2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship


The 2023 UEFA Assist U-17 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of SAFF U-17 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF in collaboration with UEFA. The tournament was played in Bangladesh from 20 to 28 March 2023. Five teams from the region took part.
Nepal was the defending champion having won the previous 2022 edition title for the finished top of the league table.

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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.

Participating nations

Russia is set to feature in the tournament for the first time as a guest nation, following suspension by FIFA and UEFA for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
TeamAppearances
in the SAFF U-17 Women's Championship		Previous best performance
3rdChampions
3rd3rd
3rdChampions
3rdChampions
1stdebut

Venue

All matches will be held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Match officials

Referees
  • Jaya Chakma
  • Yangkhey Tshering
  • Kanika Barman
  • Anjana Rai
  • Meera Tamang
Assistant Referees
  • Salma Akter Mone
  • Prem Kumari Sunwar
  • Choden Kingzang
  • Radhika Shakya
  • Abhirami Thambilali

Tournament format

Single round-robin, each team will play each other. The team with the most points becomes champion.
;Tiebreakers
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.
  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.

League table

Standing


Matches

All times at local
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Statistics

Goalscorers

;8 Goals
;5 Goals
  • Elena Golik
;3 Goals
  • Senu Pariyar
  • Barsha Oli
  • Anastasiia Chernousova
;2 Goals
;1 Goal
;Own Goals
  • Akhila Rajan
  • Kira Naumova