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Dates | Qualifying round: TBD 2026 Group stage: TBD 2026 |
Teams | Competition proper: 8 (from 6 associations) |
The 2025 CAFA Silk Way Cup is the inaugural edition of Central Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). It will be the first club competition organized by regional associations since its establishment in 2015. [2] [3] On 9 March 2025, it was announced that the competition had been postponed due to insufficient sponsorship, with the possibility of rescheduling for 2026. [4]
The slot allocation for the tournament is based on the performance of each association's top club in international Asian competitions. Iran and Uzbekistan, whose top clubs qualified directly for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite and 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two, were each granted one slot. Meanwhile, the remaining four associations received two slots each. [5]
Member association | slots | |
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Group stage | Qualifying round | |
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Participating associations: 6 | 6 | 4 |
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Eligibility for the tournament is limited to clubs that finished among the top teams in their respective national leagues or won their domestic cups in the previous season excluding the ones that are participating in Asian competition during the 2024–25 season.
As of March 2025, the following Associations have publicly confirmed their representative teams
Team | Association | Qualifying method | App. |
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FC Dordoi Bishkek [6] | ![]() | 2024 Kyrgyz Premier League runners-up | 1st |
FC Istiklol | ![]() | 2024 Tajikistan Higher League champions | 1st |
FC Altyn Asyr | ![]() | 2024 Ýokary Liga third place | 1st |
FC AGMK | ![]() | 2024 Uzbekistan Super League runners-up | 1st |
Team | Association | Qualifying method | App. |
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FC Muras United [6] | ![]() | 2024 Kyrgyz Premier League third place | 1st |
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | ![]() | 2024 Tajikistan Cup winners | 1st |
Şagadam FK [7] | ![]() | 2024 Ýokary Liga fourth place | 1st |
Four teams from four member associations will compete for two of the eight berths in the competition proper. The qualifying round is scheduled to take place in late March 2025.
In the main tournament, the eight participating clubs will be split into two groups of four. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.
The tournament will take place in March-April in two countries, presumably Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.