2015 SAFF U-16 Championship

2015 SAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates9–18 August 2015
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Sylhet District Stadium (in Sylhet host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored28 (3.11 per match)
Attendance96,646 (10,738 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Saurabh Meher (3 goals)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu
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The 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship was the third edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-16 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Bangladesh from 9–18 of August, 2015 at Sylhet District Stadium. Six teams from the region were taking part, divided into two groups. Bangladesh U16 beat India U16 in the final and claimed the title for the first time.

Host selection

Participating teams

Team Appearances in the
SAFF U-16 Championship 		Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 2nd Fourth place (2013)
 Bangladesh (Host) 3rd Third place (2013)
 India 3rd Champions (2013)
 Maldives 2nd Group Stage
   Nepal 3rd Runners-up (2013)
 Sri Lanka 3rd Group Stage

Group draw

Group A Group B

 India
 Bangladesh (Host)
 Sri Lanka

   Nepal
 Maldives
 Afghanistan

Venues

Sylhet
Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 18,000[1]

Match officials

Referees
  • Bangladesh Rahman Dali
  • Bangladesh Md. Anisur Rahman
  • India L. Priyobrata Singh
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharajan
Assistant referees
  • Bangladesh Md Salim Miah
  • Bangladesh Bitu Raj Barua
  • Bangladesh Rahman Dali (Fourth Official)
  • Nepal Nabindra Maharajan (Fourth Official)
  • Maldives Ahmed Giyas
  • Afghanistan Mohd Sharif Sarwari
  • India L. Priyobrata Singh (Fourth Official)
Match Commissioner
  • Nepal Gokul Thapa
Referee Assessor
  • India Purushothaman Basker
General Coordinator
  • Bangladesh Md Mohebul Kabir Rony

Squads

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
 India 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
India 5–0 Sri Lanka
Meher 31', 49', 74'
Mohammed Afran 46' (o.g.)
Shahjahan 66'		 Report
Attendance: 9,146
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)
Bangladesh 4–0 Sri Lanka
Sarower Zaman Nipu 5', 87'
Rakib 61'
Atikuzzaman 77'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)
India 1–2 Bangladesh
Rahim 49' Report Mohammed Shawon 31'
Atikuzzaman 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Nepal 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
 Afghanistan 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Maldives 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Nepal   5–0 Maldives
Laxman Pariyar 3'
Prezen Tamang 18', 50'
Aryal 21', 90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)
Afghanistan 4–2 Maldives
Shayeq Hakeme 12'
Abdul Naser Amini 48', 54'
Sher Ahmed Hamidi 76'		 Report Yanish Adil 62'
Ismail Zaan Amir 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Nepal   1–0 Afghanistan
Kshitiz Raj G.T 47' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rahman Dali (Bangladesh)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 August – Sylhet
 
 
 Bangladesh1
 
18 August – Sylhet
 
 Afghanistan0
 
 Bangladesh (p) 1 (4)
 
16 August – Sylhet
 
 India 1 (2)
 
 India1
 
 
   Nepal0
 

Semi-finals

Bangladesh 1–0 Afghanistan
Saad 56' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)
India 1–0   Nepal
Rahim 22' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Md. Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Final

Bangladesh 1–1 India
Fahim Murshed 46' Report Amay Avinash Morajkar 63'
Penalties
Fahim Murshed soccer ball with check mark
Jahangir Alam Sajeeb soccer ball with check mark
Atikuzzaman soccer ball with check mark
Saad soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Meher
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed Rakib
soccer ball with red X Abhijit
soccer ball with red X Saqlain Khan
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Winner

 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship 

Bangladesh
First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship.[2]

Fair Play Award Man of the Final Man of the Tournament Golden Boot Award
   Nepal Bangladesh Shawon Hossain Bangladesh Sarwar Zaman Nipu India Saurabh Meher

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Shayeq Hakeme
  • Afghanistan Sher Ahmed Hamidi
  • Bangladesh Fahim Murshed
  • Bangladesh M.M. Abedin Rakib
  • Bangladesh Mohammed Shawon
  • Bangladesh Saad Uddin
  • India Amay Avinash Morajkar
  • India Mohammed Shahjahan
  • Maldives Yanish Adil
  • Maldives Ismail Zaan Amir
  • Nepal Laxman Pariyar
  • Nepal Kshitiz Raj

1 own goal

  • Sri Lanka Mohammed Afran (against India)

References

  1. ^ "Not 'sold out' yet". The Daily Star. 5 February 2015.
  2. ^ "CHAMPIONS". The Daily Star. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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