2017 SAFF U-18 Championship

The 2017 SAFF U-18 Championship was the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. But since most teams use to send their U-18 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification it has been officially changed to U-18 tournament. The tournament was hosted by Bhutan 18–27 September 2017.

It was the first time that Bhutan was hosting SAFF event.

Host selection
A draw for tournament ceremony was held on 10 July 2017 at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation.

SAFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag, were among others present on the occasion.

Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Participating teams
On 6 September 2017 it was announced that Sri Lanka withdrew from the tournament whereas Pakistan didn't take part due to internal turmoil.

Match officials

 * Referees
 * Abdur Rahman Dhali
 * Ugyen Dorji
 * 🇮🇳 Pratik Mondal
 * 🇲🇻 Hussain Sinan
 * Laba Khatri
 * Farook M. Irshad


 * Assistant Referees
 * Mohammad Shah Alam
 * Phurpa Wangchuk
 * 🇮🇳 Mohan Ravi
 * Karma Yeshi
 * Padam Bahadur Bhujel
 * Sampath Liyanagunawardena


 * Referee Supervisor
 * Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman

Format
After Sri Lanka U18 opted out from the event. Now the championship will be played on round robin basis. Each team will face every other team once respectively and the team with the most points will win the title.

Standings

 * All matches are played in Thimphu, Bhutan.
 * Times listed are UTC+06:00.

Awards
The following awards were given for the 2017 SAFF U-18 Championship.

Goalscorers

 * 5 Goals


 * Jafar Iqbal


 * 3 Goals


 * 🇮🇳 Lalawmpuia


 * 2 Goals


 * Orgyen Tshering
 * 🇮🇳 Princeton Rebello
 * Roman Limbu
 * Dinesh Henjan


 * 1 Goal


 * Saikot Mahmoud Munna
 * Rahmat Mia
 * Mahbubur Rahman Sufil
 * 🇮🇳 Edmund Lalrindika
 * 🇮🇳 Asish Rai
 * Rejin Subba
 * 🇲🇻 Ahmed Tholal
 * 🇮🇳 Abhishek Halder
 * Abhishek Rijal
 * Mohammed Al-Amin