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2016 SAFF Women's Championship The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international Women's association football, women's association football, football championship contested by the List of women's national asso ...

will be the fourth 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

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(SAFF). The tournament will take place in India from 26 December 2016 to 4 January 2017, after the country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016. This will be the first time India will have hosted the SAFF Women's Championship. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group A

Bhutan

Maldives

Nepal

The final 20-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016. Head coach: Kumar Thapa

Sri Lanka

The final 20-member squad for Sri Lanka was announced on 24 December. Head coach: M. Jusmin

Group B

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

The final 20-member squad for Bangladesh was announced. Head coach: Golam Robbani ''(

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India

The final 20-member squad for India was announced on 22 December. Head coach: Sajid Dar

References

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