2021 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship

The CAFA U-17 Women's Championship was the first edition of the CAFA U-17 Women's Championship, the international youth football championship organised by Central Asian Football Association for the women's under-17 national teams of Central Asia. Tajikistan hosted the tournament. A total of four teams including host Tajikistan played in the tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to participate.

2021 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tajikistan
CityDushanbe
Dates3–7 July
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan (1st title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Tajikistan
Fourth place Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Leyla Rustullaeva
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Mohaddesh Zolfi
Fair play award Tajikistan

Uzbekistan won the title to become the first CAFA U-17 Women's Championship champion.[2] Iran Came Second after they defeated Host Tajikistan three to nil.[3]

Participating nations

A total of 4 (out of 6) CAFA member national teams entered the tournament.[4][5]

despite confirming their participation earlier, the Kyrgyz Republic withdrew before the tournament, citing unforeseen circumstances.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 1st —
 Iran 1st —
 Tajikistan 1st —
 Uzbekistan 1st —
Did not enter
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Turkmenistan

Venues

Matches were held at the Republican Central Stadium.

Dushanbe
2021 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship is located in Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Dushanbe
2021 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship (Tajikistan)
Republican Central Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
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Match officials
Referees
  • Iran Maedeh Jaefari
  • Kyrgyzstan Veronika Bernatskaya
  • Tajikistan Zuhal Khujanazarova
  • Uzbekistan Kristina Borisova
Assistant referees
  • Afghanistan Farahnaz Jalali
  • Afghanistan Sonia Noorri
  • Iran Atena Lashani
  • Kyrgyzstan Adinay Kylychbek Kyzy
  • Tajikistan Dilshoda Rahmonova
  • Uzbekistan Zilola Rakhmatova

Main tournament

The main tournament schedule was announced on 2 July 2021.

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 11 1 +10 7 Champions
2  Iran 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6 Runners-up
3  Tajikistan (H) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Third place
4  Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iran 6–0 Afghanistan
  • Zolfi 9', 74'
  • Morshediniknam 13'
  • Mansoralvares 17'
  • Norouzi 34'
  • Soleimani 80+5'
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Zuhal Khujanazarova (Tajikistan)
Uzbekistan 1–1 Tajikistan
Rustullaeva 45' Report Dzhalilova 80+1'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maedeh Jaefari (Iran)
Iran 0–2 Uzbekistan
Report Rustullaeva 40+1', 73'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyz Republic)
Tajikistan 5–2 Afghanistan
  • Faizulloeva 6', 21', 42'
  • Nazarova 12'
  • Gulova 55'
 Report
  • Foladi 3'
  • Sultani 74'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristina Borisova (Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan 8–0 Afghanistan
  • Saydabbosova 20', 41'
  • Rakhmatulloeva 32'
  • Rustullaeva 46' (pen.), 56', 67'
  • Buntina 60'
  • Egamberdieva 80+2' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Zuhal Khujanazarova (Tajikistan)
Tajikistan 0–3 Iran
Report
  • Ezatabadipour 19'
  • Zolfi 32'
  • Bagherinasab 63'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyz Republic)

Player awards

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

Top Goalscorer Best player Fair Play award Special award
Uzbekistan Leyla Rustullaeva (6 goals) Iran Mohaddesh Zolfi  Tajikistan  Afghanistan

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Uzbekistan Leyla Rustullaeva

3 goals

  • Iran Mohaddeseh Zolfi
  • Tajikistan Rukhshona Faizulloeva

2 goals

  • Uzbekistan Rukhshona Saydabbosova

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Fatima Foladi
  • Afghanistan Elnaz Sultani
  • Iran Ghazal Morshediniknam
  • Iran Mehrnaz Ezatabadipour
  • Iran Melika Bagherinasab
  • Iran Nazaninzahra Mansoralvares
  • Iran Diyana Norouzi
  • Iran Sevinij Soleimani
  • Tajikistan Jonona Nazarova
  • Tajikistan Munisa Gulova
  • Tajikistan Umeda Dzhalilova
  • Uzbekistan Sevinch Rakhmatulloeva
  • Uzbekistan Kseniya Buntina
  • Uzbekistan Mehribon Egamberdieva

Source: CAFA

References
  1. "Central Asia's future stars embark on Dushanbe for CAFA U17 Women's Championship". the-afc.com. AFC. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. "Final day heroics help Uzbekistan to CAFA U17 Women's title". the-afc.com. AFC. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. "Iran runners-up at CAFA U17 Women's Championship". tehrantimes.com. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. "Uzbekistan U17 girls team will participate in the "CAFA U-17 Women's Championship 2021". futboltv.asia (in Uzbek). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. "Football: Afghans to Play Iran First in U-17 CAFA Championship". tolonews.com. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. "women's U-17 team of Tajikistan - Bronze Medalist of the 2021 CAFA Championship". fft.tj (in Russian). FFT. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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