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 a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to partici ...

, the biennial international women's

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championship contested by the national teams of the

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(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

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, 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 Kanchenjunga Stadium in

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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 *

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; 8 goals *

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; 5 goals * Sirat Jahan Shopna * Fadhuwa Zahir ; 3 goals * Sasmita Malik * Yumnam Kamala Devi ; 2 goals *

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* Aminath Shamila * Erandi Liyanage ; 1 goal *

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* Nargis Khatun * Tanka Maya Ghalley * Sanju Yadav * Mariyam Rifa * Sharmila Thapa *

Krishna Khatri Krishna Khatri ( Nepali: कृष्णा खत्री) is a Nepalese woman's footballer who has played for the Nepal women's national football team The Nepal women's national football team is controlled by the All Nepal Football Assoc ...

* Manjali Yonjan * Sapana Lama * Hira Kumari Bhujel * Nirmala BK * Maheshika Kumudini *

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; 1 own goal *

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(playing against

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)

References

External links

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