SAFF Women's Championship
Organising body | SAFF |
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Founded | 2010 |
Region | South Asia |
Number of teams | |
Current champions | ![]() (2022) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() |
Website | saffederation.org |
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The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament.
History
[edit]The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete, prior to the departure of Afghanistan from SAFF. It is held every two years.
India won first 5 edition so far, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final.[1][2] Bangladesh is the current champion having defeated Nepal by 3–1 goals on 19 September 2022 in the final.[3]
Results
[edit]Year | Host | Final | Losing semi-finalists | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||||
2010 Details |
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![]() India |
1–0 | ![]() Nepal |
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2012 Details |
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![]() India |
3–1 | ![]() Nepal |
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2014 Details |
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![]() India |
6–0 | ![]() Nepal |
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2016 Details |
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![]() India |
3–1 | ![]() Bangladesh |
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2019 Details |
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![]() India |
3–1 | ![]() Nepal |
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2022 Details |
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![]() Bangladesh |
3–1 | ![]() Nepal |
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2024 Details |
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TBD | TBD | TBD |
Statistics
[edit]Performance by nation
[edit]Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalists |
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5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) | 1 (2022) | |
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1 (2022) | 1 (2016) | 3 (2010, 2014, 2019) |
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5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) | 1 (2016) | |
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3 (2012, 2014, 2019) | ||
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1 (2022) | ||
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1 (2016) | ||
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1 (2012) | ||
Former Team | |||
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1 (2012) |
- Bold = Hosts
- * = Not part of SAFF anymore
Participating nations
[edit]- Legend
Team | ![]() 2010 |
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Total |
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SF | GS | SF | 2nd | SF | 1st | Q | 7 |
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GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | Q | 7 |
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1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | Q | 7 |
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2nd | 2nd | 2nd | SF | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 7 |
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GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS | Q | 7 |
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SF | GS | GS | × | × | GS | Q | 5 |
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GS | SF | SF | GS | SF | GS | Q | 7 |
Former Team | ||||||||
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GS | SF | GS | GS | Not part of SAFF | 4 |
All-time table
[edit]As of 2022
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 10 | +140 | 73 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 20 | +94 | 63 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 40 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 54 | –36 | 19 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 47 | –27 | 15 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 75 | –61 | 11 |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 67 | –57 | 5 |
8 | ![]() |
6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 89 | –81 | 4 |
Winning coaches
[edit]Year | Team | Coach |
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2010 | ![]() |
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2012 | ||
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2016 | ![]() | |
2019 | ![]() | |
2022 | ![]() |
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Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Most Valuable Player (best overall player), Top scorers (top scorer) and Best Goalkeeper (goalkeeper with the most clean sheets) awards were given to the player and, the Fair play award were given to the Team.[4]
Year | Most Valuable Player | Top scorer(s) | Best goalkeeper | Fair play award | |
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Player(s) | Goals | ||||
2010 | ![]() |
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11 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
2012 | ![]() |
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8 | ||
2014 | ![]() |
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16 | ![]() | |
2016 | ![]() |
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12 | ![]() | |
2019 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() | |
2022 | ![]() |
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8 | ![]() |
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See also
[edit]- SAFF Championship
- AFC Women's Asian Cup
- AFF Women's Championship
- CAFA Women's Championship
- EAFF E-1 Women's Football Championship
- WAFF Women's Championship
- Sub-continental football championships in Asia
- South Asian Games
References
[edit]- ^ "GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website". Goalnepal.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Ranjith Rodrigo appointed acting President of SAFF". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh women make history, clinch maiden SAFF title". The Daily Star. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "BANGLADESH WIN MAIDEN SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". saffederation.org. 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.