| Tourney Name: | CAFA U-15 Championship |
| Year: | 2018 |
| City: | Tashkent |
| Dates: | 20–31 July |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 39 |
| Top Scorer: | Mehran Nafari Oblayorbek Rahmatov (4 goals each) |
| Player: | Mehran Nafari |
| Goalkeeper: | Aria Hoseinifar |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2018 CAFA U-15 Championship was the second edition of the CAFA U-15 Championship, the international youth football championship organized by CAFA for the men's under-15 national teams of Central Asia. Uzbekistan was hosting the tournament. All 6 CAFA teams entered the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.
Afghanistan were the defending champions having inaugural competition in 2017.[1] but failed to retain their title after suffering two losses to Tajikistan and debutant Iran, who ultimately won the trophy unbeaten.[2]
All 6 CAFA nations entered the competition, with Iran making their debut after missing last year's edition.[3] [4]
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Previous best performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Champions (2017) | ||
| 1st | Debut | ||
| 2nd | Fourth place (2017) | ||
| 2nd | Fifth place (2017) | ||
| 2nd | Third place (2017) | ||
| 2nd | Runners-up (2017) |
The tournaments matches were held at three venues located throughout the capital city Tashkent.[5]
| Tashkent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lokomotiv Stadium | National Stadium | Pakhtakor Stadium | |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 33,834 | Capacity: 35,000 | |
The final tournament schedule was announced on 14 July 2018.[6]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[7]