2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship will be 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 will be 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 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.Participating teams
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 |
3rd | Runners-up | |
3rd | 4th | |
3rd | Runners-Up | |
3rd | Group Stage | |
3rd | Champions | |
1st | – |
Officials
Referees- Virendha Rai
- Mohamed Anisur Rahman
- Ashwin Kumar
- Abdulla Sathir
- Kabin Byanjankar
- Ashantha Dias Ponhen Adeege
- Tashi Dendup
- Md Shafiqul Islam
- Sanjay E.S.
- Zaheer Hussain
- Yunal Malla
- Dhanushka Sampath Liyanagunawardana
Group stage
- All matches will be played at Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Times listed are.
Group A
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Group B
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Bracket
Knockout stage
- Times listed are.
Semi-finals