2022 SAFF U-16 Championship

FIFA suspended Pakistan Football Federation on 7 April 2021, so they cannot participate in this competition.[3]

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-15 Championship	Previous best performance
India	7th	Champions (2013, 2017, 2019)
Bangladesh	7th	Champions (2015), (2018)
Nepal	7th	Runners-up (2013, 2017, 2019)
Bhutan	5th	Fourth Place
Sri Lanka	6th	Group Stage
Maldives	5th	Group Stage

Once the hosting nation is announced, it will be put in the 1st position of pot 1 while Maldives will be moved to pot 3.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
TBD (Hosts)  India	Nepal  Bangladesh	Sri Lanka  Bhutan	Maldives
Source: 2021 SAFF U-15 Championship.

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.