SAFF U-17 Championship
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The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The first edition was held as SAFF U-16 Championship, where most teams sent their U-15 team, keeping in mind AFC U-17 Asian Cup hold every following years to SAFF U-16 Championship. In the 2017 edition, it was held as SAFF U-15 Championship and the subsequent 2022 edition, the SAFF U-17 Championship was introduced. The first edition of the tournament took place in Nepal in August 2011. The competition was launched under the leadership of SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin who was elected in 2009.
Results
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Year | Cat. | Host | Final | Third place playoff | No. of teams | ||||
| 1 | 2011 | U-16 | Nepal | Pakistan | 2–1 | India | Nepal | 2–1 | Bangladesh | 6 |
| 2 | 2013 | Nepal | India | 1–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 1–0 | Afghanistan | 7 | |
| 3 | 2015 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1–1 (4–2 p) | India | Afghanistan and Nepal | 6 | |||
| 4 | 2017 | U-15 | Nepal | India | 2–1 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 8–0 | Bhutan | 6 |
| 5 | 2018 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Pakistan | India | 1–0 | Nepal | 6 | |
| 6 | 2019 | India | India | 7–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh | RR | Sri Lanka | 5 | |
| 7 | 2022 | U-17 | Sri Lanka | India | 4–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2023 | U-16 | Bhutan | India | 2–0 | Bangladesh | Pakistan and Maldives | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2024 | U-17 | Bhutan | India | 2–0 | Bangladesh | Nepal and Pakistan | 7 | ||
| 10 | 2025 | Sri Lanka | India | 2–2 (4–1 p) | Bangladesh | Pakistan and Nepal | 7 | |||
| 11 | 2026 | Pakistan |
Participating nations
Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semifinals
- GS – Group stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
- × – Did not enter
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
- — Not part of SAFF
| Team | Nepal 2011 | Nepal 2013 | Bangladesh 2015 | Nepal 2017 | Nepal 2018 | India 2019 | Sri Lanka 2022 | Bhutan 2023 | Bhutan 2024 | Sri Lanka 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 10 |
| Bhutan | × | GS | × | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 |
| India | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 10 |
| Maldives | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | SF | GS | GS | 8 |
| Nepal | 3rd | 2nd | SF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | GS | SF | SF | 10 |
| Pakistan | 1st | GS | × | × | 2nd | × | × | SF | SF | SF | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | SF | × | GS | GS | 8 |
| Former member | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | × | 4th | SF | Not part of SAFF | 2 |
Performance by nation
- Bold: Indicates host.
| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) | 2 (2011, 2015) | 1 (2018) | —N/a | —N/a |
| Bangladesh | 2 (2015, 2018) | 3 (2023, 2024, 2025) | 3 (2013, 2017, 2019) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2022) |
| Pakistan | 1 (2011) | 1 (2018) | —N/a | —N/a | 3 (2023, 2024, 2025) |
| Nepal | —N/a | 4 (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2018) | 3 (2015, 2024, 2025) |
| Afghanistan | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | 1 (2013) | 1 (2015) |
| Bhutan | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | 1 (2017) | —N/a |
| Sri Lanka | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | 1 (2022) |
| Maldives | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | 1 (2023) |