2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship

2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTajikistan
CityDushanbe
Dates19 – 28 April 2024
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Kyrgyz Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored55 (5.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Shahnoza Dekanbaeva
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Somayeh Esmaeili
Fair play award Turkmenistan
← 2022

The 2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship was the 2nd edition of CAFA U-18 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CAFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

A total of five teams participated in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Iran were the defending champions, and successfully defended the title after finishing top of the standing unbeaten.[1]

Participating nations

5 (out of 6) CAFA nations entered the final tournament.[2][3] with Turkmenistan debuting in the tournament after missing the inaugural edition.[4]

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Iran 2nd 2022 (Champions) Champions (2022)
 Kyrgyz Republic 2nd 2022 (Third place) Third place (2022)
 Tajikistan 2nd 2022 (Fourth place) Fourth place (2022)
 Turkmenistan 1st Debut
 Uzbekistan 2nd 2022 (Runners-up) Runners-up (2022)

Venues

Matches were held at the Republic Central Stadium.

Dushanbe
2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship is located in Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Dushanbe
2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship (Tajikistan)
Republic Central Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
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Main tournament

The main tournament schedule was announced on 12 April 2024.

All times are local TJT (UTC+5).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Iran 4 3 1 0 17 3 +14 10 Champions
2  Uzbekistan 4 3 0 1 24 6 +18 9 Runners-up
3  Kyrgyz Republic 4 2 1 1 8 8 0 7 Third place
4  Tajikistan (H) 4 1 0 3 4 15 −11 3
5  Turkmenistan 4 0 0 4 2 23 −21 0
Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkmenistan 1–3 Kyrgyz Republic
  • Haipova 67'
 Report
Attendance: 83
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
Iran 4–2 Uzbekistan
 Report
Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Turkmenistan)
Turkmenistan 0–7 Iran
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Keremet Ismailova (Kyrgyz Republic)
Kyrgyz Republic 3–0 Tajikistan
 Report
Referee: Nasibabonu Toshmuhammedova (Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan 6–1 Kyrgyz Republic
 Report
Attendance: 25
Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Turkmenistan)
Tajikistan 4–0 Turkmenistan
 Report
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
Uzbekistan 9–1 Turkmenistan
 Report Alymjanova 12'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
Iran 5–0 Tajikistan
 Report
Attendance: 45
Referee: Keremet Ismailova (Kyrgyzstan)
Kyrgyz Republic 1–1 Iran
Karataeva 90+2' Report Rahmani Khoshgod 66'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Nasibabonu Toshmuhammedova (Uzbekistan)
Tajikistan 0–7 Uzbekistan
Report
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer Best player Fair Play award Special award
Uzbekistan Shahnoza Dekanbaeva Iran Somayeh Esmaeili  Turkmenistan  Tajikistan

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

1 goal

Source: CAFA

References

  1. ^ "Iran champions of 2024 CAFA U18 Women's Championship". tehrantimes.com. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Iran to participate at 2024 CAFA U18 Women's Championship". mehrnews.com. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Сборная Кыргызстана примет участие в чемпионате CAFA-2024" [The women's under-18 national team of Kyrgyzstan will participate in the CAFA-2024 championship.]. sport.kg (in Russian). 16 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Женская сборная Туркменистана по футзалу U-18 прибыла в Душанбе на турнир CAFA-2024" [The women's football national team of Turkmenistan U-18 has arrived in Dushanbe for the CAFA-2024 tournament]. turkmenportal.com (in Russian). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.