SAFF Championship – India will host the 2015 edition

It has been declared India will host the 2015 edition of SAFF Championship as decided by the SAFF executive member meeting.

SAFF Executive member meeting come into conclusion for the venue of ninth edition SAFF championship. The tournament will be held in India while the host city is not yet decided. India will be hosting the championship for the third time which is the maximum number for an individual country.

Similarly another major decision taken was Women’s championship which will be played next year will be hosted in Pakistan in October/November.

Similarly SAFF also announced that the SAFF club championship will probably kick off August next year and will last for 12 days. The venue of the tournament has not yet been decided. It was also revealed that the frequency of the tournament will depend on the sponsorship offers. It might be repeating every one year or once in two years depending on the sponsorship deals SAFF gets.

Meanwhile SAFF has also announced their plan to introduce U19 level of tournament most probably from 2015.