# 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

The 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship was the fourth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. Since most teams use to send their U-15 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification it has been officially changed to U-15 tournament. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 18 to 27 of August, 2017 at ANFA Complex, Satdobato and Halchowk Stadium. Six teams from the region took part, divided into two groups.

## Host selection

On July 10, 2017, a tournament draw ceremony was held in the conference room of the Bangladesh Football Federation. SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag were among those present.

## Eligible teams

* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* India
* Nepal (Host)
* Sri Lanka
* Maldives

## Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Participating teams

| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship | Previous best performance |
| Bangladesh | 4th | Champions (2015) |
| Bhutan | 2nd | Group Stage |
| India | 4th | Champions (2013,2017) |
| Maldives | 3rd | Group Stage |
| Nepal (Host) | 4th | Runners-up (2013) |
| Sri Lanka | 4th | Group Stage |

## Venues

| Lalitpur | Kathmandu |
| ANFA Complex, Satdobato | Halchowk Stadium |
| Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 3,500 |

## Match officials
### Referees

* Kabin Byanjankar
* Golam Mourshed Choidhary
* Abdulla Shathir
* D.D.Indika Sendanayake
* Tanmoy Dhar
* Ugyen Dorji

### Assistant referees

* Nani Ram Thapa
* Kuldeep Tariyal
* Md Shafikul Islam
* K.L.S.Chathuranga
* Abdulla Suneed
* Phurpa Wangchuk

## Group stage

* All matches were played in Lalitpur, 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 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bhutan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nepal (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 | Qualified for Knockout stage |
| 3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 August – ANFA Complex | 25 August – ANFA Complex |
| Bangladesh | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 27 August – ANFA Complex | 27 August – ANFA Complex |
| Nepal | 4 | 27 August – ANFA Complex | 27 August – ANFA Complex |
| Nepal | 4 | Nepal | 1 |
| 25 August – Halchowk Stadium | 25 August – Halchowk Stadium | | Nepal | 1 |
| 25 August – Halchowk Stadium | 25 August – Halchowk Stadium | India | 2 |
| India | 3 | India | 2 |
| Bhutan | 0 | | |
| Bhutan | 0 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 27 August – Halchowk Stadium | 27 August – Halchowk Stadium |
| | | Bangladesh | 8 |
| | | Bhutan | 0 |

## Winner

* 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship
* India Second title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship.
| FIFA Fair Play Award | FIFA Fair Play Award | Player of the Tournament | Player of the Tournament | Golden Boot Award | Golden Boot Award |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Vikram Pratap Singh | Vikram Pratap Singh | Foysal Ahmed Fahim | Foysal Ahmed Fahim |

## Goalscorers
### 6 Goals

* Foysal Ahmed Fahim

### 5 Goals

* Vikram Pratap Singh

### 4 Goals

* Akash Budha Magar
* Brijesh Chaudhary
* Miraj Molla

### 3 Goals

* Ravi Bahadur Rana

### 2 Goals

* Dorji Khando
* Kelzang Jigmi
* Roshan Rana Magar
* Lalrokima
* Raja Sheikh

### 1 Goal

* Nazmul Biswas
* Habibur Rahman
* Thoiba Singh Moirangthem
* Ricky Shabong
* Kinga Wangchuk
* Siddharth Gurung
* Darshan Gurung
* Harpreet Singh
* Ridge Melvin D'Mello
* Md Akash
* Yeasin Arafat
* Arif Hossen

### 2 Own Goals

* Ibrahim Anoof (playing against India)

### Own Goal

* Nazmul Biswas (playing against Nepal)