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SAFF Women's Championship

Field	Value
name	SAFF Women's Championship
organiser	SAFF
founded
region	South Asia
number of teams
current champions
(2nd title)
most successful team	(5 titles)
related comps	SAFF Championship
broadcasters	FanCode
website
current	2026 SAFF Women's Championship

the women tournament

(2nd title) The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament.

History

The current SAFF members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Formerly, eight members used to compete against each other, until Afghanistan departed. It is held approximately every two years. India won first 5 editions, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final.

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	Final	Losing semi-finalists	No. of
teams	Champion	Score	Runner-up	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
2010	Bangladesh	****	1–0		and	8
2012	Sri Lanka	****	3–1		and	8
2014	Pakistan	****	6–0		and	8
2016	India	****	3–1		and	7
2019	Nepal	****	3–1		and	6
2022	Nepal	****	3–1		and	7
2024	Nepal	****	2–1		and	7
2026	India

Teams reaching the top four

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Semi-finalists
	5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)		2 (2022, 2024)
	2 (2022, 2024)	1 (2016)	3 (2010, 2014, 2019)
		6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2024)	1 (2016)
			3 (2012, 2014, 2019)
			2 (2022, 2024)
*			1 (2012)
			1 (2016)
			1 (2012)

:Bold = Hosts :* = Not part of SAFF anymore

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Rank	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	7	30	25	2	3	157	16	+141	77
2	7	32	23	2	7	133	23	+110	71
3	7	27	16	2	9	74	37	+37	50
4	7	25	8	1	16	22	74	–52	25
5	5	15	5	1	9	23	53	–30	16
6	7	21	3	2	16	14	100	–86	11
7	7	21	3	1	17	26	97	–71	10
8	4	12	1	2	9	10	67	–57	5

Results by tournament

;Legend

**** – Champions
**** – Runners-up
**** – Third place
**** – Fourth place
**** – Semifinals
GS – Group stage
dq – Disqualified/Suspended by FIFA/AFC/SAFF
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew before tournament begins
— Not part of SAFF

Team	BAN
2010	SRI
2012	PAK
2014	IND
2016	NEP
2019	NEP
2022	NEP
2024	Total	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	Former team(s)	4
	SF	GS	SF	2nd	SF	1st	1st
	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	SF
	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	SF	SF
	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	2nd	2nd	2nd
	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	GS	GS
	SF	GS	GS	×	×	GS	GS
	GS	SF	SF	GS	SF	GS	GS
	GS	SF	GS	GS	Not part of SAFF

Overall top goalscorers

Name	Goals
IND Ngangom Bala Devi	27
BAN Sabina Khatun	26
	22
NEP Sabitra Bhandari	21
IND Sasmita Mallick	20
NEP Jamuna Gurung	17
IND Kamala Devi	17
NEP Sajana Rana	10
	10
	8

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2010		IND Mohammad Shahid Jabbar
2012
2014	IND Tarun Roy
2016	IND Sajid Dar
2019	IND Maymol Rocky
2022		BAN Golam Robbani
2024	ENG Peter Butler

Awards

The following awards are given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Year	Most Valuable Player	Top scorer(s)	Best goalkeeper	Fair play award	Player(s)
2010	Bala Devi	Sasmita Malik	13	Not awarded	Not awarded
2012	Yumnam Kamala Devi	Jamuna Gurung	8
2014	Sabina Khatun	Bala Devi	16
2016	Indumathi Kathiresan	Sabitra Bhandari	12
2019	Grace Dangmei	Sabitra Bhandari
Indumathi Kathiresan	4
2022	Sabina Khatun	Sabina Khatun	8	Rupna Chakma
2024	Ritu Porna Chakma	Deki Lhazom	8	Rupna Chakma

References

"GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website".
"Ranjith Rodrigo appointed acting President of SAFF".
(19 September 2022). "Bangladesh women make history, clinch maiden SAFF title".
(19 September 2022). "BANGLADESH WIN MAIDEN SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". saffederation.org.

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