2016 SAFF Women's Championship

International women's football championship December 2016 July 2026 SAFF Women's Championship 2016 2016 SAFF Women's Championship Logo.png India 26 December 2016 – 4 January 2017 7 1 1 IND 4 BAN 12 57 117662 NEP Sabitra Bhandari(12 goals) IND Indumathi Kathiresan NEP 2014 2019 The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament began in India from 26 December 2016 and went on until 4 January 2017. The country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016.Bangladesh to host the 2017 South Asian football cup http://www.asianews.network/content/bangladesh-host-2017-south-asian-football-cup-6733 19 December 2016 Asia News 4 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170108171246/http://www.asianews.network/content/bangladesh-host-2017-south-asian-football-cup-6733 8 January 2017 dead This was the first time India had hosted the SAFF Women's Championship. The defending champions coming into the tournament were India, who won the three preceding tournaments.Reality check for host in Nepal-Malaysia friendly today http://www.myrepublica.com/news/11308 19 December 2016 My Republica 17 December 2016 By the end of the tournament, India emerged as champions again, defeating Bangladesh in the final 3–1.http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/13821 India keep unbeaten SAFF record shekicks.net 5 January 2017 11 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118113619/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/13821 18 January 2017 dead dmy-all http://goalie365.com/show_details.php?article_id=879 India Wins SAFF Championship for the 4th time goalie365.com 4 January 2017 13 January 2017 Participating teams Apart from the hosts, India, six other South Asian teams participated in the tournament. On 3 November 2016 it was announced that Pakistan would not participate in the tournament. Country Appearance Previous best performanceFIFA rankingDecember 2016 IND (Host) 4th 1Champions (2010, 2012, 2014)54 AFG 2013 4th 3Semi-finals 120n/a BAN 4th 3Semi-finals 114 BHU 4th 4Group-stage 121n/a MDV 4th 4Group-stage 116 NEP 4th 2Runners-up 105 SRI 4th 3Semi-finals 115 Squads 2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads Venue The Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal served as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.Players Called for SAFF Women's Championship Preparatory Camp in Punjab https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7660 The All India Football Federation 25 November 2016 https://archive.today/20161230013252/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7660 30 December 2016 20 December 2016 Siliguri India center 250 India 26.71 88.43 Siliguri top Kanchenjunga Stadium Capacity: 30,000 Group stage The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 17 November 2016 at the South Asian Football Federation head office in Dhaka.Draw Held in Dhaka http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=29116 20 December 2016 Goal Nepal 17 November 2016 18 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161118041337/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=29116 dead Group A main WDL Group A complete Soccerway 200 NEP MDV SRI BHU KO KO Tie-breaking criteria 0 0 3 1 13 2 0 1 8 12 3 0 0 18 0 1 0 2 4 6 BHU MDV NEP SRI Q green1 Advance to knockout stage 26 December 2016 12:30 IST NEP 8–0 Report BHU Bhandari 5 9 23 35 72 77Sharmila Thapa 26Khatri 90 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 1368 Monir Dhali (Bangladesh) 26 December 2016 16:30 IST SRI 2–5 Report MDV Liyanage 43Kumudini 45+2 Rifa 24Zahir 27 64 80Shamila 88 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 2613 P.Singh (India) 28 December 2016 12:30 IST BHU 0–2 Report SRI Liyanage 60Perera 77 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 4064 Hanafi Zardan (Afghanistan) 28 December 2016 16:30 IST MDV 0–9 Report NEP Bhandari 12 28 39 50 63Yonjan 52Lama 71Bhujel 74BK 90+3 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 7462 Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh) 30 December 2016 12:30 IST NEP 1–0 Report SRI Gunawardane 87 o.g. Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 4830 Monir Dhali (Bangladesh) 30 December 2016 16:30 IST MDV 3–1 Report BHU Zahir 18 90Shamila 36 Ghalley 81 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 6701 P.Singh (India) Group B main WDL Group B complete Soccerway 200 BAN IND AFG KO KO Tie-breaking criteria 0 0 2 1 11 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 5 1 H AFG 2013 BAN IND Q green1 Advance to knockout stage 27 December 2016 16:30 IST IND 5–1 Report AFG 2013 Kamala Devi 3 32Mallik 29Dangmei 45+2Sanju 90+2 Muhtaj 88 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 20411 Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh) 29 December 2016 16:30 IST BAN 6–0 Report AFG 2013 Sabina 6 15 40 44 48Shopna 85 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 14310 Ismail Khan (Maldives) 31 December 2016 16:30 IST IND 0–0 Report BAN Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 10498 Hanafi Zardan (Afghanistan) Knockout stage Bracket 200 2 January NEP 1 IND 3 2 January BAN 6 MDV 0 4 January IND 3 BAN 1 Semi-finals 2 January 2017 12:30 IST NEP 1–3 https://blog.cpdfootball.de/2017/01/02/clinical-india-romp-into-saff-womens-championship-final/ IND Bhandari 75 Kamala Devi 45Indumathi 50Mallik 83 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 16478 Mizan Khandakar (Bangladesh) 2 January 2017 16:30 IST BAN 6–0 Report MDV Shopna 11 22 58Sabina 48 64 penNargis Khatun 52 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 8464 P.Singh (India) Final 4 January 2017 16:30 IST IND 3–1 Report BAN Dangmei 12Mallik 60Indumathi 67 Shopna 40 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 20463 Ismail Khan (Maldives) Goalscorers 12 goals NEP Sabitra Bhandari 8 goals BAN Sabina Khatun 5 goals 22em BAN Sirat Jahan Shopna MDV Fadhuwa Zahir 3 goals 22em IND Sasmita Malik IND Yumnam Kamala Devi 2 goals 22em IND Grace Dangmei IND Indumathi Kathiresan MDV Aminath Shamila SRI Erandi Liyanage 1 goal 22em AFG 2013 Farkhunda Muhtaj BAN Nargis Khatun BHU Tanka Maya Ghalley IND Sanju Yadav MDV Mariyam Rifa NEP Sharmila Thapa NEP Krishna Khatri NEP Manjali Yonjan NEP Sapana Lama NEP Hira Kumari Bhujel NEP Nirmala BK SRI Maheshika Kumudini SRI Praveena Perera 1 own goal SRI Rushani Gunawardena (playing against Nepal) References External links SAFF Women's Championship 2016. 2016 Category:2016 in Asian women's international football Category:2017 in Asian women's international football Category:2016–17 in Indian women's football 2016 Category:December 2016 sports events in India Category:January 2017 sports events in India