The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was the third edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.
Nepal were the defending champions, having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017, however they lost in Group Stage.
Squads Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.
Participating teams Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A. However, due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation, they withdrew from the tournament.
TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-19 ChampionshipPrevious best performance 3rd Runners-up (2017) 3rd 4th (2017) 3rd Runners-Up (2015) 3rd Group Stage (Host) 3rd Champions (2015, 2017) 1st –
Officials
Referees Virendha Rai (Bhutan) Mohamed Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh) Ashwin Kumar (India) Abdulla Sathir (Maldives) Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal) Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege (Sri Lanka)
Assistant Referees Tashi Dendup (Bhutan) Md Shafiqul Islam (Bangladesh) Sanjay E.S. (India) Zaheer Hussain (Maldives) Yunal Malla (Nepal) Dhanushka Sampath Liyanagunawardana (Sri Lanka)
Group stage All matches were played at Kathmandu, 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
Bracket
Knockout stage Times listed are UTC+05:45. Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers
Winner
Broadcasting rights CountryBroadcaster (host) MYCUJOO.TVSouth Asian CountriesSouth-East Asian Countries
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