1–2Nepal
Rohit 11'Anjan 18' (pen.) Badsha 90+4' (o.g.)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
India220050+56
Afghanistan21013303
Maldives200216−50
Afghanistan3–1Maldives
Masaud 45' Mansory 71' Ahmadi 82'Hamdhaan 85'
Afghanistan0–2India
Kamalpreet 11' Anirudh 86'
India3–0Maldives
Moinuddin 41' Khiangte 47' Anirudh 71'

Knockout stage

  • 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

Semi-finalsFinal
27 August – Lalitpur
Nepal3
29 August – Lalitpur
Afghanistan2
Nepal(p)1 (5)
27 August – Lalitpur
India1 (4)
Bangladesh0 (3)
India (p)0 (4)

Semi-finals

Nepal3–2Afghanistan
Anjan 34', 39' (pen.) Sunil 53'Ananta 50' (o.g.) Rezayee 72'
Bangladesh0–0India
Penalties
Jony Rohit Ibrahim Emon Mannaf Rahmat3–4Khiangte Shahbaz Kumar Gursimrat Sarthak Lalhlimpuia

Final

Nepal1–1India
Tej 32'Shahbaz 85' (pen.)
Penalties
Hemant Sunil Biswas Dona Ananta5–4Moinuddin Hayden Sarthak Lalhlimpuia Shahbaz

Winner

2015 SAFF U-19 Championship
Nepal First title

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal