SAFF Women’s Championship 2019

The 2019 SAFF Women’s Championship will be the fifth 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). Initially, scheduled from 17 to 26 December 2018 in Sri Lanka, the competition was rescheduled, as Sri Lanka withdrew as hosts. Afterwards, it was scheduled to be held in 2019 from 12–22 March and will be hosted by Nepal.

Participating Teams

Defending champions India and Bangladesh were pitted in group B and group A respectively. In Group A, Nepal who finished second in the first three editions of the tournament were drawn with 2016 runners-up Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan and in Group B, along with India, Maldives and Sri Lanka are placed. Afghanistan will not be playing in SAFF championships from this edition though they played in the 2016 edition even after changing their sub-confederation from SAFF to CAFF in 2014.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking Dec 2018
India	5th	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	62
Nepal (Host)	5th	Runners-up (2010, 2012, 2014)	108
Bangladesh	5th	Runners-up (2016)	125
Maldives	5th	Semi-finals (2016)	132
Sri Lanka	5th	Semi-finals (2012, 2014)	n/a
Pakistan	4th	Semi-finals (2010)	n/a

Venue:   Sahid Rangashala, Biratnagar, Nepal.

Teams: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

FIXTURE
DATE	TEAM				TEAM	TIME	Venue
12 Mar 2019	Nepal		vs		Bhutan	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
13 Mar 2019	India		vs		Maldives	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
14 Mar 2019	Bhutan		vs		Bangladesh	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
15 Mar 2019	Maldives		vs		Sri Lanka	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
16 Mar 2019	Bangladesh		vs		Nepal	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
17 Mar 2019	Sri Lanka		vs		India	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
	Rest Days
20 Mar 2019	Champion A		vs		Runner-up B	11:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
	Champion B		vs		Runner-up A	15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala
	Rest Days
22 Mar 2019	Final					15:00Hrs	Sahid Rangashala

NPT: Nepal Standard Time (GMT+5:45)