Bangladesh retain SAFF Women’s Title

Champion Bangladesh Women’s Football Team 

By Susil Premalal

Bangladesh retained the 2024 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship for the second successive year when they defeated Nepal 2-1 in the final encounter played at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.  

Seven countries, including Sri Lanka participated in this tournament.

Earlier, in the semi-finals, Bangladesh trounced Bhutan 7-1 while Nepal edged out 

India 4-2 in a penalty shootout.

Sri Lanka had a fine start to their campaign as they defeated the Maldives 1-0 in their Group ‘B’ opening fixture. However they were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Bhutan (1-4) and Nepal (0-6) respectively.  

Sri Lanka conceded 10 goals to their opponents and netted only two goals throughout this tournament with Dilasha Imasha scoring a goal against the Maldives while Thushani Madushika scored a goal against Bhutan.