The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Initially, scheduled from 17 to 26 December 2018 in Sri Lanka, the competition was rescheduled, as Sri Lanka withdrew as hosts. Afterwards, it was scheduled to be held in 2019 from 12 to 22 March and to be hosted by Nepal.
India is the current champions having defeated Nepal by 3–1 goals on 22 March 2019 in the final.
Participating teams Defending champions India and Bangladesh were pitted in Group B and Group A respectively. In Group A, Nepal who finished second in the first three editions of the tournament were drawn with 2016 runners-up Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan and in Group B, along with India, Maldives and Sri Lanka are placed. Afghanistan did not participate in this edition, though they played in the 2016 edition despite changing their sub-confederation from SAFF to CAFF in 2014. Later, Pakistan withdrew from the tournament.Pakistan Withdraws Participation In 2019 SAFF Women's Championship (nepal24hours)
Country Appearance Previous best performanceFIFA rankingDec 2018 5th Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)62 (Host) 5th Runners-up (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019) 108 5th Runners-up (2016) 125 5th Semi-finals (2016) 132 5th Semi-finals (2012, 2014) n/a 5th Group stage (2010,2012,2014,2016) n/a
Venue The Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar, Province No. 1, Nepal serves as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.
Biratnagar Sahid Rangsala Capacity: 10,000
Group stage The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 13 November 2018 at the South Asian Football Federation head office in Dhaka.
All matches were played at Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar, Nepal. Times listed are UTC+05:45. Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Times listed are UTC+05:45.
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
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