The 2014 SAFF Women's Championship was an

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tournament for women's national teams organised by the

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(SAFF). It was the third edition of the tournament since the first one in

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. The competition was contested by the eight SAFF members. The tournament was hosted in Islamabad, Pakistan from 11 to 21 November 2014. In the final, India successfully defended their title by beating Nepal in the final.

Host selection

On 10 September 2013, SAFF executive committee decided that 3rd SAFF Women's Championship will be held in

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Venue

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hosted all the matches. Although entry to all games was free, there were very few local spectators. After a

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one week before start, there were some security concerns but the tournament was considered safe by the

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. Some matches were televised.

Fixtures and results

Draw was done on 10 November 2014 at Manager's meeting.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

;16 goals * Ngangom Bala Devi ; 6 goals * Indumathi Kathiresan ; 5 goals * Anu Lama * Irom Prameshwori Devi ; 4 goals * Sabina Khatun * Yumnam Kamala Devi * Sajana Rana ;3 goals * Krishna Rani Sarkar ;2 goals * Suinu Pru Marma * Dipa Adhikari * Erandi Kumudumala ;1 goals * Marjan Haydaree * Musammat Mummun Ather * Jyoti Ann Burrett * Moirangthem Mandakini Devi * Oinam Bembem Devi * Thokchom Umapati Devi * Mariyam Rifa *

Sabitra Bhandari Sabitra Bhandari (), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepalese professional football player who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club En Avant Guingamp and Nepal women's national team. She is the all-time highest goal scorer in Nepalese ...

* Menuka Giri * Niru Thapa * Sehar Zaman * Shahlyla Baloch * Shenaz Roshan * Malika Noor * Hajra Khan * Achala Chitrani * Ishara Madushani * Praveena Perea

References

External links

Tournament
at goalnepal.com
Results
at futbol24.com
Results
at kolkatafootball.com {{DEFAULTSORT:SAFF

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