| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 9–18 May 2025 |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Bangladesh |
| Third place |  Maldives Nepal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 36 (4 per match) |
| Attendance | 31,668 (3,519 per match) |
| Top scorer | Danny Meitei (5 goals) |
| Best player | Mohammed Arbas |
| Bestgoalkeeper | Suraj Singh Aheibam |
| Fair play award | India |
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The2025 SAFF U-19 Championship was the 7th edition of theSAFF U-19 Championship, an internationalfootball competition for men's under-19 national teams fromSouth Asia region, organized by theSouth Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament was played inYupia, India from 9–18 May 2025.[1]
On 18 May 2025,India won their fourth title by beatingBangladesh 4–3 on penalty in the final after a 1–1 draw at the end of the regular time.[2]
All matches were played atGolden Jubilee Stadium inYupia,Arunachal Pradesh,India.[3]
| Yupia | |
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| Golden Jubilee Stadium | |
| Capacity:15,000 | |
The following six national teams participated in the tournament.[4]
| Team | Appearances in the SAFF U-19 Championship | Previous best performance |
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| Bangladesh | 7th | Champions (2024) |
 Bhutan | 6th | Fourth place (2017,2019) |
| India (Host) | 7th | Champions (2019,2022,2023) |
| Maldives | 7th | Third place (2019) |
| Nepal | 7th | Champions (2015,2017) |
 Sri Lanka | 4th | Group stage (2019,2022) |
Each team had to register a squad of minimum 16 and maximum 23 players. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament (as perFIFA eligibility rules of underage competitions[5]).
| Bangladesh[6] | Bhutan[7] | India[8] | Maldives[7] | Nepal[9] | Sri Lanka[10] |
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The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 11 March 2025.[1]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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| India(hosts) Maldives | Nepal Bhutan | Bangladesh Sri Lanka |
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SM Jashim Akhter Harish Kundu (†) Zaheer Hussain (†) Nabindra Maharjan (†) Md Jafran Athambawa (†) Ugyen Penjor (†) Shohrab Hossain Sourav Sarker Tshering Phuntsho Raeef Rauf Prakash Bhujel L. Dhanushka Sampath(†): Also performed as assistant referee in some matches.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Teams are ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for adraw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bhutan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Bhutan | 0–3 | Bangladesh |
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| Report |
| Maldives | 2–2 | Bhutan |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India(H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nepal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 May –Yupia | ||||||
| Bangladesh | 2 | |||||
| 18 May –Yupia | ||||||
| Nepal | 1 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 1 (3) | |||||
| 16 May –Yupia | ||||||
| India(p) | 1 (4) | |||||
| India | 3 | |||||
| Maldives | 0 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 2–1 | Nepal |
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| Report |
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| 7th SAFF U-19 Championship 2025 Champions |
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 India Fourth title |
There have been 36 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source:GSA
| No. | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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| 1. | Danny Meitei | India | Sri Lanka | 8–0 | 9 May 2025 | [11] |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[2]
| Fair Play Award | Best goalkeeper | Top scorer(s) | Most valuable player | ||||
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| India | Suraj Singh Aheibam | Danny Meitei | Mohammed Arbas |
| Territory | Broadcaster(s) | Reference |
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| No restricted territory | Sportzworkz (YouTube channel) | 2025 SAFF U19 matches playlist onYouTube |
