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SAFF U-23 Championship
The SAFF U-23 Championship is a biennial football championship for male footballers under the age of 23 and is organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The championship will held for the first time in August 2026 in Bangladesh.The tournaments are held just before AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification matches, keeping in mind about proper preparation for that. History On 9 January 2025, the SAFF virtual meeting was held in Dhaka. At that meeting, the SAFF tournament committee decided that, the SAFF Under-23 Championship will be held around May 2026. It is hoped that through this competition, teams from the region will be able to prepare for the Youth Olympics and the Under-23 Asian Cup. Results ; Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *GS – Group stage *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts * – Did not enter * – Did not qualify * – Withdrew before qualification * — Withd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asia
South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's population. As commonly conceptualised, the modern State (polity), states of South Asia include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with Afghanistan also often included, which may otherwise be classified as part of Central Asia. South Asia borders East Asia to the northeast, Central Asia to the northwest, West Asia to the west and Southeast Asia to the east. Apart from Southeast Asia, Littoral South Asia, Maritime South Asia is the only subregion of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere. The British Indian Ocean Territory and two out of Atolls of Maldives, 26 atolls of the Maldives in South Asia lie entirely within the Southern Hemisphere. Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian subcontinent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asian Football Federation
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia. Incorporated in 1997, it is a regional subsidiary of Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, All India Football Federation, India, Football Association of Maldives, Maldives, All Nepal Football Association, Nepal, Pakistan Football Federation, Pakistan and Football Federation of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. History The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh national football team, Bangladesh, India national football team, India, Maldives national football team, Maldives, Nepal national football team, Nepal, Pakistan national football team, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka national football team, Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan national football team, Bhutan. Afghanistan national football team, Afghanistan joined in 2005, but left in 2015, to join then newly formed Central Asian Football Association. Presidents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2026 SAFF U-23 Championship
The 2026 SAFF U-23 Championship is the inaugural edition of the SAFF U-23 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-23 national teams from South Asia region, organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament scheduled to be played in Dhaka, Bangladesh from May 2026. Host selection At the SAFF Executive Committee virtual meeting, held on 8 January 2025 in the Dhaka, Bangladesh. The SAFF tournament committee announced the name of Bangladesh host country of the tournament. Participating teams The following seven teams will participate in the competition. Venue All matches will held at the National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Draw The draw ceremony of the tournament yet to be held. See also *SAFF Championship *SAFF U-20 Championship *SAFF U-17 Championship *South Asian Games The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from South Asia. The South Asia Olympic Council, which was formed in 1983, gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated with a population of over 171 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the List of Indian states, Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country. The territory of modern Bangladesh was a stronghold of many List of Buddhist kingdoms and empires, Buddhist and List of Hindu empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. Each edition of the tournament that is in an even year is linked to the qualification process for the Olympic Games, whereby the top three teams in the tournament qualify directly and the fourth-placed team may enter an intercontinental play-off match depending on the slot allocations. The first edition was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. In 2016 the tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship". The tournament was rebranded as the "AFC U-23 Asian Cup" in 2021. In July 2023, the AFC announced that each non-Olympic edition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The Summer Youth Olympics ...
Football was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010 for both boys and girls. From the 2018 edition in Buenos Aires, FIFA replaced football with futsal. Football Boys Summaries Team appearances Girls Summaries Team appearances Futsal Boys Results Team appearances Girls Results Team appearances Medal table :''As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.'' See also * Football at the Summer Olympics References External links Men's Youth Olympic Football Tournament FIFA.com FIFA.com Youth Olympic Games OLYMPIC.org {{International football Youth Olympics Sports at the Summer Youth Olympics Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFF Championship
The SAFF Championship (erstwhile SAARC Gold Cup and SAFF Gold Cup), is the primary association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), determining the Sub-continental football championships in Asia, sub-continental champion of South Asia. History India is most successful team of this region. They won the title 9 times which is 7 times more than second most successful team Maldives (having won 2 times). Total countries that currently compete in the tournaments are Bangladesh national football team, Bangladesh, Bhutan national football team, Bhutan, India national football team, India, Maldives national football team, Maldives, Nepal national football team, Nepal, Pakistan national football team, Pakistan and Sri Lanka national football team, Sri Lanka. It is held every two years. Afghanistan national football team, Afghanistan joined SAFF in 2005 and left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFF U-20 Championship
The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship or SAFF Youth Championship is a biennial football championship for male footballers under the age of 20 and is organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The championship was held for the first time in August 2015 in Nepal. The tournaments are held just before AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification matches, keeping in mind about proper preparation for that. Results ;U18 Category ;U19 Category ;U20 Category Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *5th – Fifth place * – Semifinals *GS – Group stage *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts * – Did not enter * – Did not qualify * × – Withdrew before qualification * — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification * — Not part of SAFF Statistics Performance by nation ;Notes Awards See also * SAFF U-17 Championship * SAFF U-20 Women's Championship References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFF U-17 Championship
The SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The first edition was held as ''SAFF U-16 Championship'', where most teams sent their U-15 team, keeping in mind AFC U-17 Asian Cup hold every following years to SAFF U-16 Championship. In the 2017 edition, it was held as ''SAFF U-15 Championship'' and the subsequent 2022 edition, the ''SAFF U-17 Championship'' was introduced. The first edition of the tournament took place in Nepal in August 2011. The competition was launched under the leadership of SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin who was elected in 2009. Results ;U15 Category ;U16 Category ;U17 Category Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semifinals *GS – Group stage *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts * – Did not enter * – Did not qualify * – W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The South Asian Games
Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals. Women's football tournaments were introduced in 2010. Results Men's tournament Accurate as of 10 December 2019. Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams. Women's tournament Accurate as of 9 December 2019. Medal table Men's medal table Women's medal table Total See also * SAFF Championship References {{International football Sports at the South Asian Games South Asian Games South Asian Games The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFF Women's Championship
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 against each other until Afghanistan departs from SAFF. It is held in every two years. India won first 5 edition so far, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final. Winning their second title consecutively, Bangladesh are the current champion defeating Nepal by 2–1 goals on 30 October 2024 in the final. Results Statistics Performance by nation :Bold = ''Hosts'' :* = ''Not part of SAFF anymore'' Participating nations ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semifinals *GS – Group stage *dq – Disqualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
