# 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

The 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–20 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament were played from 3–9 February 2023 in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is the defending champion having defeated Nepal by 3–0 goals in the final of the tournament on 9 February 2023.

## Venue

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
| Dhaka | Dhaka |
| BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium | Dhaka |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Dhaka |

## Participating nations

| Team | App | Last | Best placement in the tournament |
| Bangladesh | 4th | 2022 | Champions (2018, 2021) |
| Bhutan | 3rd | 2021 | Fourth-place (2018) |
| India | 4th | 2022 | Champions (2022) |
| Nepal | 4th | 2022 | Runners-up (2018) |

## Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

## Match officials
### Referees

* Maya Lado
* Kusum Mandi
* Jaya Chakma
* Yangkhey Tshering
* Meera Tamang

### Assistant referees

* Salma Akter Mone
* Merina Dhimal
* Chim Chim Serto
* Prem Kumari Sunwar

## Round robin

Key to colours in group tables :
* Table top two teams advance to the final

### 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 tie-breaking 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.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | Bangladesh (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to the Final |
| 2 | Nepal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to the Final |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | |

### Matches
## Winners

* 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Champions
* Bangladesh Third title

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | Best goalkeeper | Fair Play award |
| Shamsunnahar Junior Amisha Karki | Shamsunnahar Junior | Rupna Chakma | Bhutan |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4.57 goals per match. Source: SAFF

#### 4 Goals

* Shamsunnahar Junior
* Amisha Karki

#### 3 Goals

* Shaheda Akter Ripa
* Most Aklima Khatun
* Anita Kumari
* Lynda Kom
* Neha
* Apurna Narzary

#### 2 Goals

* Preeti Rai

#### 1 Goal

* Unnoti Khatun
* Nitu Linda
* Manmaya Damai
* Anjali Chand

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date |
| Neha | Bhutan | 12–0 | 3 February 2023 |
| Anita Kumari | Bhutan | 12–0 | 3 February 2023 |
| Lynda Kom | Bhutan | 12–0 | 3 February 2023 |
| Shamsunnahar Junior | Bhutan | 5–0 | 7 February 2023 |
| Amisha Karki | Bhutan | 4–0 | 5 February 2023 |