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CAFA U-17 Championship 2024
Чемпионат CAFA-2024
среди юношеских сборных (U-17)
Tournament details
Host countryTajikistan
CityDushanbe
Dates17–24 August
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Afghanistan (1st title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Tajikistan
Fourth place Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored20 (2.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Salman Ghafarifouza
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Afghanistan Hamid Amiri
Best goalkeeperAfghanistan Hamid Amiri
Fair play award Iran
← 2023 TBD →
International football competition

The 2024 CAFA U-17 Championship was the second 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 was held from August 17th to 24th in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. All six CAFA members participated in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Host Tajikistan were the reigning champions, having claimed the title in last year's inaugural edition.

Participation

Participating teams

All six CAFA member associations entered teams for the final tournament. with Turkmenistan debuting in the competition.

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

Squads

Main article: 2024 CAFA U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 and on or before 31 December 2009 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 Tajikistan automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.

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

Draw

The draw took place on 15 August 2024.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

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

Group stage

The match schedule was released on August 15th, after the draw was conducted.

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  Afghanistan 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Final
2  Tajikistan (H) 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Third place play-off
3  Kyrgyz Republic 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 Fifth place play-off
Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kyrgyz Republic 0–3 Tajikistan
Report (FFT)
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Akobirkhuja Shukrullaev (Uzbekistan)
Afghanistan 2–0 Kyrgyz Republic
Report (FFT)
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Arslan Goshanov (Turkmenistan)
Tajikistan 0–1 Afghanistan
Report (FFT)
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Morteza Mansourian (Iran)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Final
2  Iran 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3 Third place play-off
3  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 Fifth place play-off
Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Turkmenistan 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report (FFT)
Republican Central Stadium, Dushanbe
Iran 6–1 Turkmenistan
Report (FFT)
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Sanzhar Zhakypbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Uzbekistan 1–0 Iran
Report (FFT)
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Play-off stage

Fifth place play-off

Kyrgyz Republic 0–2 Turkmenistan
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Morteza Mansourian (Iran)

Third place play-off

Iran 1–1 Tajikistan
Penalties
2–4
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Akobirkhuja Shukrullaev (Uzbekistan)

Final

Afghanistan 1–0 Uzbekistan
Republican Central Stadium, DushanbeReferee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.22 goals per match.

3 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CAFA

References

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