The 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship was the fifth edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international

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competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by

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from October 25 to November 3, 2018, at ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal. Six out of seven teams from the region took part, as Sri Lanka later withdrew their team, and the teams were divided into two groups. On 3 November 2018,

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edged out

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

in a close match decided in a penalty shootout to claim their second SAFF title.

Host selection

A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 13 September 2018 at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation. BFF general secretary Abu Naeem Shohag, chairman of the BFF Media Committee Amirul Islam Babu and Mindu Dorji, the deputy general secretary of Bhutan Football Federation was among those present. Initially all of seven countries team participated for the draw, two groups A and B were made, A consisted of

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and

and group B consisted of

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

But later

withdrew its team from the tournament and the groups were redefined. : † Sri Lanka withdrew before tournament : ‡ Pakistan drawn to Group B, thus both the groups redefined

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Participating teams

Venues

Match officials

Referees * Sudish Kumar Pandey (

) * Bhubon Mohon Tarafder (

) * Zaeem Ali (

) * Pema Tshewang (

) * Muhammad Ahmad Rauf (

) * Harish Kundu (

) Assistant Referees * Yunal Malla (

) * Sk Ikball Alam (

) * Jaufar Rasheed (

) * Yonten Chophel (

) * Dilawar Khan (

) * Kishan Joshi (

)

Group stage

*All matches were played at Lalitpur, Nepal. *Times listed are UTC+05:45.

Group A

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Group B

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Bracket

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Third place

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Final

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Winner

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship.

Goalscorers

References

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