2024 CAFA U-20 Championship

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2024 CAFA U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryKyrgyzstan
Dates5–12 July
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)13 players
(1 goal each)
← 2023
TBD →
All statistics correct as of 7 July 2024.

The 2024 CAFA U-20 Championship is the upcoming 2nd edition of the CAFA U-20 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by Central Asian Football Association for the men's under-20 national teams of Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan will host the tournament from 5 to 12 July 2024.[1] A total of six teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate. It will be the first CAFA tournament to implement video assistant referees (VAR).[2]

Uzbekistan are the defending champions being crowned champions of the inaugural edition.

Participation

Participating teams

All six CAFA member associations entered teams for the final tournament.[3] with Kyrgyzstan debuting in the competition.

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 2nd 2023 (Fourth place) Fourth place (2023)
 Iran 2nd 2023 (Runners-up) Runners-up (2023)
 Kyrgyz Republic 1st Debut
 Tajikistan 2nd 2023 (Third place) Third place (2023)
 Turkmenistan 2nd 2023 (Fifth place) Fifth place (2023)
 Uzbekistan 2nd 2023 (Champions) Champions (2023)

Squads

Main article: 2024 CAFA U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 and on or before 31 December 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

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 except the team who previously did not participate, which were denoted by (–).

The host Kyrgyz Republic automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Kyrgyzstan (–) (hosts)
 Uzbekistan (1) 		 Iran (2)
 Tajikistan (3) 		 Afghanistan (4)
 Turkmenistan (5)

Draw

The draw took place at 12:00 TJT (UTC+5) on 25 June 2024 and was live-streamed on the Central Asian Football Association's YouTube channel.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[4]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Kyrgyz Republic
A2  Tajikistan
A3  Afghanistan
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Uzbekistan
B2  Iran
B3  Turkmenistan

Venues

All matches will be played at the following venue:

Jalal-Abad
Kurmanbek Stadium
Capacity: 5,000

Match officials

Referees
  • Iran Payam Heidari
  • Iran Mahsa Ghobrani
  • Kyrgyzstan Veronika Bernatskaia
  • Kyrgyzstan Mederbek Taichiev
  • Tajikistan Nasrullo Kabirov
  • Tajikistan Sadullo Gulmurodi
  • Turkmenistan Resul Mämmedow
  • Uzbekistan Firdavs Norsafarov
Assistant referees
  • Afghanistan Nangyali Sadat
  • Iran Farhad Moravveji
  • Kyrgyzstan Sergei Grishchenko
  • Tajikistan Akmal Buriev
  • Turkmenistan Palwan Palwanow
  • Uzbekistan Bakhtiyorkhuja Shavkatov

Group stage

The match schedule was released on June 25th, after the draw was conducted.[5]

All times are local KGT (UTC+6).

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  Kyrgyz Republic (H) 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Final
2  Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Third place play-off
3  Afghanistan (Q) 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 Fifth place play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2024. Source: CAFA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Afghanistan 0–4 Kyrgyz Republic
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Referee: Resul Mämmedow (Turkmenistan)
Tajikistan 1–0 Afghanistan
 Report (FFT)
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Kyrgyz Republic v Tajikistan
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Final
2  Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Third place play-off
3  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0 Fifth place play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2024. Source: CAFA
Turkmenistan 2–3 Uzbekistan
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Referee: Mederbek Taichiev (Kyrgyzstan)
Iran 3–0 Turkmenistan
 Report (FFIRI)
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)
Uzbekistan 1–1 Iran
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)

Play-off stage

Fifth place play-off

Afghanistan v Turkmenistan
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Third place play-off

Uzbekistan vRunner-up Group B
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Final

Iran vWinner Group B
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

1 goal

Source: CAFA

References

  1. ^ "В Кыргызстане Впервые Будет Использована Система Видеопомощи Арбитрам (Var)" [In Kyrgyzstan, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be used for the first time.]. kgu.kg (in Russian). Kyrgyz Football Union. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Kyrgyzstan to host first-ever football tournament using Video Assisted Refereeing system". akipress.com. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ "CAFA U-20 Championship 2024: Historic First with VAR in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyz Republic with the participation of 6 teams". Central Asian Football Association. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via X.
  4. ^ "Молодежная Сборная Таджикистана (U-20) Сыграет С Кыргызстаном И Афганистаном В Чемпионате CAFA-2024 В Джалал-абаде" [The Youth National Team of Tajikistan (U-20) will play against Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan in the CAFA-2024 Championship in Jalal-Abad]. fft.tj (in Russian). Tajikistan Football Federation. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Расписание матчей чемпионата CAFA U-20 с участием сборной Туркменистана" [Schedule of matches of the CAFA U-20 Championship with the participation of the Turkmenistan national team.]. turkmenportal.com (in Russian). 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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