2023 SAFF Championship

At the SAFF Executive Committee meeting, held on 17 October 2021 in the Maldives, Football Sri Lanka expressed their interest to bid for hosting the tournament. However, FIFA suspended Sri Lanka on 21 January 2023, which ceased them from hosting and participation in any football tournament. Later on 30 January 2023, SAFF unofficially announced that only Nepal had applied for hosting rights till the deadline which is 29 January 2023. The host was supposed to be announced following the SAFF members' meeting during 33rd AFC Congress in Manama, Bahrain on 1 February 2023. On 14 February 2023, India were declared as the hosts of the 14th edition of the championship. On 19 March 2023, AIFF announced Bangalore as the host city for SAFF Championship 2023. == Participating nations ==

Football Sri Lanka was sanctioned by FIFA on 21 January 2023, which made them ineligible for participation in the competition. == Venue ==

The Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka, India hosted all the matches. == Draw ==

The draw ceremony of this tournament was held on 17 May 2023 at 12:30 IST in New Delhi, India. Draw result == Officiating ==

;Referees • Md Alamgir Sarker • Pema Tshewang • Crystal John • Sinan Hussain • Prajwol Chhetri • Irshad Ul Haq ;Assistant referees • Mohammad Nuruzzaman • Phurpa Wangchuk • S Manikandan • Sumanta Dutta • Ahmed Hassan • Nani Ram Thapa Magar == Group stage ==

Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- == Knockout stage ==

Bracket Semi-finals Final == Statistics ==

Goalscorers Awards == Champion ==

Prize money amounts were announced in 2023. == Broadcasting ==