2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	11–21 July 2025
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue	2 (in Dhaka host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (5th title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Third place	Bhutan
Fourth place	Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	71 (5.92 per match)
Attendance	12,724 (1,060 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Purnima Rai; (10 goals)
Best player	Mosammat Sagorika
Best goalkeeper	Mile Akter
Fair play award	Sri Lanka
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The 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–20 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was played from 11–21 July 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1]^[2]

Bangladesh won the title of the SAFF U–20 Women's Championship 2025 after finishing on the top table with Eighteen points and became the champions in this edition.^[3]

Host selection

At the SAFF Executive Committee virtual meeting, held on 20 November 2024 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of Bangladesh host country of the tournament.^[4]

Participating nations

The following four nations participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh (Host)	5th	Champions (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Bhutan	4th	Fourth-place (2018, 2023, 2024)
Nepal	5th	Runners-up (2018, 2023)
Sri Lanka	2nd	Group stage (2021)

Venue

All matches was played at the Bashundhara Kings Arena and Bashundhara Sports Ground^[a] in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[5]

Dhaka	Dhaka
Bashundhara Kings Arena
Capacity: 6,000

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Draw & fixtures

The draw and fixtures were announced by SAFF tournament committee on 12 June 2025 at 17:00 BST. The four nations played each others twice in the double round robin league format.^[6]

Match officials

Referees

Jaya Chakma (†)
Rachana Hasmukh Kamani (†)
Tshering Yangkhey
Anjana Rai (†)
Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa

Assistant Referees & Fourth Official

Salma Akter Moni
Abhirami Thambilali
Prem Kumari Sunwar
Merina Dhimal
H.M. Malika Madhushani

Match commissioner & Referee Assessor

Tashi Dorji Wangmo
Mohamed Asif Mohamed Ansar
Bina Nawachhe Shrestha

(†): Also performed as assistant referee in some matches.

Round robin

Key to colours in group tables
	Champion

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh (H)	6	6	0	28	4	+24	18	Champions
2	Nepal	6	4	2	30	8	+22	12
3	Bhutan	6	2	4	12	21	−9	6
4	Sri Lanka	6	0	6	1	38	−37	0

Source: Sofascore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(H) Hosts

Matches

11 July 2025