European side Russia emerged as unbeaten champions in their first appearance in the five-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-17 Women's Championship' 2023 beating India by 2-0 goals in the last match at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Tuesday evening
Russia clinched the SAFF U-17 Women's crown with all win record securing full 12 points from straight four matches while hosts Bangladesh finished runners-up securing seven points from four outings.
Sub continental giant India came 3rd in the five nation fray collecting six points from four matches and received the fair play trophy.
Shilji Shahji of India named as the highest scorer of the tournament scoring eight goals while Elina Golik of the champions Russia was adjudged the most valuable player of the meet.
Nepalese custodian Sujata Tamang was adjudged the best goal keeper of the meet
Earlier, favourite Russia made an easy passage to clinch the title after winning the first three league matches against Bangladesh (3-0), Nepal (3-0), Bhutan ( 9-1) and reached their final goal beating India 2-0 in the last match on Tuesday
An per tournament format, each team play each other in single round robin league basis matches and the team with the most points to be the champions.
Bangladesh made a flying start with an emphatic 8-1 goals victory over Bhutan, lost to the European side Russia 0-3 and beat India 1-0 to the runners up while India beat Nepal 4-1, outplayed Bhutan 9-0 and lost to Bangladesh 0-1
Five countries, four from South Asia --- India, Nepal, Bhutan and hosts Bangladesh, along with European side Russia --are taking part in the nine-day meet, organized by SAFF, under the supervision of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) in collaboration with UEFA.