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Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan |
Dates | 10 – 20 June |
Teams | 7 (from 2 sub-confederations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 33 (3 per match) |
Attendance | 89,776 (8,161 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 2023 CAFA Nations Cup was the first edition of the CAFA Nations Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of Central Asia organized by the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). The event was held in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan from June 10 to 20. [1]
The inaugural edition of the senior men's tournament was initially planned to be hosted by Tashkent in October 2018. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was not played out though.
In March 2023, it was announced the inaugural edition of the senior men's tournament would commence in June 2023 in Tashkent and Bishkek for the six member associations, along with the addition of two invited guest teams: Russia and an unconfirmed Asian team. [6] [7] [8] However, the start of the inaugural edition of the tournament was put in doubt again after it was reported in early April 2023 that Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Iraq would instead take part in a four-nation tournament in June 2023. [9]
On 15 April, it was reported that Russia was set to shun the inaugural CAFA Championship, while organizers insisted they were still in talks with them over their participation. [10] On 18 April, it was reported that Iran would take part in the inaugural CAFA Championship along with the member associations of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, as well as invited guests Russia and one other Asian country, with the tournament being hosted in Tashkent and Bishkek in June. [11] On 19 April, it was reported that Russia had withdrawn from the tournament. [12] [13] On 24 April, Oman was reported to be an invited guest team after Thailand reportedly turned down an invitation. [14] [15] [16]
Country | Appearance | FIFA ranking 6 April 2023 |
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![]() | 1st | 155 |
![]() | 1st | 20 |
![]() | 1st | 96 |
![]() | 1st | 73 |
![]() | 1st | 109 |
![]() | 1st | 137 |
![]() | 1st | 74 |
The following 7 teams were divided based on their FIFA Ranking of April 2023. [14]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw was held in Dushanbe on 26 April 2023 at 14:00 Tajikistan Time (UTC+5). The draw resulted in the following groups:
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Bishkek | |||
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium | |||
Capacity: 23,000 | |||
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Tashkent | |||
Pakhtakor Central Stadium | Milliy Stadium | ||
Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 34,000 | ||
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Referees
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The following channels have been given broadcasting rights to broadcast the tournament.
Territory | Rights holder(s) |
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Uzbekistan | UzNTRC Sport |
Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz Sport TV |
Tajikistan | TV Futbol |
Iran | IRIB TV3 |
All times are local, Uzbekistan Time (UTC+5) & Kyrgyzstan Time (UTC+6).
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings. [18]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advance to final |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advance to third place match |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Tajikistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Oman ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Yahyaei ![]() | Report | Khanonov ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Turkmenistan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Advance to final |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Advance to third place match |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 3–0 (Awarded)1 | ![]() |
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Batyrkanov ![]() | Report |
Iran ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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1 The match was abandoned in the 97th minute with Kyrgyzstan leading 1–0 after Afghanistan walked off and refused to continue. The match was awarded 3–0 to Kyrgyzstan. [19]
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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There were 33 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
The following awards were presented at the end of the tournament: [20]
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