| Founded | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Region | SAFF |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Current champions |  Bangladesh(5th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Bangladesh (5 titles) |
| Website | saffederation.org |
 2025 SAFF U-20 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 (SAFF). All the seven teams of the member associations are eligible to compete in tournament, unless sanctioned by AFC or FIFA.
Results
[edit]| Year | Category | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||
| 2018 | U18 |  Bhutan
|
Bangladesh |
1–0 |  Nepal |
 India |
1–0 | Bhutan |
| 2021 | U19 | Bangladesh
|
Bangladesh |
1–0 | India |
Nepal |
RR | Bhutan |
| 2022 | U18 | India
|
India |
RR | Bangladesh |
Nepal |
– | N/A |
| 2023 | U20 | Bangladesh
|
Bangladesh |
3–0 | Nepal |
India |
RR | Bhutan |
| 2024 | U19 | Bangladesh
|
Bangladesh India |
1–1 (11–11 p) |
None[a] | Nepal |
RR | Bhutan |
| 2025 | U20 | Bangladesh
|
Bangladesh |
RR | Nepal |
Bhutan |
RR |  Sri Lanka |
Notes:
- ^
Bangladesh and 
India both declared champions
Participating nations
[edit]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
- × – Did not enter
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew after qualification
- — Disqualified after qualification
| Team | 2018 (6) |
2021 (5) |
2022 (3) |
2023 (4) |
2024 (4) |
2025 (4) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh
|
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6 |
| Bhutan
|
4th | GS | × | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4 |
| India
|
3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | × | 5 |
 Maldives
|
GS | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
 Nepal
|
2nd | GS | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 6 |
 Pakistan
|
GS | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Sri Lanka
|
× | GS | × | × | × | 4th | 2 |
Performance by nation
[edit]| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh
|
5 (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025) | 1 (2022) | — | — |
| India
|
2 (2022, 2024) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2018, 2023) | — |
| Nepal
|
— | 3 (2018, 2023, 2025) | 2 (2022, 2024) | — |
| Bhutan
|
— | — | 1 (2025) | 3 (2018, 2023, 2024) |
| Sri Lanka
|
— | — | — | 1 (2025) |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Most Valuable Player | Top scorer(s) | Best Goalkeeper | Fair play award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player(s) | Goals | ||||
| 2018 | Akhi Khatun
|
Sirat Jahan Shopna
|
8 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2021 | Shaheda Akter Ripa
|
Shaheda Akter Ripa
|
5 | Nepal
| |
| 2022 | Lynda Kom
|
Lynda Kom
|
5 | Bangladesh
| |
| 2023 | Shamsunnahar Junior
|
Shamsunnahar Junior Amisha Karki
|
4 | Rupna Chakma
|
Bhutan
|
| 2024 | Not awarded | Mosammat Sagorika Pooja Sibani Devi
|
4 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2025 | Mosammat Sagorika
|
Purnima Rai
|
10 | Mile Akter
|
Sri Lanka
|
Winning coaches
[edit]| Year | Team | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bangladesh
|
Golam Robbani Choton
|
| 2021 | Bangladesh
|
Golam Robbani Choton
|
| 2022 | India
|
 Thomas Dennerby
|
| 2023 | Bangladesh
|
Golam Robbani Choton
|
| 2024 | Bangladesh India
|
Saiful Bari Titu Shukla Dutta
|
| 2025 | Bangladesh
|
 Peter Butler
|
See also
[edit]- SAFF Championship
- SAFF U-20 Championship
- SAFF U-17 Championship
- SAFF Women's Championship
- SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
References
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