2023 SAFF U-16 Championship
The 2023 SAFF U-16 Championship was the eighth edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation. It was played from 2–10 September 2023 in Thimphu, Bhutan.
India are the defending champions, who won their fifth title in 2023 by defeating Bangladesh in the final. Pakistan were given the fair play award.
Venue
All matches were held at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.Teams
Sri Lanka are ineligible for participation as they are suspended by FIFA. Other six SAFF teams are eligible to participate.| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship | Previous best performance |
| 8th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 8th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 8th | ||
| 4th |
Draw
The draw was held in BFF House in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 July 2023 at 12:00 BST '.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Match officials
;Referees;Assistant referees
Players eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2007 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
- Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.
Teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking 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 ;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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