| Founded | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Region | South Asia (SAFF) |
| Teams | 7 |
| Current champions |  India(4th title) |
| Most championships | India (4 titles) |
 2025 SAFF U-19 Championship | |
TheSAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship is an annualfootball championship for male footballers under the age of 20 and is organized by theSouth Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The championship was held for the first time in August 2015 inNepal.[1] The tournaments are held just beforeAFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification matches, keeping in mind about proper preparation for that.[2]
| Ed. | Year | Cat. | Host | Final | Third place playoff | No. of teams | |||||||
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| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||||
| 1 | 2015 | U-19 |  Nepal |  Nepal | 1–1 (5–4p) | India |  Afghanistan and Bangladesh | 6 | |||||
| 2 | 2017 | U-18 |  Bhutan | Nepal | RR | Bangladesh | India | RR | Bhutan | 5 | |||
| 3 | 2019 | Nepal | India | 2–1 | Bangladesh |  Maldives | 1–0 | Bhutan | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 2022 | U-20 | India | India | 5–2 (a.e.t.) | Bangladesh | Nepal | RR | Maldives | 5 | |||
| 5 | 2023 | U-19 | Nepal | India | 3–0 |  Pakistan | Bhutan and Nepal | 6 | |||||
| 6 | 2024 | U-20 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 4–1 | Nepal | Bhutan and India | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 2025 | U-19 | India | India | 1–1 (4–3p) | Bangladesh | Nepal and Maldives | 6 | |||||
| Team | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 2nd | 7 |
| Bhutan | GS | 4th | 4th | × | SF | SF | GS | 6 |
| India | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | 1st | 7 |
| Maldives | GS | 5th | 3rd | 4th | GS | GS | SF | 7 |
| Nepal | 1st | 1st | GS | 3rd | SF | 2nd | SF | 7 |
| Pakistan | × | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | 1 |
 Sri Lanka | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | 4 |
| Former Team | ||||||||
| Afghanistan | SF | Not aSAFF member | 1 | |||||
| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-Finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 (2019,2022,2023,2025) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2017) | – | 1 (2024) |
| Nepal | 2 (2015,2017) | 1 (2024) | 2 (2022,2025) | – | 1 (2023) |
| Bangladesh | 1 (2024) | 4 (2017,2019,2022,2025) | – | – | 1 (2015) |
| Pakistan | – | 1 (2023) | – | – | – |
| Maldives | – | – | 1 (2019) | 1 (2022) | 1 (2025) |
| Bhutan | – | – | – | 2 (2017,2019) | 2 (2023,2024) |
| Afghanistan* | – | – | – | – | 1 (2015) |
| Sri Lanka | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top scorer(s) | Goals | Best Goalkeeper | Fair play award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Not Awarded | Anjan BistaBimal Magar | 3 | Not Awarded | India |
| 2017 | Orgyen Tshering | Jafar Iqbal | 5 | Not Awarded | Bhutan |
| 2019 | Ninthoinganba Meetei | Foysal Ahmed FahimTanvir HossainGurkirat Singh | 2 | Not Awarded | Bhutan |
| 2022 | Gurkirat Singh | Gurkirat Singh | 8 | Not Awarded | Sri Lanka |
| 2023 | Manglenthang Kipgen | Jigme Namgyel Gwgmsar Goyary Samir Tamang | 3 | Lionel Daryl Rymmei | Bhutan |
| 2024 | Mirajul Islam | Mirajul Islam | 4 | Md Asif | Nepal |
| 2025 | Mohammed Arbas | Danny Meitei | 5 | Suraj Singh Aheibam | India |
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