Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Arif Khan Joy received the victorious Bangladesh team with bouquets at Hazral Shahjalal International Airport in the afternoon. He also fed them with sweetmeat.
BFF members Shawkat Ali Jahangir and Zakir Hossain Chowdhury and BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag were also present on the occasion.
With this victory in the final, Bangladesh not only clinched their maiden SAFF U-15 Championship title, but also took revenge of their 0-2 goals defeat against Pakistan in the SAFF-16 Championship in 2011.
This was the 2nd South Asian soccer crown for Bangladesh in the age group tournament after clinching the SAFF U-16 title in 2015 at their home ground in Sylhet beating India in the final, also in tie-breaker.
Bangladeshi substitute custodian Mehedy Hasan, who guided Bangladesh into the final foiling two penalties against India in the semifinal, came to the field just before tie-breaker and again proved his worth in the final saving three Pakistani spot kicks of Junaid, Adnan and Mudassar in penalty shootout.
Nihad Jaman Uchchash of Bangladesh was adjudged the highest scorer of the tournament scoring four goals while Bangladesh team also won the fair play trophy as the most disciplines team of the tournament.
Bangladesh smartly reached the final of the six-nation South Asian U-15 soccer meet with an all-win record eliminating their neighbour India by 4-2 goals in tiebreaker as the first semifinal between them was also locked 1-1 goals at the same venue on last Thursday.
Earlier, Bangladesh emerged Group A champions beating hosts Nepal by 2-1 goals in the last group match after crushing the Maldives by 9-0 goals in the first match, featuring a hat-trick by Nihad Jaman while Nepal outplayed the Maldives 4-0 in their first appearance on Thursday last.