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India won the Under-17 SAFF Championship title for the seventh time.
¨ On 27 September, India defeated Bangladesh
4-1 in a penalty shootout to claim the seventh SAFF U-17 Championship title.
¨ The final was held at the Racecourse
International Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
¨ Regulation time ended 2-2, forcing the
contest into penalties.
¨ Dallalmuon Gangte, Korou Meitei Konthoujam,
and Indra Rana Magar successfully converted their penalties.
¨ Shubham Poonia scored the decisive fourth
kick, securing the title for India.
¨ Bangladesh managed only one successful
conversion through Md Manik from three attempts.
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This was India coach Bibano Fernandes' fifth SAFF title, and second in
less than five months, having previously won the SAFF U-19 title in Arunachal
Pradesh in May.
