SAFF U19 Women’s Championship 2021 Analysis

The SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship is back! Founded in 2018, this year’s edition is only the second of the competition to date. A total of five teams are taking part this time, including India. Last edition’s champions Bangladesh are the hosts this time.

The SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship 2021 kicked off on December 11, 2021. Each team will face every other team in the group stage and the best two teams will advance to the final, which is set to take place on December 22, 2021. The competition was originally supposed to be held between July 13 and July 22 this year, but the COVID-19 pandemic and its related issues resulted in a five-month delay.

Hosts and Venues

On October 14, 2021, the SAFF members board meeting took place in Male, Maldives. Following the meeting, Bangladesh was announced to be the host of the tournament.

All the games at the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship 2021 are being held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

Participating Teams

All the four teams that took part in the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship 2018 are back for this edition as well. There is also a new addition in Sri Lanka.

The following are the teams participating in the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship 2021, along with their respective final positions on the standings in 2018:

  • Bangladesh (Champions)
  • Nepal (Runners-up)
  • India (Third place)
  • Bhutan (Fourth place)
  • Sri Lanka (did not take part)

Fixtures and Results

Group Stage

TeamsDateResultsWinner
Bhutan vs Sri Lanka Saturday, December 1 5 – 0Bhutan
Bangladesh vs NepalSaturday, December 11:0 – 0 Draw
Bangladesh vs Bhutan Monday, December 136 – 0Bangladesh
India vs Sri Lanka Monday, December 135 – 0India
Nepal vs Sri Lanka Wednesday, December 156 – 0Nepal
India vs BhutanWednesday, December 153 – 0India
Bangladesh vs IndiaFriday, December 171 – 0Bangladesh
Nepal vs BhutanFriday, December 174 – 0Nepal
Nepal vs IndiaSunday, December 190 – 1India
Bangladesh vs Sri LankaSunday, December 1912 – 0Bangladesh
as of 19th December 2021

Points table

TeamPWLGFGAGDPTS
Bangladesh43101901910
India43019189
Nepal421110197
Bhutan4103513-83
Sri Lanka4004028-280
as of 19th December 2021

Sri Lanka conceded 28 goals in the tournament and did not scored a goal and Bangladesh is leading the points table followed by the Indian U19 Women’s team

Sri Lankan team consist of 23 players and 9 officials

NoNameSchool
1.W.M.K.ImeshaVisakha BMV Colombo
2.E.M.P.M.EkanayakeMaliyadeva BMV Kurunegala
3.J.S.S.Subashi MadushaniMaliyadeva BMV Kurunegala
4.W.M.O.S.BandaraMaliyadeva BMV Kurunegala
5.J.M.H.B.HunukumburaMaliyadeva BMV Kurunegala
6.A.M.C.Vishmika BandaraMaliyadeva BMV Kurunegala
7.J.A.U.K.JayakodyKavisigamuwa C.C Kurunegala
8.N.B.Tharindi JanithyaViharamahadevi BMV Gampaha
9.T.Hashini KawshalyaSt.John MV Kalutara
10.W.A.L.Tharindi RanshaniJayakody MV Gampaha
11.U.JokithaMahajana College Jaffna
12.R.KirushanthiniMahajana College Jaffna
13.M.ValanteenaMahajana College Jaffna
14.S.TharmikaMahajana College Jaffna
15.P.Iroshini SewmaliSri Siddhartha NS Ambalangoda
16.Senuri Kavinya GallageSri Siddhartha NS Ambalangoda
17.Maleeka AmithGateway International Colombo
18.S.Nimesha SandaruwaniBandiwewa MV Polonnaruwa
19.Rashmi KaveeshaBandiwewa MV Polonnaruwa
20.M.A.Dulani SandeepaniBandiwewa MV Polonnaruwa
21.Sanduni NisansalaSt.Joseph College Gampola
22.W.M.G.S.BandaraSWRD Bandaranayake MV Kandy
23.K.P.Amavi Anuththra KahatapitiyaBandaranayake MV – Veyangoda

Officials

  1. Mr.Manjula C. Sirisena Head Coach
  2. Ms.T.G.D.K.Samarasinghe Asst.Coach
  3. Ms.D.M.Menaka Dissanayake Asst.Coach
  4. Mr.Ranjith Hettiarachchi Goal Keeper Coach
  5. Ms.J.M.Ganga S.Jayasundara Masseur
  6. Ms.P.Selliah School Official
  7. Dr.M.R.C.F. Jayasuriya Manager/Team Doctor
  8. Mr.Marcus V.Mota Perreira Trainer
  9. Hassimdeen Mohamed Farook Official

Sri Lankan Matches

Bhutan vs Sri Lanka

India vs Sri Lanka

Nepal vs Sri Lanka

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Football Sri Lanka President Mr Jaswar Umar stated that “Don’t underestimate Women football and women talents in Sri Lanka. These little girls were given an opportunity to experience international competitive football. This is just the start of their era and they will now get into club competition from January. These girls never had an opportunity to play football for last so many years. We are now beginning with a new bold step to start women football in Sri Lanka with strong strategies. We are happy to take part in this competition as a beginning. Sri Lanka women football will come to a strong level soon”

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