The 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship was 6th edition of SAFF U-16 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-16 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament were played in Nepal from 1–10 March 2024. Four teams from the region participated in the tournament.

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is the defending champion having won the title by defeated

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by (3)1–1(2) goals penalties shootout in the final on 10 March 2024.

Host selection

At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 10 January 2024 in the

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, Bangladesh SAFF announced the name of

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host country of the tournament.

Participating nations

The following four nations were participated in the tournament.

Venue

All matches were played at ANFA Complex Lalitpur, Nepal.

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2009 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

Referees * Jaya Chakma * Sen Hangma Subba * Maya Lama * Meera Tamang Assistant Referees * Shohana Khatun * Sonam Palden * Elangbam Debala Devi * Merina Dhimal

Round robin

Single round-robin, each team played each other. The top teams contest in the final. ;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; #

Goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

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; #

Penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

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).

League table

Matches

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Final

Winners

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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