# 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship

The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was the 3rd 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.
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship | Previous best performance |
| Bangladesh | 3rd | Runners-up (2017) |
| Bhutan | 3rd | 4th (2017) |
| India | 3rd | Runners-Up (2015) |
| Maldives | 3rd | Group Stage |
| Nepal (Host) | 3rd | Champions (2015, 2017) |
| Sri Lanka | 1st | – |

## Group stage

* All matches were played at Kathmandu, Nepal.
* Times listed are UTC+05:45.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | Bhutan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu |
| Bhutan | 0 |
| Bhutan | 0 | 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu |
| Bangladesh | 4 | Bangladesh | 1 |
| 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | | Bangladesh | 1 |
| 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | 27 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | India | 2 |
| India | 4 | India | 2 |
| Maldives | 0 | | |
| Maldives | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu | 29 September – APF Stadium, Kathmandu |
| | | Bhutan | 0 |
| | | Maldives | 1 |

## Knockout stage

* Times listed are UTC+05:45.

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.
2 goals
* Tanvir Hossain
* Foysal Ahmed Fahim
* Gurkirat Singh
1 goal
* Yeshi Dorji
* Kelzang Jigme
* Karma Sonam
* Maraz Hossain Opi
* Fahim Morshed
* Dipok Roy
* Yeasin Arafat
* Aman Chetri
* Ninthoinganba Meetei
* Narender Gahlot
* Manvir Singh Jr.
* Vikram Pratap Singh
* Ravi Bahandur Rana
* Hassan Nazeem
* Ibrahm Imran
* Manish Dangi
1 own goal
* Ahnaf Rasheedh (playing against India)

## Winner

* 3rd SAFF U-18 Championship 2019
* India First title

## Broadcasting rights

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Nepal (host) | MYCUJOO.TV |
| South Asian Countries | MYCUJOO.TV |
| South-East Asian Countries | MYCUJOO.TV |