2019 SAFF Women's Championship
The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation. Initially, scheduled from 17 to 26 December 2018 in Sri Lanka, the competition was rescheduled, as Sri Lanka withdrew as hosts. Afterwards, it was scheduled to be held in 2019 from 12–22 March and to be hosted by Nepal. India won the tournament by defeating Nepal 3–1 in the final.
Participating teams
Defending champions India and Bangladesh were pitted in Group B and Group A respectively. In Group A, Nepal who finished second in the first three editions of the tournament were drawn with 2016 runners-up Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan and in Group B, along with India, Maldives and Sri Lanka are placed. Afghanistan will not be playing in SAFF championships from this edition though they played in the 2016 edition even after changing their sub-confederation from SAFF to CAFF in 2014.| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking Dec 2018 |
| 5th | Champions | 62 | |
| 5th | Runners-up | 108 | |
| 5th | Runners-up | 125 | |
| 5th | Semi-finals | 132 | |
| 5th | Semi-finals | n/a | |
| 5th | Group stage | n/a |
The Pakistan withdraws participation in the fifth edition of the 2019 SAFF Women's Championship.
Squads
Venue
The Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar, Province No. 1, Nepal serves as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.| Biratnagar | |
| Sahid Rangsala | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | |
Group stage
The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 13 November 2018 at the South Asian Football Federation head office in Dhaka.- All matches were played at Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar, Nepal.
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
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Semi-finals
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Final
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