# SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship is association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15. The tournament is organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

## History

The tournament began in 2017 and is hosted every other year. For 2021, the decision was made to make the tournament a U-16 tournament versus the previous three iterations which had been U-15. However, the tournament was ultimately postponed. Later, Bangladesh was declared to be the host of the 4th edition, which is going to take place in U-15 format on late 2022.

## Results
### U17 format

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2023 Details | Bangladesh | Russia | RR | Bangladesh | India | RR | Nepal |

### U16 format

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2024 Details | Nepal | Bangladesh | 1–1 (3–2 p) | India | Nepal | RR | Bhutan |

### U15 format

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2017 Details | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1–0 | India | Bhutan | RR | Nepal |
| 2018 Details | Bhutan | India | 1–0 | Bangladesh | Bhutan | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Nepal |
| 2019 Details | Bhutan | India | 0–0 (5–3 p) | Bangladesh | Nepal | RR | Bhutan |
| 2022 Details | Bangladesh | Nepal | RR | Bangladesh | Bhutan | – | – |

## Participating nations
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* GS – Group stage
* q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* — Hosts
* × – Did not enter
* • – Did not qualify
* × – Withdrew before qualification
* — Withdrew after qualification
* — Disqualified after qualification
| Team | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
| Bangladesh | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 6 |
| Bhutan | GS | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6 |
| India | 2nd | 1st | 1st | × | 3rd | 2nd | 5 |
| Maldives | x | x | x | x | x | x | 0 |
| Nepal | GS | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 6 |
| Pakistan | x | GS | x | x | x | x | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | x | GS | x | x | x | x | 1 |
| Guest team ||||||||
| Russia | x | x | x | x | 1st | x | 1 |

## Awards

| 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 |
| 2017 | Akhi Khatun | Naorem Priyanka | 4 | Not awarded | Bangladesh |
| 2018 | Naorem Priyanka Devi | Silky Devi Shamsunnahar Jr. Tohura Khatun Chandra Bandari | 4 | Not awarded | Bangladesh |
| 2019 | Rupna Chakma | Lynda Kom Serto | 4 | Not awarded | Bhutan |
| 2022 | Sauravi Akanda Prity | Sauravi Akanda Prity | 9 | Sujata Tamang | Bangladesh |
| 2023 | Elena Golik | Shilji Shaji | 8 | Sujata Tamang | India |
| 2024 | Sauravi Akanda Prity | Sauravi Akanda Prity Anushka Kumari | 5 | Yearzan Begum | Bhutan |

## Winning coaches

| Year | Team | Coach |
| 2017 | Bangladesh | Golam Robbani Choton |
| 2018 | India | Biby Thomas Muttath |
| 2019 | India | Biby Thomas Muttath |
| 2022 | Nepal | Bhagwati Rana Magar |
| 2023 | Russia | Elena Medved |
| 2024 | Bangladesh | Saiful Bari Titu |