2013 SAFF U-16 Championship

The 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship was the second edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship organized by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament hosted by Nepal from 20 to 30 July at Dasarath Stadium and army ground. Seven teams from the region were participated in the tournament.

2013 SAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	20–30 July 2013[1]
Teams	7
Venue(s)	2 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runners-up	Nepal
Third place	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	35 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	26,091 (2,007 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bimal Magar (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Krishna Pandit
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Participated teams

The following seven nations participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-17 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	2nd	Semi finals (2011)
Bhutan	1st	Group stages (2011)
Sri Lanka	2nd	Group stages (2011)
India	2nd	Runner up (2011)
Maldives	2nd	Group stages (2011)
Nepal (Host)	2nd	Semi-finals (2011)
Pakistan	2nd	Champion (2011)

Group stage

• All matches were played in Kathmandu, Nepal.^[2]
• Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Afghanistan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Pakistan	3	0	2	1	0	3	-3	2
Bhutan	3	0	1	2	1	10	-9	1

20 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Nepal	7–0	Bhutan
B.Magar 48', 62', 63' H.Magar 58', 76', 84' Subedi 78'	Report

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Kasun Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

20 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Pakistan	0–0	Afghanistan
	Report

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,379

Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

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22 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Afghanistan	1–1	Nepal
A.Mansory 74'	Report	H.Magar 81'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Attendance: 1,249

Referee: Kasun Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

22 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Bhutan	0–0	Pakistan
	Report

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 3,341

Referee: Nabindra Maharjan (Nepal)

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24 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Pakistan	0–3	Nepal
	Report	Limbu 13' B.Magar 65', 73'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Attendance: 2,164

Referee: Kasun Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

24 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Bhutan	1–3	Afghanistan
Shezang 18'	Report	Waziri 27' Ahmad 63', 90+2'

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,971

Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Bangladesh	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0

21 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

India	4– 1	Sri Lanka
Pandit 21' Singh 23', 90' Chakraborty 66'	Report	Niresh 44'

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,749

Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

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23 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Bangladesh	3–1	Sri Lanka
Tutul 28', 57' Islam 81'	Report	Niresh 43'

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,560

Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)

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25 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

India	2–0	Bangladesh
Singh 43' Pandit 90+2'	Report

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 971

Referee: Shrawan Lama (Nepal)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July – Kathmandu
	Bangladesh	1
					30 July – Kathmandu
	Nepal	5
					Nepal	0
	28 Julym – Kathmandu
					India	1
	India (p)	0 (4)
	Afghanistan	0 (3)
					Third place match
					30 July – Kathmandu
					Afghanistan	0
					Bangladesh	1

Semi-finals

27 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

Nepal	5–1	Bangladesh
Limbu 8', 59' B.Magar 20' Bista 23' Atikuzzaman 56' (o.g.)	Report	Sifat 65'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Attendance: 1,746

Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

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28 July 2013

16:00 UTC+05:45

India	0–0	Afghanistan
	Report
Penalties
Pandit Singh Chakraborty Tirkey Rodrigues	4–3	Waziri Ahmad Jalal Sardari Rezahi

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)

Third place

30 July 2013

13:30 UTC+05:45

Bangladesh	1–0	Afghanistan
Tushar 55'	Report

Army Ground, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,642

Referee: Rana Naseer Ahmed (Pakistan)

Final

30 July 2013

15:30 UTC+05:45

Nepal	0–1	India
	Report	Lalrinzuala 18'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Attendance: 4,419

Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Awards

2013 SAFF U-16 Championship champions
India First title