Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uzbekistan |
City | Tashkent |
Dates | 20-31 July |
Teams | 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Iran (1st title) |
Runners-up | Uzbekistan |
Third place | Tajikistan |
Fourth place | Afghanistan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 39 (2.6 per match) |
Attendance | 1,714 (114 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mehran Nafari Oblayorbek Rahmatov (4 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Mehran Nafari |
Best goalkeeper | Aria Hoseinifar |
Fair play award | Kyrgyzstan |
The 2018 CAFA U-15 Championship was the second edition of the CAFA U-15 Championship, the international youth football championship organized by CAFA for the men's under-15 national teams of Central Asia. Uzbekistan was hosting the tournament. All 6 CAFA teams entered the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.
Afghanistan were the defending champions having inaugural competition in 2017. [1] but failed to retain their title after suffering two losses to Tajikistan and debutant Iran, who ultimately won the trophy unbeaten. [2]
All 6 CAFA nations entered the competition, with Iran making their debut after missing last year's edition. [3] [4]
Team | App. | Previous best performance |
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Afghanistan [1] | 2nd | Champions (2017) |
Iran | 1st | Debut |
Kyrgyzstan | 2nd | Fourth place (2017) |
Tajikistan [3] | 2nd | Fifth place (2017) |
Turkmenistan [4] | 2nd | Third place (2017) |
Uzbekistan | 2nd | Runners-up (2017) |
The tournaments matches were held at three venues located throughout the capital city Tashkent. [5]
Tashkent | |||
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Lokomotiv Stadium | National Stadium | Pakhtakor Stadium | |
Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 33,834 | Capacity: 35,000 | |
The final tournament schedule was announced on 14 July 2018. [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Iran | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 15 | Champions |
2 | Uzbekistan (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Runners-up |
3 | Tajikistan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Third place |
4 | Afghanistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
5 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
6 | Turkmenistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
Turkmenistan | 1–4 | Uzbekistan |
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Kyrgyzstan | 0–2 | Iran |
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Uzbekistan | 3–0 | Tajikistan |
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Iran | 1–0 | Afghanistan |
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Uzbekistan | 2–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Iran | 1–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Tajikistan | 0–3 | Iran |
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Turkmenistan | 0–4 | Kyrgyzstan |
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There were 39 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: CAFA
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: [7]
Top Goalscorer | Best player | Best goalkeeper |
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Oblayorbek Rahmatov | Mehran Nafari | Aria Hoseinifar |
Fair Play award | Special award | Fans award |
Kyrgyzstan | Turkmenistan | Afghanistan |
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