Lalitpur, August 15

All  Nepal Football Association is hosting the SAFF U-15 Championship at the  ANFA Complex and Nepal APF Club grounds from August 18-27.

A total of six teams will compete in the league-cum-knock out event that replaced the U-16 Championship. Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are in Group A, while  hosts Nepal, Maldives and India are pitted in Group B.

According to the organisers, all the group stage matches will be played at the ANFA Complex grounds. Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the inaugural match on Friday.

Nepal will play their first match against Maldives on August 21 and take on India two days later.

The  semi-finals matches will be played at the ANFA Complex and APF  on August 25. The third placed match will be played at APF grounds, while the final will be played at the ANFA Complex grounds on August 27.