2025 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship

CAFA U-17
Women's Championship 2025

Чемпионат CAFA-2025 среди женских юниорских сборных до 17 лет
Tournament details
Host country	Tajikistan
City	Dushanbe
Dates	4–8 March
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uzbekistan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Kyrgyz Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	9 (1.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maryam Khalili Far (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Mekhrangiz Khamidova
Fair play award	Kyrgyz Republic
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The 2025 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the third edition of the CAFA U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international women's youth football championship organised by Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) for the women's under-17 national teams of Central Asia. It took place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from March 4 to 8, 2025. ^[1] A total of four teams, including host Tajikistan, took part in the tournament.

Uzbekistan were two-time defending champions having won the first two editions of the tournament. and successfully defended their title. ^[2]

Participating teams

Four of the six CAFA members entered the 2025 edition of the tournament, all of whom also took part in the previous edition. ^{[3] [4]}

Team	App	Last	Best placement in the tournament
Iran	3rd	2023	Runners-up (2021, 2023)
Kyrgyz Republic	2nd	2023	Third place (2023)
Tajikistan	3rd	2023	Third place (2021)
Uzbekistan	3rd	2023	Champions (2021, 2023)

Did not enter

•   Afghanistan
•   Turkmenistan

Match officials

CAFA has selected the following referees and assistant referees for the tournament: ^[5]

Referees

• Fatemeh Nasiri
• Malika Kadyarova
• Natalia Sotnikova
• Gulshoda Saitkulova

Assistant Referees

• Reihaneh Shirazi
• Gaukhara Murzalieva
• Munisa Mirzoeva
• Diana Isaeva

Main tournament

All times are local TJT (UTC+5).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Champions
2	Iran	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6	Runners-up
3	Kyrgyz Republic	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4	Third place
4	Tajikistan (H)	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

4 March 2025 (2025-03-04)

12:00

Iran	0–1	Uzbekistan
		Alikhonova 62'

Republican Central Stadium , Dushanbe

Referee: Natalia Sotnikova (Tajikistan)

4 March 2025 (2025-03-04)

15:00

Tajikistan	0–1	Kyrgyz Republic
		Makhamatsalieva 4'

Republican Central Stadium , Dushanbe

Referee: Fatemeh Nasiri (Iran)

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6 March 2025 (2025-03-06)

12:00

Kyrgyz Republic	0–2	Iran
		Soumehsaraei 38' Khalili Far 64'

Republican Central Stadium , Dushanbe

Referee: Gulshoda Saitkulova (Uzbekistan)

6 March 2025 (2025-03-06)

15:00

Uzbekistan	1–0	Tajikistan
Yusupova 45+1'

Republican Central Stadium , Dushanbe

Referee: Malika Kadyarova (Kyrgyzstan)

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8 March 2025 (2025-03-08)

12:00

Uzbekistan	0–0	Kyrgyz Republic

Republican Central Stadium , Dushanbe

Referee: Fatemeh Nasiri (Iran)

8 March 2025 (2025-03-08)

15:00

Tajikistan	0–4	Iran
		Ghorbani 25' Khalili Far 28', 38' Lotfzadeh 88'

Republican Central Stadium , Dushanbe

Referee: Gulshoda Saitkulova (Uzbekistan)

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match.

3 goals

• Maryam Khalili Far

1 goal

• Dina Ghorbani
• Fatemeh Lotfzadeh
• Yasna Soumehsaraei
• Sumaiia Makhamatsalieva
• Shakhzoda Alikhonova
• Yodgorkhon Yusupova

Source: CAFA

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: ^[6]

Top Goalscorer	Best player	Fair Play award	Special award
Maryam Khalili Far (3 goals)	Mekhrangiz Khamidova	Kyrgyz Republic	Tajikistan

References

1. "The Tajikistan U-17 women's national team will participate in the CAFA 2025 Championship in Dushanbe". fft.tj (in Russian). Tajikistan Football Federation. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
2. Kamalov, Ablay (8 March 2025). "The Uzbekistan national team won the girls' tournament in Dushanbe". yuz.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 9 March 2025.
3. "U-17 footballers from Kyrgyzstan kick off their campaign at the CAFA 2025 Championship in Dushanbe". sport.kg. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
4. "Iran to Meet Uzbekistan at 2025 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship Opener". tasnimnews.com. Tasnim News Agency. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
5. "Iranian referees officiating in the CAFA U-17 Women's Football Championship". mizanonline.ir (in Persian). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
6. "Iranian girls shine in CAFA; Maryam Khalili Far became the top scorer of the tournament". ghatreh.com (in Persian). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.