SAFF Championships 2024: Sri Lanka Placed in Groups for U17, U20, and Women’s Championships

The draw for the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U17 Championship 2024, U20 Championship 2024 and Women’s Championship was announced on Saturday.

The draw for the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U17 Championship 2024, U20 Championship 2024 and Women’s Championship was announced on Saturday.

In the U17 event, Sri Lanka drawn with Host Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan in Group B. In Group A India drawn alongside Maldives and Bangladesh. The SAFF U17 Championship will be played in Bhutan from September 18- 28, 2024.

In the U20 championship, India, the defending champions, have been drawn with Maldives and Bhutan in Group B, while hosts Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka made up Group A. The SAFF U20 Championship 2024, will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from August 16-28, 2024.

In the SAFF Women’s Championship 2024, the Sri Lanka senior women’s national team were drawn with Host Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan. Meanwhile defending champions India drawn with Bangladesh and Pakistan in Group A.

This year, seven teams will participate in the three competitions. The format of all the competitions remains the same. All three championships will be played on the League-cum-knockout basis, where seven teams are divided into two groups (four teams in one group and three in the other).

The top two teams from both groups will qualify for the semi-finals.

India emerged as champions of both SAFF youth tournaments held in 2022 for the U20 and U17 age groups. In the last edition of the SAFF Women’s Championship 2022, India lost to Nepal 1-0 in the semi-finals.

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