The 6th edition of the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-20 Women’s Championship Bangladesh’2025 begins here on Friday at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital.
Four South Asian nations –Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh-- will compete in the 11-day meet on double league basis, organised by South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) under the auspices of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)
Joints champions Bangladesh team will start their campaign taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match on Friday at 3 pm local time while Bhutan will encounter Nepal in the other opening day’s fixture at 7 pm local time.
India, which emerged joint champions with Bangladesh in 2024 in Dhaka after playing 1-1 draw in the schedule time and 11-11 goals draw in penalty shootout in the final, did not compete this time.
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In the other double league basis matches, Bangladesh will play Nepal on July 13, Bhutan on July 15, again Bhutan on July 17, Sri Lanka on July 19 and Nepal on July 21.
After the league basis matches, top team will be the champions.
Meanwhile, all the three foreign teams will make their practices on Thursday.
Sri Lanka team will make their practices at the Bashundhara Kings practice ground at 3 pm, Bhutan team at APBN ground also at 3 pm while Nepal team also at APBN ground at 4:30 pm.