2025 CAFA U-17 Championship

CAFA U-17 Championship 2025

Чемпионат CAFA-2025 среди юношеских сборных (U-17)
Tournament details
Host country	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	24–31 May
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tajikistan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Uzbekistan
Third place	Turkmenistan
Fourth place	Kyrgyz Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	39 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abbas Rafie (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Mehrubon Odilzoda
Best goalkeeper	Abubakr Rahmonqulov
Fair play award	Afghanistan
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The 2025 CAFA U-17 Championship was the third edition of the CAFA U-17 Championship, the international youth football championship organized by Central Asian Football Association for the men's under-17 national teams of Central Asia. The tournament took place from 24 to 31 May 2025 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. All six CAFA member associations participated in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.

Afghanistan were the defending champions, ^[1] having won the previous year's final; however, they failed to retain the title after being eliminated early following two defeats in the group stage. ^[2]

Participation

Participating teams

For the second consecutive year, all six member associations of the CAFA fielded teams in the final tournament.

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Afghanistan	3rd	2024 (Champions)	Champions (2024)
Iran	3rd	2024 (Fourth place)	Fourth place (2023, 2024)
Kyrgyz Republic [3]	3rd	2024 (Sixth place)	Fifth place (2023)
Tajikistan [4]	3rd	2024 (Third place)	Champions (2023)
Turkmenistan	2nd	2024 (Fifth place)	Fifth place (2024)
Uzbekistan	3rd	2024 (Runners-up)	Runners-up (2023, 2024)

Seeding

The 6 teams were drawn into two groups of three teams, with seeding based on their performance at the previous edition. Seeding was shown in parentheses. Host Uzbekistan was automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed in the first position of Group A.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Uzbekistan (2) (hosts)   Afghanistan (1)	Tajikistan (3)   Iran (4)	Turkmenistan (5)   Kyrgyz Republic (6)

Draw

The draw took place on 23 May 2025. ^[5]

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Pos Team A1   Uzbekistan A2   Iran A3   Kyrgyz Republic

Group B Pos Team B1   Afghanistan B2   Tajikistan B3   Turkmenistan

Group stage

The match schedule was released on May 23rd, after the draw was conducted. ^[6]

All times are local TJT (UTC+5).

Tiebreakers

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:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan (H)	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	6	Final
2	Kyrgyz Republic	2	1	0	1	5	8	−3	3	Third place play-off
3	Iran	2	0	0	2	5	8	−3	0	Fifth place play-off

Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)

20:30

Kyrgyz Republic	1–5	Uzbekistan
Rakhatov 54'		Ravshanbekov 24' Abduraimov 65', 72' (pen.) Aliev 75' Sindarov 90+4'

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

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19 August 2024 (2024-08-19)

17:30

Iran	3–4	Kyrgyz Republic
Amiri 38' Rafie 40', 57'	Report (FFIRI)	Tolonov 9' Mirlanov 26' Kazakov 50' Ishenbaev 88'

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

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21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)

20:30

Uzbekistan	4–2	Iran
Ravshanbekov 75', 88' Sadirjanov 81' Atabekov 90+2'	Report (FFIRI)	Rafie 13' Shamisi 18'

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tajikistan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Final
2	Turkmenistan	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3	Third place play-off
3	Afghanistan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Fifth place play-off

Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)

17:30

Turkmenistan	1–0	Afghanistan
Govshudov 5'	Report (TFF)

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

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26 May 2025 (2025-05-26)

20:30

Tajikistan	4–1	Turkmenistan
Mirahmadov 50' Sanginov 54', 71' Durdykakayev 90+1' (o.g.)	Report (FFT)	Hajyyev 79'

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

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28 May 2025 (2025-05-28)

17:30

Afghanistan	0–3	Tajikistan
		Rahimzoda 68' Sanginov 89' Shirinov 90+1'

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

Play-off stage

Fifth place play-off

30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)

17:30

Iran	3–1	Afghanistan
Rafie 8' Mousavian Ziari 45+1' Jafari 48'	Report (FFIRI)	Garmaseh 73' (o.g.)

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

Referee: Amirjon Khorkashev (Tajikistan)

Third place play-off

30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)

21:00

Turkmenistan	0–0	Kyrgyz Republic
	Report (TFF)
Penalties
Govshudov Meredov Stepanyan Shamyradov Ovezmyradov Zhumaniyazov Durdyakakayev Hamragulyyev	7–6	Rakhatov Bereziuk Taalaibekov Khalbaev Kazakov Turdubaev Abdyraev Nurbekov

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

Referee: Nikita Mustafin (Uzbekistan)

Final

31 May 2025 (2025-05-31)

19:30

Uzbekistan	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Tajikistan
Abduraimov 13' (pen.) Sadirjanov 42', 93'		Odilzoda 45+2', 120' Shirinov 90+5' Karimzoda 97'

Dustlik Stadium , Tashkent

Referee: Morteza Mansourian (Iran)

Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

4 goals

• Abbas Rafie

3 goals

• Parviz Sanginov
• Laziz Abduraimov
• Akhrorbek Ravshanbekov
• Sukhrob Sadirjanov

2 goals

• Mehrubon Odilzoda
• Usmon Shirinov

1 goal

• Ulukbek Ishenbaev
• Bekzat Kazakov
• Baiel Mirlanov
• Kanatbek Rakhatov
• Elbek Tolonov
• Mobin Amiri
• Pouya Jafari
• Alireza Mousavian
• Mojtaba Shamisi
• Komron Karimzoda
• Muhammadjon Mirahmadov
• Furqon Rahimzoda
• Aymrat Hajyyev
• Suleymannazar Govshudov
• Rustam Aliev
• Khusanboy Atabekov
• Khumoyun Sindarov

1 own goal

• Amirhossein Tavakoli (against Afghanistan)
• Hajymuhammet Durdykakayev (against Tajikistan)

Source: CAFA

References

1. "The Afghanistan U-17 football team has traveled to Uzbekistan to participate in the CAFA tournament". avapress.com (in Pashto). Kabul: Afghan Voice News Agency (Pashto: افغان غږ خبری آژانس). 22 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
2. "Afghanistan eliminated from the CAFA competition". yjc.ir (in Persian). Young Journalists Club (Persian: باشگاه خبرنگاران جوان). 28 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
3. "The Kyrgyzstan U-16 national team will compete in the CAFA 2025 Championship in Tashkent". sport.kg (in Russian). 20 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
4. "The Tajikistan U-16 national team will compete in the CAFA 2025 Championship in Tashkent". sugdnews.com (in Russian). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
5. "Draw for the CAFA U-17 football tournament: Afghanistan grouped with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan". afintl.com (in Persian). 23 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
6. Shukhrat Razzakov (23 May 2025). "Strong opponents, a tough schedule, and high hopes: the CAFA U-17 2025 kicks off tomorrow". zamin.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 31 May 2025.

External links

• Official website