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

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

Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists
Champion Score Runner-up
2010
Details
 Bangladesh
India
1–0
Nepal
 Bangladesh,  Pakistan
2012
Details
 Sri Lanka
India
3–1
Nepal
 Afghanistan,  Sri Lanka
2014
Details
 Pakistan
India
6–0
Nepal
 Bangladesh,  Sri Lanka
2016
Details
 India
India
3–1
Bangladesh
 Maldives,  Nepal
2019
Details
   Nepal
India
3–1
Nepal
 Bangladesh,  Sri Lanka
2022
Details
   Nepal
Bangladesh
3–1
Nepal
 Bhutan,  India

Statistics

Performance by nation

Nation Champions Runners-up Semi-finalists
 India 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) 1 (2022)
 Bangladesh 1 (2022) 1 (2016) 3 (2010, 2014, 2019)
 Nepal 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) 1 (2016)
 Sri Lanka 3 (2012, 2014, 2019)
 Bhutan 1 (2022)
 Maldives 1 (2016)
 Pakistan 1 (2012)
Former Team
 Afghanistan* 1 (2012)
Bold = Hosts
* = Not part of SAFF anymore

Participating nations

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semifinals
  • GS – Group stage
  • dq – Disqualified/Suspended by FIFA/AFC/SAFF.
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  ×  – Withdrew before tournament begins
  •     — Not part of SAFF
Team Bangladesh
2010
Sri Lanka
2012
Pakistan
2014
India
2016
Nepal
2019
Nepal
2022
Maldives
2024
Total
 Bangladesh SF GS SF 2nd SF 1st Q 6
 Bhutan GS GS GS GS GS SF Q 6
 India 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st SF Q 6
 Nepal 2nd 2nd 2nd SF 2nd 2nd Q 6
 Maldives GS GS GS SF GS GS Q 6
 Pakistan SF GS GS × × GS Q 4
 Sri Lanka GS SF SF GS SF GS Q 6
Former Team
 Afghanistan GS SF GS GS Not part of SAFF 4

All-time table

As of 2022

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  India 6 27 24 1 2 150 10 +140 73
2  Nepal 6 27 21 0 6 114 20 +94 63
3  Bangladesh 6 23 13 1 9 61 33 +28 40
4  Sri Lanka 6 19 6 1 12 18 54 –36 19
5  Pakistan 4 13 5 0 8 20 47 –27 15
6  Maldives 6 18 3 2 13 14 75 –61 11
7  Afghanistan 4 12 1 2 9 10 67 –57 5
8  Bhutan 6 17 1 1 15 8 89 –81 4

Winning coaches

Year Team Coach
2010  India India Mohammad Shahid Jabbar
2012
2014 India Tarun Roy
2016 India Sajid Dar
2019 India Maymol Rocky
2022  Bangladesh Bangladesh Golam Robbani

Awards

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
Player(s) Goals
2010 India Bala Devi India Bala Devi
India Sasmita Malik
11 Not awarded Not awarded
2012 India Yumnam Kamala Devi Nepal Jamuna Gurung 8
2014 Bangladesh Sabina Khatun India Bala Devi 16  Maldives
2016 India Indumathi Kathiresan Nepal Sabitra Bhandari 12  Nepal
2019 India Grace Dangmei Nepal Sabitra Bhandari
India Indumathi Kathiresan
4  Bangladesh
2022 Bangladesh Sabina Khatun Bangladesh Sabina Khatun 8 Bangladesh Rupna Chakma  Bangladesh

See also

References

  1. ^ "GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website". Goalnepal.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Ranjith Rodrigo appointed acting President of SAFF". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh women make history, clinch maiden SAFF title". The Daily Star. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ^ "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.

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