The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was the third edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.

Nepal were the defending champions, having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017, however they lost in Group Stage.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A. However, due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation, they withdrew from the tournament.

TeamAppearances in the SAFF U-19 ChampionshipPrevious best performance
Bangladesh3rdRunners-up (2017)
Bhutan3rd4th (2017)
India3rdRunners-Up (2015)
Maldives3rdGroup Stage
Nepal (Host)3rdChampions (2015, 2017)
Sri Lanka1st–

Officials

Referees Bhutan Virendha Rai (Bhutan) Bangladesh Mohamed Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh) India Ashwin Kumar (India) Maldives Abdulla Sathir (Maldives) Nepal Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal) Sri Lanka Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege (Sri Lanka)Assistant Referees Bhutan Tashi Dendup (Bhutan) Bangladesh Md Shafiqul Islam (Bangladesh) India Sanjay E.S. (India) Maldives Zaheer Hussain (Maldives) Nepal Yunal Malla (Nepal) Sri Lanka Dhanushka Sampath Liyanagunawardana (Sri Lanka)

Group stage

  • All matches were played at Kathmandu, 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1Bhutan211030+34Qualified for Knockout stage
2Maldives20201102
3Nepal201114−31
Nepal1−1Maldives
Dangi 75'Nazeem 12'
Nepal0−3Bhutan
Dorji 36' Jigme 86' Sonam 90'
Maldives0−0Bhutan

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1India211030+34Qualified for Knockout stage
2Bangladesh211030+34
3Sri Lanka200206−60
Bangladesh3–0Sri Lanka
Tanvir 1' Morshed 76' Fahim 86'
India0−0Bangladesh
Sri Lanka0−3India
G. Singh 61', 89' A. Chetri 90+2'

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
Bhutan0
29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
Bangladesh4
Bangladesh1
27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
India2
India4
Maldives0
Third place
29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu
Bhutan0
Maldives1

Knockout stage

  • Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Semi-finals

Bhutan0−4Bangladesh
Tanvir 16' Fahim 27' Maraz 32' Dipok 90+2'
India4−0Maldives
Gahlot 7' Rasheedh 45+1' (o.g.) M. Singh 79' Meetei 81'

Third place match

Bhutan0−1Maldives
Imran 75'

Final

Bangladesh1−2India
Arafat 40'V. P. Singh 2' Rana 90+1'

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Winner

3rd SAFF U-18 Championship 2019
India First title

Broadcasting rights

CountryBroadcaster
Nepal (host)
South Asian Countries
South-East Asian Countries