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Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Tajikistan Uzbekistan |
Dates | 29 August – 8 September |
Teams | 8 (from 3 sub-confederations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 36 (2.57 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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The 2025 CAFA Nations Cup was the second 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 Tajikistan and Uzbekistan from August 29 to September 8. Iran were the defending champions.
The final took place on 8 September at the Olympic City Stadium in Tashkent, between hosts Uzbekistan and Iran. Uzbekistan won the match 1–0 to claim their first CAFA Nations Cup title. [1] [2]
In April 2025, it was announced that the second edition of the CAFA Nations Cup would be held around September 2025, commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the CAFA organization. [3] [4]
In June 2025, it was confirmed the second edition would be co-hosted in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan on 29 August to 8 September 2025 for the six member associations along with Malaysia and Oman as the guest teams. [5] [6]
On 15 July 2025, Malaysia announced their withdrawal from the competition, citing reasons including problems with logistics and players' availability. [7] [8] On 30 July 2025, India was announced as the guest team, replacing Malaysia in Group B. [9]
Country | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking (3 April 2025) |
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![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2023) | 160 |
![]() | 1st | — | 127 |
![]() | 2nd | Winners (2023) | 18 |
![]() | 2nd | Fourth place (2023) | 103 |
![]() | 2nd | Third place (2023) | 77 |
![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2023) | 104 |
![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2023) | 142 |
![]() | 2nd | Runners-up (2023) | 57 |
The following eight teams were divided based on their FIFA Ranking of April 2025. Malaysia (131 ranked) was part of the 3 July draw but later withdrew on 15 July.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw was held in Dushanbe on 3 July 2025 at 16:00 (UTC+5), and was broadcast live on YouTube. The draw resulted in the following groups with Malaysia included at the time of the draw, later being replaced by India: [10] [11] [12]
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Hisor | 2025 CAFA Nations Cup (Tajikistan) | |
Hisor Central Stadium | ||
Capacity: 20,000 | ||
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Tashkent | 2025 CAFA Nations Cup (Uzbekistan) | |
Olympic City Stadium | JAR Stadium | |
Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 8,500 | |
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Each team was required to register a preliminary squad of up to 35 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, from which the matchday squad could be selected on a match-by-match basis. [8]
The following officials were chosen for the competition.
(†): Also performed as both in some matches.
Referees
| Assistant Referees, Fourth Officials & VAR Referees
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All times are local, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan Time (UTC+5).
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to final |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to third place match |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Oman ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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| Report |
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Turkmenistan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report |
Turkmenistan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to final |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 [a] | Advance to third place match |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 [a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Iran ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Afghanistan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Afghanistan ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Tajikistan ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Final | ||
8 September – Tashkent | ||
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Third place match | ||
8 September – Hisor | ||
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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There have been 36 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: GSA
The following awards were presented at the end of the tournament: [13]
Territory | Rights holder(s) |
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Uzbekistan | UZ NTRC Sport |
Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz Sport TV |
Tajikistan | TV Futbol |
Iran | IRIB TV3 |
India | FanCode [14] [15] |
International | The PRO Company [16] FIFA+ TV (final and third-place match only) [17] |