KATHMANDU: The SAFF Championship football tournament has been postponed for September 4-15 next year in Dhaka.

The 12th edition of the event was slated to start later this month. This is the third time that Bangladesh is hosting the event after 2003 and 2009.

Bangladesh had won their maiden title of the championship in 2003 on home soil.

Last time India hosted the biennial event from December 23, 2015 to January 3, 2016 and also won the title for seventh occasion.