The 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship was the fourth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. Since most teams use to send their U-15 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification it has been officially changed to U-15 tournament. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 18 to 27 of August, 2017 at ANFA Complex, Satdobato and Halchowk Stadium. Six teams from the region took part, divided into two groups.
Host selection On July 10, 2017, a tournament draw ceremony was held in the conference room of the Bangladesh Football Federation. SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag were among those present. Eligible teams
(Host)
Player eligibility Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Participating teams TeamAppearancesin the SAFF U-15 ChampionshipPrevious best performance 4th Champions (2015) 2nd Group Stage 4th Champions (2013,2017) 3rd Group Stage (Host) 4th Runners-up (2013) 4th Group Stage
Venues Lalitpur Kathmandu ANFA Complex, Satdobato Halchowk Stadium Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 3,500
Match officials Referees Kabin Byanjankar Golam Mourshed Choidhary Abdulla Shathir D.D.Indika Sendanayake Tanmoy Dhar Ugyen Dorji
Assistant referees Nani Ram Thapa Kuldeep Tariyal Md Shafikul Islam K.L.S.Chathuranga Abdulla Suneed Phurpa Wangchuk
Group stage All matches were played in Lalitpur, Nepal. Times listed are UTC+05:45. Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Group A
Group B
Bracket
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Winner
Awards The following awards were given for the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship.
FIFA Fair Play Award Player of the Tournament Golden Boot Award Vikram Pratap Singh Foysal Ahmed Fahim
Goalscorers
6 Goals Foysal Ahmed Fahim
5 Goals Vikram Pratap Singh
4 Goals
Akash Budha Magar Brijesh Chaudhary Miraj Molla
3 Goals Ravi Bahadur Rana
2 Goals
Dorji Khando Kelzang Jigmi Roshan Rana Magar Lalrokima Raja Sheikh
1 Goal
Nazmul Biswas Habibur Rahman Thoiba Singh Moirangthem Ricky Shabong Kinga Wangchuk Siddharth Gurung Darshan Gurung Harpreet Singh Ridge Melvin D'Mello Md Akash Yeasin Arafat Arif Hossen
2 Own Goals Ibrahim Anoof (playing against )
Own Goal Nazmul Biswas (playing against )
References