| Tourney Name: | CAFA Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| City: | Dushanbe |
| Dates: | 8–20 July |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Goals: | 33 |
| Top Scorer: | Nilufar Kudratova (5 goals) |
| Player: | Nilufar Kudratova |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
The 2022 CAFA Women's Championship was the second edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship organised by the Central Asian Football Association for the women's senior national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was hosted by Tajikistan.[1]
Uzbekistan were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018. They managed to retain the title undefeated.[2] [3] Hosts Tajikistan finished in last place after losing three matches and drawing one against debutants Turkmenistan, who secured fourth place just one point ahead of their Tajik counterparts.
A total of 5 (out of 6) CAFA nations entered the final tournament.[4] with Turkmenistan debuting in the tournament.[5] Meanwhile, Afghanistan did not participate, as the team was disbanded following the Taliban takeover.[6]
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Previous best performance | data-sort-type="number" | FIFA ranking June 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2018) | 70 | ||||
| (2018) | 125 | ||||
| (2018) | 139 | ||||
| (2018) | 46 |
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players.
On 3 July 2022, Republic Central Stadium was confirmed as the sole venue of the tournament.[7]
| Dushanbe | |
|---|---|
| Republic Central Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | |
CAFA selected the following match officials to officiate the tournament:
The official match schedule was confirmed by CAFA on 3 July 2022.[8]
If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above four criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:
All times listed are Tajikistan Time
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In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[9]
The Most Valuable Player of the Tournament award was given to Nilufar Kudratova.
The top scorer award was given to the top scorer in the tournament. Nilufar Kudratova won the award with seven goals scored in the tournament.
The Fairplay Award was given to the Iran women's national football team.[11]
the Special Award was given to the Turkmenistan women's national football team after they finished fourth overall.[12]
