The 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship will be 9th edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-17 national teams organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It is schedule to be played from 18–28 September 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan. ^{[1] [2]}

India are the defending champions, who won their fifth title in by defeating Bangladesh 2–0 goals in the final on 10 September 2023. ^[3]

Venue

All matches of the tournament will held at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.^{[ citation needed]}

Thimphu
Changlimithang Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
	Thimphu

Participants teams

The following seven participants will participate in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	9th	Champion ( 2015, 2018)
Bhutan	7th	Fourth place ( 2017)
India	9th	Champion ( 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Maldives	7th	Group stage ( 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
Nepal	9th	Runners-up ( 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Pakistan	5th	Champion ( 2011)
Sri Lanka	7th	Semi-finals ( 2022)

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held in Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 June 2024. The seven participants was divided into two groups which Group A consist three teams & followed by Group B four teams. ^[4]

Draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India   Bhutan (hosts)	Maldives     Nepal	Bangladesh   Pakistan	Sri Lanka

Draw result

Group A Pos Team A1   India A2   Maldives A3   Bangladesh

Group B Pos Team B1   Bhutan B2     Nepal B3   Pakistan B4   Sri Lanka

Players eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 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.

Group stage

• Times listed are UTC+06:00 Bhutan Time.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (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.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellots, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bhutan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 18 September 2018).

See also

• 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship
• 2024 SAFF Women's Championship

References