2016 CAFA U-19 Championship

2016 CAFA U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	5–11 August
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uzbekistan A (1st title)
Runners-up	Kyrgyzstan
Third place	Turkmenistan
Fourth place	Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	25 (2.78 per match)
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International football competition

The 2016 CAFA U-19 Championship was the inaugural edition of the CAFA U-19 Championship, the triennial international youth football championship organised by Central Asian Football Association for the men's under-19 national teams of Central Asia. Uzbekistan hosted the tournament from 6 to 9 August 2016. A total of six teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.

Uzbekistan emerged as the inaugural champions of the first-ever CAFA tournament by defeating the Kyrgyz Republic 1–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Initially, all six CAFA members were set to participate in the tournament. However, Iran pulled out of the tournament before it began, and were replaced by a Uzbekistan B side.

Team	App.	Previous best performance
Afghanistan	1st	Debut
Kyrgyzstan	1st	debut
Tajikistan	1st	Debut
Turkmenistan	1st	Debut
Uzbekistan A	1st	Debut
Uzbekistan B	1st	Debut

Did not enter

Iran (W)

Venues

Tashkent		Tashkent2016 CAFA U-19 Championship (Uzbekistan)
JAR Stadium	Pakhtakor Stadium
Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 35,000

Squads

Main article: 2016 CAFA U-19 Championship squads

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 25 July 2016.

All times are local UZT (UTC+5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kyrgyzstan	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Final
2	Uzbekistan B (H)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Fifth place play-off
3	Afghanistan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Third place play-off

Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)10:30

Uzbekistan B	2–2	Kyrgyzstan
Kodirkulov 45' Sindarov 60' (pen.)	Report	Kelm 30', 44'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)10:30

Afghanistan	0–2	Uzbekistan B
	Report	Kodirkulov 5' Ortikov 71' (pen.)

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)10:30

Kyrgyzstan	2–0	Afghanistan
Mamyraliev Smatov

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Group B

Initially, Iran were drawn to this group, but after their withdrawal, Uzbekistan A replaced them.

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

Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)17:30

Uzbekistan A	3–0	Turkmenistan
Mukhiddinov 62', 63' Tukhtasinov 84'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)17:30

Tajikistan	1–4	Uzbekistan A
Uzokov 90'	Report	Tukhtasinov 7' Davlatzhonov 12' Ganiev 20', 77'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)17:30

Turkmenistan	2–1	Tajikistan
	Report	Khamrokulov

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Placement matches

Fifth place play-off

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)12:00

Uzbekistan B	1–1	Tajikistan
Esonkulov 66'	Report	Khamrokulov 44'
Penalties
	6–7

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Third place play-off

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)10:00

Afghanistan	1–2	Turkmenistan

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Final

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)17:30

Kyrgyzstan	0–1	Uzbekistan A
	Report	Kobilov 29'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Goalscorers

There were 25 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Source: CAFA

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