| SAFF Women's Championship | |
| Organiser: | SAFF |
| Region: | South Asia |
| Number Of Teams: | |
| Current Champions: | (2nd title) |
| Broadcasters: | FanCode |
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.
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 departs from SAFF. It is held in every two years.
India won first 5 edition so far, beating Nepal four times and Bangladesh once in the final.[1] [2] Winning their second title consecutively, Bangladesh are the current champion defeating Nepal by 2–1 goals on 30 October 2024 in the final.[3]
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=ffffff | Final | width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=ffffff | Losing semi-finalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||||||
| 2010 Details |  Bangladesh | 1–0 | and | ||||||||
| 2012 Details |  Sri Lanka | 3–1 | and | ||||||||
| 2014 Details |  Pakistan | 6–0 | and | ||||||||
| 2016 Details |  India | 3–1 | and | ||||||||
| 2019 Details |  Nepal | 3–1 | and | ||||||||
| 2022 Details | Nepal | 3–1 | and | ||||||||
| 2024 Details | 2–1 | and | |||||||||
| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) | 2 (2022, 2024) | |||
| 2 (2022, 2024) | style=background:silver | 1 (2016) | 3 (2010, 2014, 2019) | |
| style=background:silver | 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
| width=170 | Team | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | GS | SF | 2nd | SF | 1st | 1st | 7 | ||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | SF | 7 | ||
| 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | SF | 7 | ||
| 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | SF | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7 | ||
| GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS | GS | 7 | ||
| SF | GS | GS | × | × | GS | GS | 5 | ||
| GS | SF | SF | GS | SF | GS | GS | 7 | ||
| Former team(s) | |||||||||
| GS | SF | GS | GS | Not part of SAFF | 4 | ||||
As of 30 October 2024
| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | width=20 | Part | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | Dif | width=20 | 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 |
| Name | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Ngangom Bala Devi | 27 | |
| Sabina Khatun | 26 | |
| 22 | ||
| 21 | ||
| 20 | ||
| 17 | ||
| Kamala Devi | 17 | |
| 10 | ||
| 10 | ||
| Rekha Poudel | 8 |
| Year | Team | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mohammad Shahid Jabbar | |
| 2012 | ||
| 2014 | Tarun Roy | |
| 2016 | Sajid Dar | |
| 2019 | Maymol Rocky | |
| 2022 | Golam Robbani | |
| 2024 | Peter Butler |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Most Valuable Player (best overall player), Top scorers (top scorer) and Best Goalkeeper (goalkeeper with the most clean sheets) awards were given to the player and, the Fair play award were given to the Team.[4]
| Year | Most Valuable Player | Top scorer(s) | Best goalkeeper | Fair play award | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player(s) | Goals | |||||
| 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 | ||