The 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship was the first edition of the

SAFF U-18 Women's Championship The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Women's Championship is a biennial international association football tournament for women's national football teams under the age of 18/19/20, governed by the South Asian Football Federation, South Asian Football Federati ...

, an international football competition for women's under-18 national teams organized by

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. The tournament was hosted from 28 September – 7 October 2018 at

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. Six teams from the region took part (Sri Lanka had its team withdrawn from the tournament).

Venue

All matches were played at the

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Draw

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 7 July 2018 in

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at conference room of

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general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag, were among others present on the occasion. Initially all of seven countries team participated for the draw, two groups A and B were made: group A consisted of

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and

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and group B consisted of

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and

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. Later, however,

had their team withdrawn from the tournament and the groups were redefined. : † Sri Lanka withdrew before tournament : ‡ Bhutan drawn to Group A, thus both the groups redefined

Squads

Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage

;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings. #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #

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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #

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if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; #Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); #Drawing of lots.

Group A

*Times listed are

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Group B

*Times listed are

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Knockout stage

*Times listed are

Bracket

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Semi finals

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Third place

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Final

Winners

Goalscorers

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References

External links

Official website
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