Hosts India were drawn alongside Nepal and Sri Lanka in Group B of the SAFF U19 Championship 2025 in the draw conducted in Kathmandu, Nepal. Maldives, Bhutan and Bangladesh were drawn in Group A. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals that will be played on May 16. The final will take place on May 18. India are the defending champions, having beaten Pakistan 3-0 in the final of the 2023 edition. In 2024, the tournament was held for the U20s, where India lost to Bangladesh on penalties. This will be the fourth time India will host an age-group SAFF competition after U20 men’s (Bhubaneswar 2022), U18 women’s (Jamshedpur 2022) and U15 men’s (Kalyani 2019). The 2025 SAff U-19 Championship will mark the seventh edition of the regional youth football tournament, organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), featuring men’s under-19 national teams from South Asia.