2022 SAFF U-19 Championship

The 2022 SAFF U-19 Championship will be the 4th edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. India are the hosts of the tournament, which is set to be held from July 25 to August 3, 2022.[1]

2022 SAFF U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates25 July – 3 August 2022
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)

India are the defending champions after having won the previous edition in 2019 by beating Bangladesh with 2–1 margin.[2]

Participating teams

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.[3]

Team Appearances
in the SAFF U-19 Championship		 Previous best performance
   Nepal 4th Champions (2015, 2017)
 India 4th Champions (2019)
 Bangladesh 4th Runners-up (2017, 2019)
 Bhutan 4th Fourth-place (2017)
 Maldives 4th Group Stage
 Sri Lanka 2nd Group Stage

Draw

Hosts India are in pot 1 along with previous runners-up Bangladesh. The arrangement is based on previous performance in the championship.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 India (H)

 Bangladesh

  Bhutan

 Maldives

    Nepal

 Sri Lanka

Source: AIFF.

Players Eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 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.

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
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 tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  India (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2021. Source:
(H) Host
 IndiavA2
TBD
 IndiavA3
A3vA2

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2022. Source:
 BangladeshvB3
B3vB2
TBD
B2v Bangladesh
TBD

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 July – TBD
 
 
Group A Winner
 
3 August – TBD
 
Group B Runner-up
 
Semifinal 1 winner
 
31 July – TBD
 
Semifinal 2 winner
 
Group B winner
 
 
Group A Runner-up
 
Third Place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals
Group A WinnervGroup B Runner-Up
TBD
Group B WinnervGroup A Runner-Up
TBD

Final
SF1 WinnervSF2 Winner
TBD

Goalscorers

There have been 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of future).

See also

References
  1. "India set to host SAFF U-18 Women's, SAFF U-19 Championships in 2022". AIFF. 15 December 2021.
  2. "India U-18 conquer maiden SAFF title". AIFF. 29 September 2019.
  3. "FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations".
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