2023 CAFA Championship

The 2023 CAFA Championship will be the 1st edition of the CAFA Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of Central Asia organized by Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). The event will be held in Uzbekistan from 9 June to 21 June.[1]

2023 CAFA Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
Dates9 June – 21 June
Teams8

Background

The inaugural edition of the senior men's tournament was initially planned to be hosted by Tashkent in October 2018.[2][3][4][5] It was not played out though. In March 2023, it was announced the inaugural edition of the senior men's tournament would commence in June 2023 in Tashkent and Bishkek for the six member associations, along with the addition of two invited guest teams: Russia and an unconfirmed Asian team.[6][7] However, the start of the inaugural edition of the tournament was put in doubt again after it was reported in early April 2023 that Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Iraq would instead take part in a four-nation tournament in June 2023.[8]

Participating nations
Country Appearance FIFA ranking
22 December 2022
 Afghanistan 1st 155
 Iran 1st 24
 Kyrgyzstan 1st 94
 Russia (invitee) 1st 37
 Tajikistan 1st 108
 Turkmenistan 1st 135
 Uzbekistan (Host) 1st 77
(invitee) 1st

Squads

For the list of squads, see 2023 CAFA Championship squads.

Venue

Group stage

The precise format and schedule of the CAFA Championship are yet to be approved. However, the currently proposed format is the group-knockout format for the tournament.[9]

Table

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 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Final Match
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for 3rd Place Match
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for Final Match
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified for 3rd Place Match
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Knockout Round

3rd Place
A2vB2

Final
A1vB1

See also

References
  1. "Iran Likely to Meet Russia in 2023 CAFA Championship". Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  2. "اتحادیه فوتبال آسیای مرکزی ایجاد شد" (in Persian). BBC. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. "AFC adds a fifth zone as Extraordinary Congress approves amendments to AFC Statutes". The AFC. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. "Central Asians meet Sheikh Salman to create CAFA". aff.org.af. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. "Russia invited to play in Central Asian soccer tournament". Reuters. 14 March 2023.
  7. "Iran to participate in first senior men's CAFA tournament in June 2023 – PersianFootball.com". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. "Iran to participate in four-nation football tournament [Report] – PersianFootball.com". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. "Russia invited to play in central Asian soccer tournament". 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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