2023 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship

CAFA Women's Futsal Championship 2023
Чемпионат CAFA-2023 по футзалу среди женских национальных сборных
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
CityTashkent
Dates27–31 January
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Tajikistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored51 (8.5 per match)
Attendance500 (83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Sara Shirbeigi
(7 Goals)
Best player(s)Iran Fereshteh Karimi
Fair play award Tajikistan
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 28 January 2023.

The 2023 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of CAFA Women's Futsal Championship, the annual international futsal championship organized by CAFA for the women's national futsal teams of Central Asia. the tournament was hosted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1][2]

Iran were the defending champion having won the 2022 inaugural edition.[3] and they successfully defended their title finishing unbeaten, after beating hosts Uzbekistan in an exciting final day.[4][5]

participation

Participating teams

A total of 4 (out of 6) CAFA member national teams entered the tournament.[6][7][8]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Iran 2nd Champions (2022)
 Kyrgyz Republic 2nd Third place (2022)
 Tajikistan 2nd Fourth place (2022)
 Uzbekistan 2nd Runners-up (2022)
Did not enter

Squads

Main article: 2023 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

Eight referees from the four participating associations were appointed for the tournament.

Referees
  • Iran Zahra Rahimi
  • Iran Somayeh Taheri
  • Kyrgyzstan Nurbek Arstanbek Uulu
  • Kyrgyzstan Talantbek Raimberdiev
  • Tajikistan Safarali Mahmadizoda
  • Tajikistan Behzur Murtazoev
  • Uzbekistan Aleksandra Konchikova
  • Uzbekistan Gulshoda Saitkulova

Main Tournament

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 18 January 2023.[9]

All times are local UZT (UTC+5).

Tournament table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 26 4 +22 9 Champions
2  Uzbekistan (H) 3 2 0 1 17 7 +10 6 Runners-up
3  Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 5 25 −20 3 Third place
4  Kyrgyz Republic 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Iran 5–0 Kyrgyz Republic
 Report
Yunusabad Sports Complex, Tashkent
Attendance: 42
Referee: Aleksandra Konchikova (Uzbekistan)
Gulshoda Saitkulova (Uzbekistan)
Behzur Murtazoev (Tajikistan)
Uzbekistan 7–1 Tajikistan
 Report
Yunusabad Sports Complex, Tashkent
Attendance: 67
Referee: Zahra Rahimi (Iran)
Somayeh Taheri (Iran)
Nurbek Arstanbek Uulu (Kyrgyz Republic)
Tajikistan 0–16 Iran
Report
Yunusabad Sports Complex, Tashkent
Attendance: 52
Referee: Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Nurbek Arstanbek Uulu (Kyrgyz Republic)
Aleksandra Konchikova (Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyz Republic 1–6 Uzbekistan
Askarova Goal 37:40 Report
Yunusabad Sports Complex, Tashkent
Attendance: 110
Referee: Behzur Murtazoev (Tajikistan)
Safarali Mahmadizoda (Tajikistan)
Somayeh Taheri (Iran)
Kyrgyz Republic 2–4 Tajikistan
 Report
Yunusabad Sports Complex, Tashkent
Attendance: 32
Referee: Zahra Rahimi (Iran)
Somayeh Taheri (Iran)
Gulshoda Saitkulova (Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan 4–5 Iran
 Report
Yunusabad Sports Complex, Tashkent
Attendance: 197
Referee: Behzur Murtazoev (Tajikistan)
Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Nurbek Arstanbek Uulu (Kyrgyz Republic)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 8.5 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Player awards

Iran's Fereshteh Karimi won the Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive time, becoming the first to do so.

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[10]

Most Valuable player Award
Top Goalscorer Award
Fair Play Award
Special Award

See also

References

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