The 2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship, known as the Vatsalya SAFF Women's Club Championship Nepal 2025 due to sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural edition of the SAFF Women's Club Championship, an international women's club football competition featuring leading clubs from South Asia. It was organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Five teams from the region competed in Kathmandu from 5 to 20 December 2025.
Association team allocation Ranking for AFC Women's Club Competitions are calculated with 70% of AFC club points and 30% of national team points as per FIFA rankings.
SAFF Women's Club ChampionshipParticipatingNot participating RankMember associationPointsSlotsSAFFAFC111 India30.7371219 Nepal19.8311328 Bangladesh16.3621433 Bhutan14.3821534 Pakistan14.2411635 Sri Lanka14.228—738 Maldives13.837—TotalParticipating associations: 55
Teams
The following teams was participated in the tournament.
+ParticipantsTeamQualifying methodResult East Bengal2024–25 Indian Women's LeagueChampions2024 ANFA Women's League Champions Nasrin2023–24 Bangladesh Women's Football League Champions2024 Bhutan Women's National League Runners-up Karachi City2024 National Women Football Championship Champions
Venue The tournament was played at Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu.
KathmanduDasharath RangasalaCapacity: 15,000
Schedule StageRoundDatesMatchday 15 December Matchday 28 December Matchday 311 December 14 December Matchday 517 December Final match
Match officials The following officials were chosen for the competition by SAFF tournament committee. Referees
Ranjita Devi Tekcham Keomany Phengmeuagkhoun Zin Mar Oo Anjana Rai Yapa A Pabasara Minisarani
Assistant Referees
Salma Akter Moni Tshering Choden Riiohlang Dhar Atena Lashani Reihaneh Shirazi Phutsavan Chanthavong Jana Haydar Merina Dhimal HM Malika Madushani
Match Commissioners
Subha Rahman Mindu Dorji Khamba Singh Haobam
Referee Accessors
Maria Rebello
League stage
Tiebreakers
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference 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 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.
Standings
Matches
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Fazila Ikwaput East Bengal92 Rashmi Ghising APF3 Sulanjana Raul East Bengal33 Mina Deuba APF2 Resty Nanziri East Bengal2
Broadcasting rights Country TV Streaming (Youtube) Streaming (Website) Himalaya TV RONB (YouTube)—Worldwide—MSM Video
See also 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
References
External links Official website