2022 CAFA Women's Championship

2022 CAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tajikistan
CityDushanbe
Dates8–20 July
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan (2nd title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Kyrgyzstan
Fourth place Turkmenistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored33 (3.3 per match)
Attendance1,488 (149 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Nilufar Kudratova
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Uzbekistan Nilufar Kudratova
Fair play award Iran
← 2018

The 2022 CAFA Women's Championship was the second edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship organised by the Central Asian Football Association for the women's senior national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was hosted by Tajikistan.[1]

Uzbekistan were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018. They managed to retain the title undefeated.[2][3] Hosts Tajikistan finished in last place after losing three matches and drawing one against debutants Turkmenistan, who secured fourth place just one point ahead of their Tajik counterparts.

Participation

Participating teams

A total of 5 (out of 6) CAFA nations entered the final tournament.[4][5] with Turkmenistan debuting in the tournament.[6] Meanwhile, Afghanistan did not participate, as the team was disbanded following the Taliban takeover.[7]

Team App. Previous best performance FIFA ranking
June 2022
 Iran 2nd Runners-up (2018) 70
 Kyrgyzstan 2nd Fourth place (2018) 125
 Tajikistan 2nd Third Place (2018) 139
 Turkmenistan 1st — NR
 Uzbekistan 2nd Champions (2018) 46
Did not enter

Squads

Main article: 2022 CAFA Women's Championship squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players.

Venues

On 3 July 2022, Republic Central Stadium was confirmed as the sole venue of the tournament.[4]

Dushanbe
2022 CAFA Women's Championship is located in Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Dushanbe
2022 CAFA Women's Championship (Tajikistan)
Republic Central Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
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Officials

CAFA selected the following match officials to officiate the tournament:

Referees

  • Iran Mahsa Ghorbani
  • Kyrgyzstan Malika Kadyrova
  • Tajikistan Nodira Mirzoeva
  • Turkmenistan Resul Mämmedow
  • Uzbekistan Anna Sidorova

Assistant Referees

  • Iran Ensieh Khabaz
  • Kyrgyzstan Ramina Tsoi
  • Tajikistan Dilshoda Rahmonova
  • Turkmenistan Akmyrat Gurbanow
  • Uzbekistan Kristina Sereda

Main tournament

The official match schedule was confirmed by CAFA on 3 July 2022.[8]

Tiebreakers

Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  4. Greater disciplinary points.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above four criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:

  1. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
  2. Penalty shoot-out if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

All times listed are Tajikistan Time (UTC+05:00)

Tournament table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Uzbekistan 4 4 0 0 20 0 +20 12 Champions
2  Iran 4 3 0 1 10 1 +9 9 Runners-up
3  Kyrgyzstan 4 1 1 2 1 8 −7 4 Third place
4  Turkmenistan 4 0 2 2 1 11 −10 2
5  Tajikistan (H) 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12 1
Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kyrgyzstan 0–1 Iran
Report (AFC)
Report (CAFA)		 Behesht 52'
Attendance: 52
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
Turkmenistan 1–1 Tajikistan
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Report (CAFA)
Attendance: 97
Referee: Malika Kadyrova (Kyrgyzstan)
Turkmenistan 0–0 Kyrgyzstan
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Attendance: 67
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Tajikistan 0–6 Uzbekistan
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Resul Mammedov (Turkmenistan)
Uzbekistan 6–0 Turkmenistan
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Attendance: 87
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
Iran 5–0 Tajikistan
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Attendance: 135
Referee: Resul Mammedov (Turkmenistan)
Iran 4–0 Turkmenistan
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
Kyrgyzstan 0–7 Uzbekistan
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Uzbekistan 1–0 Iran
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Malika Kadyrova (Kyrgyzstan)
Tajikistan 0–1 Kyrgyzstan
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Report (CAFA)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: CAFA

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Player Offences Suspensions
Tajikistan Niso Abdulloeva Yellow card v Uzbekistan (matchday 2; 11 July)
Yellow card v Iran (matchday 3; 14 July) 		v Kyrgyz Republic (matchday 4; 20 July)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[9]

Most Valuable Player

The Most Valuable Player of the Tournament award was given to Nilufar Kudratova.

Top Scorer

The top scorer award was given to the top scorer in the tournament. Nilufar Kudratova won the award with seven goals scored in the tournament.

Fairplay Award

The Fairplay Award was given to the Iran women's national football team.[11]

Special Award

the Special Award was given to the Turkmenistan women's national football team after they finished fourth overall.[12]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "The women's national team of Uzbekistan won the gold medals at the CAFA tournament". ufa.uz. UFA. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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  7. ^ "Afghanistan: the national women's football team that isn't". dw.com. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ "2022 CAFA Women's Championship official match schedule". fft.tj. FFT. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Women's Team of Uzbekistan – the Winner of the CAFA Women's Championship 2022". the-cafa.com. CAFA. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Nilufar Kudratova named CAFA Women's Championship 2022 Most Valuable Player and top goalscorer of the Tournament". the-cafa.com. CAFA. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Iran awarded the Fairplay award". the-cafa.com. CAFA. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ "The women's football team of Turkmenistan was awarded with Special Award of CAFA Championship". turkmenportal. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.