The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the

SAFF Women's Championship The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the ''South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup'', is the main association football competition of the women's national football teams, governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seve ...

, the biennial international

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championship contested by the national teams of the

South Asian Football Federation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia and is part of the larger Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Mald ...

(SAFF). The tournament began in India from 26 December 2016 and went on until 4 January 2017. The country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016. This was the first time India had hosted the SAFF Women's Championship. The defending champions coming into the tournament were

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, who won the three previous tournaments. By the end of the tournament, India emerged as champions again, defeating

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in the

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3–1.

Participating teams

Apart from the hosts,

, six other South Asian teams participated in the tournament. On 3 November 2016 it was announced that

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would not participate in the tournament.

Squads

Venue

The

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served as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.

Group stage

The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 17 November 2016 at the

head office in

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

; 12 goals *

Sabitra Bhandari Sabitra Bhandari ( ne, साबित्रा भण्डारी), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepali professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Nepal women's national football team. She is the highest goal scorer in Nepali w ...

; 8 goals *

Sabina Khatun Sabina Khatun ( bn, সাবিনা খাতুন; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Bangladesh Women's Football League club Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh wo ...

; 5 goals * Sirat Jahan Shopna *

Fadhuwa Zahir Fadhuwa Zahir ( dv, ފަދުވާ; born 7 May 1987) is a Maldivian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

; 3 goals *

Sasmita Malik Sasmita Mallik (born 10 April 1989, in Aali, Odisha, Aul, Kendrapara) is an Indian women's association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder, left winger for India women's national football team. With 40 goals in 38 matches, she is th ...

Yumnam Kamala Devi Yumnam Kamala Devi (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the Indian team. She currently plays for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's League. Career Internat ...

; 2 goals *

Grace Dangmei Grace Dangmei (born 5 February 1996) is an Indian women's international association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Uzbek women's football championship, Uzbek side FC Nasaf, Sevinch Karshi and the ...

Indumathi Kathiresan Indumathi Kathiresan (born 5 June 1994) is an Indian women's international association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Odisha FC Women, Odisha FC and the India women's national football team. International Indumathi has repr ...

* Aminath Shamila * Erandi Liyanage ; 1 goal * Farkhunda Muhtaj * Nargis Khatun * Tanka Maya Ghalley *

Sanju Yadav Sanju Yadav (born 12 September 1997) is an Indian women's professional footballer who plays as a forward for Odisha FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team. Early life Born in the village of Alak ...

Mariyam Rifa Maryam or Mariam is the Aramaic form of the biblical name Miriam (the name of the prophetess Miriam, the sister of Moses). It is notably the name of Mary the mother of Jesus. The spelling in the Semitic abjads is ''mrym'' (Hebrew מרים, Arama ...

* Sharmila Thapa * Krishna Khatri * Manjali Yonjan * Sapana Lama * Hira Kumari Bhujel * Nirmala BK * Maheshika Kumudini * Praveena Perera ; 1 own goal * Rushani Gunawardena (playing against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

)

References

External links

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