The Indian football team have crashed out from the ongoing South Asian Football Federation SAFF U20 Women’s Championship 2023, check out the full squad, results, scores, final points and standings, and live streaming
The Indian women’s football team failed to qualify for the U-20 Women’s Championship 2023 final after finishing only in third place in the standings.
SAFF U20 Women’s Championship 2023 live streaming telecast, time table, schedule and fixtures
Nepal defeat India by 3-1 in #SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship in Dhaka.
With this win, #Nepal climb to the top position and reach the final. pic.twitter.com/mGOPbNXoBE
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) February 7, 2023
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Here are the 2️⃣3️⃣ #YoungTigresses 🐯 who will represent 🇮🇳 at the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship 🤩#BackTheBlue 💙 #ShePower 👧 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/bE6JhIvRb1
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) January 30, 2023
Only the top two teams are set to qualify for the final of the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championships.
A shock defeat for team India
Despite being favourites to progress into the final, India suffered a shock defeat against Nepal in the final group match. The match took place at the Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 7.
Despite only needing a draw to qualify, India lost 3-1 against Nepal. Moreover, Bangladesh won their match against Bhutan, which dropped down India to third place in the points table.
SAFF U-20 Women’s Championships
The current SAFF U-20 Women’s Championships initially started as an Under-18 tournament in 2018. Following which, the second edition took place in 2021 as an Under-19 tournament. Later the next year, in 2022, it reverted back to its Under-18 format.
This year’s 2023 edition is the first time that the championship is using the Under-20 format. India won the 2022 edition, while Bangladesh won the previous two editions.
Indian women’s football squad
Before the tournament, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) named a 23-member squad for the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship 2023. Astam Oraon was named as the captain of the team.
Most of the players in the Indian women’s football team squad was made up of under-17 players. These same players represented India at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup last year.
Goalkeepers
Monalisha Devi, Anshika, Anjali
Defenders
Astam Oraon, Shilky Devi, Kajal, Shubhangi Singh, Purnima Kumari, Varshika, Gladys
Midfielders
Martina Thokchom, Kajol D’Souza, Babina Devi, Nitu Linda, Tania Kanti, Shailja
Forwards
Lynda Kom, Apurna Narzary, Sunita Munda, Sumati Kumari, Neha, Sonali Soren, Anita Kumari
SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship 2023 Indian football team results and scores
Friday, February 3
India 12-0 Bhutan
(Goal scorers: India – Apurna 29′, 36′, Nitu 43′, Neha 45′, 55′, 90′, Anita 50′, 69′, 78′, Lynda 61′, 63′, 75′; Nepal – NA)
Sunday, February 5
India 0-0 Bangladesh
(Goal scorers: NA)
Tuesday, February 7
India 1-3 Nepal
(Goal scorers: India – Apurna 21′; Nepal – Anjali 48′, Preeti 69′, Amisha 89′)
Format
The ongoing SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship 2023 followed a single-legged round-robin and final format. In the round-robin stage, all the four teams played against each other once. The top two teams with the highest points will now move on to play for the final round.
SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship 2023 standings and points table
Out of the four teams in the group, only the top two teams will qualify for the final match. Given below is the final points table standings of the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championships:
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Points | GF | GA | GD |
| 1* | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
| 2* | Nepal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | +9 |
| 4 | Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -21 |
Live streaming of the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship 2023 will be on the Sportzworkz YouTube channel in India for free.