# SAFF Women's Championship

The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament.

## History

The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete against each other until Afghanistan departs from SAFF. It is held in every two years.
India won first 5 edition so far, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final. Winning their second title consecutively, Bangladesh are the current champion defeating Nepal by 2–1 goals on 30 October 2024 in the final.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Losing semi-finalists | Losing semi-finalists | Losing semi-finalists |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Losing semi-finalists | Losing semi-finalists | Losing semi-finalists |
| 2010 Details | Bangladesh | India | 1–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh and Pakistan | Bangladesh and Pakistan | Bangladesh and Pakistan |
| 2012 Details | Sri Lanka | India | 3–1 | Nepal | Afghanistan and Sri Lanka | Afghanistan and Sri Lanka | Afghanistan and Sri Lanka |
| 2014 Details | Pakistan | India | 6–0 | Nepal | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka |
| 2016 Details | India | India | 3–1 | Bangladesh | Maldives and Nepal | Maldives and Nepal | Maldives and Nepal |
| 2019 Details | Nepal | India | 3–1 | Nepal | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | Bangladesh and Sri Lanka |
| 2022 Details | Nepal | Bangladesh | 3–1 | Nepal | Bhutan and India | Bhutan and India | Bhutan and India |
| 2024 Details | Nepal | Bangladesh | 2–1 | Nepal | Bhutan and India | Bhutan and India | Bhutan and India |

## Statistics
### Performance by nation

| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalists |
| India | 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) | | 2 (2022, 2024) |
| Bangladesh | 2 (2022, 2024) | 1 (2016) | 3 (2010, 2014, 2019) |
| Nepal | | 6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2016) |
| Sri Lanka | | | 3 (2012, 2014, 2019) |
| Bhutan | | | 2 (2022, 2024) |
| Afghanistan* | | | 1 (2012) |
| Maldives | | | 1 (2016) |
| Pakistan | | | 1 (2012) |
    Bold = Hosts
    * = Not part of SAFF anymore

### Participating nations
#### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* SF – Semifinals
* GS – Group stage
* dq – Disqualified/Suspended by FIFA/AFC/SAFF.
* q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* — Hosts
* × – Did not enter
* × – Withdrew before tournament begins
* — Not part of SAFF
| Team | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
| Bangladesh | SF | GS | SF | 2nd | SF | 1st | 1st | 7 |
| Bhutan | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | SF | 7 |
| India | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | SF | 7 |
| Nepal | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7 |
| Maldives | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS | GS | 7 |
| Pakistan | SF | GS | GS | × | × | GS | GS | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | GS | SF | SF | GS | SF | GS | GS | 7 |
| Former team(s) |||||||||
| Afghanistan | GS | SF | GS | GS | Not part of SAFF | Not part of SAFF | Not part of SAFF | 4 |

### All-time table

As of 30 October 2024
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
| 1 | India | 7 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 157 | 16 | +141 | 77 |
| 2 | Nepal | 7 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 133 | 23 | +110 | 71 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 7 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 50 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 7 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 74 | –52 | 25 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 53 | –30 | 16 |
| 6 | Maldives | 7 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 100 | –86 | 11 |
| 7 | Bhutan | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 97 | –71 | 10 |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 67 | –57 | 5 |

### Top goalscorers of all time

    As of 30 October 2024
| Name | Goals |
| Ngangom Bala Devi | 27 |
| Sabina Khatun | 26 |
| Anu Lama | 22 |
| Sabitra Bhandari | 21 |
| Sasmita Mallick | 20 |
| Jamuna Gurung | 17 |
| Kamala Devi | 17 |
| Sajana Rana | 10 |
| Deki Lhazom | 10 |
| Rekha Poudel | 8 |

### Winning coaches

| Year | Team | Coach |
| 2010 | India | Mohammad Shahid Jabbar |
| 2012 | India | Mohammad Shahid Jabbar |
| 2014 | India | Tarun Roy |
| 2016 | India | Sajid Dar |
| 2019 | India | Maymol Rocky |
| 2022 | Bangladesh | Golam Robbani |
| 2024 | Bangladesh | Peter Butler |

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Most Valuable Player (best overall player), Top scorers (top scorer) and Best Goalkeeper (goalkeeper with the most clean sheets) awards were given to the player and, the Fair play award were given to the Team.
| Year | Most Valuable Player | Top scorer(s) | Top scorer(s) | Best goalkeeper | Fair play award |
| Year | Most Valuable Player | Player(s) | Goals | Best goalkeeper | Fair play award |
| 2010 | Bala Devi | Sasmita Malik | 13 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2012 | Yumnam Kamala Devi | Jamuna Gurung | 8 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2014 | Sabina Khatun | Bala Devi | 16 | Not awarded | Maldives |
| 2016 | Indumathi Kathiresan | Sabitra Bhandari | 12 | Not awarded | Nepal |
| 2019 | Grace Dangmei | Sabitra Bhandari Indumathi Kathiresan | 4 | Not awarded | Bangladesh |
| 2022 | Sabina Khatun | Sabina Khatun | 8 | Rupna Chakma | Bangladesh |
| 2024 | Ritu Porna Chakma | Deki Lhazom | 8 | Rupna Chakma | Bhutan |