# SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Women's Championship is a biennial international association football tournament for women's national football teams under the age of 18/19/20, governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All the seven teams of the member associations are eligible to compete in tournament, unless sanctioned by AFC or FIFA.

## Results
### U20 format

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2023 Details | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 3–0 | Nepal | India | | Bhutan |

### U19 format

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2021 Details | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1–0 | India | Nepal | | Bhutan |
| 2024 Details | Bangladesh | Bangladesh India | 1–1 (11–11 p) | No runner-up | Nepal | | Bhutan |
* ↑ Bangladesh & India both declared champions

### U18 format

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2018 Details | Bhutan | Bangladesh | 1–0 | Nepal | India | 1–0 | Bhutan |
| 2022 Details | India | India | | Bangladesh | Nepal | – | N/A |

## 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 | 2018 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
| Bangladesh | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5 |
| Bhutan | 4th | GS | × | 4th | 4th | 4 |
| India | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
| Maldives | GS | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Nepal | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5 |
| Pakistan | GS | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | × | GS | × | × | × | 1 |

### Performance by nation

| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| Bangladesh | 4 (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024) | 1 (2022) | – | – |
| India | 2 (2022, 2024) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2018, 2023) | – |
| Nepal | – | 1 (2018, 2023) | 2 (2022, 2024) | – |
| Bhutan | – | – | – | 3 (2018, 2023, 2024) |
| Maldives | – | – | – | – |
| Pakistan | – | – | – | – |
| Sri Lanka | – | – | – | – |

## 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 |
| 2018 | Akhi Khatun | Sirat Jahan Shopna | 8 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2021 | Saheda Akter Ripa | Saheda Akter Ripa | 5 | Not awarded | Nepal |
| 2022 | Serto Lynda Kom | Serto Lynda Kom | 5 | Not awarded | Bangladesh |
| 2023 | Shamsunnahar Junior | Shamsunnahar Junior Amisha Karki | 4 | Rupna Chakma | Bhutan |
| 2024 | Not awarded | Mosammat Sagorika Pooja Sibani Devi | 4 | Not awarded | Not awarded |

### Winning coaches

| Year | Team | Coach |
| 2018 | Bangladesh | Golam Robbani Choton |
| 2021 | Bangladesh | Golam Robbani Choton |
| 2022 | India | Thomas Dennerby |
| 2023 | Bangladesh | Golam Robbani Choton |
| 2024 | Bangladesh India | Saiful Bari Titu Shukla Dutta |