The 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the SAFF U-20 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-20 national teams from South Asia region, organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament were played in Lalitpur, Nepal from 18 to 28 August 2024.
Bangladesh are the defending champions, who won their maiden title by defeating Nepal 4–1 goals in the final on 28 August 2024.
Venue The all matches were played at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal. LalitpurANFA ComplexCapacity: 6,000
Participants teams The following six participants were participated in the tournament. Legend
TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-20 ChampionshipPrevious best performance 6th 5th 6th 6th (Host) 6th 3rd Group stage (2019, 2022)
withdrew from the competition on 11 July 2024.
Draw The draw ceremony of the tournament was held at Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants were divided into two groups, A consisting of four and B of three teams.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (Host)
+Group ATeamA1A2A3A4
+Group BTeamB1B2B3
Schedule PhaseDateGroup stage18–23 August 2024Semi-finals25–26 August 2024Final28 August 2024
Match officials Referees
Bituraj Barua Ugyen Penjor Senthil Nathan Sekaran Afsheen Naseer Shyamlal Danuwar Mohamed Jafran Athambawa
Assistant referees Md Nuruzzaman Hem Kumar Sunwar Dipesh Manohar Sawant Raeef Rauf Sahadev Shrestha Lahiru M. Jayaneththi
Players eligibility Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 and maximum 23 players.
Group stage Times listed are UTC+05:45 Nepal Standard Time (NST). Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), 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 (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Winner
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: Fair Play Award Best goalkeeper Most valuable player Mohammad Asif Mirajul Islam
Statistics Goalscorers
See also 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship 2024 SAFF Women's Championship 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
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