2023 CAFA U-20 Championship explained

Tourney Name:CAFA U-20 Championship
Year:2023
City:Dushanbe
Tursunzoda
Dates:21–28 May
Num Teams:5
Sub-Confederations:1
Venues:(CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, TALCO Arena),
Cities:2
Champion Other: Uzbekistan (1st), (1title)
Second Other: Iran (2nd)
Third Other: Tajikistan (3rd)
Fourth Other: (4th)
Matches:10
Goals:44
Attendance:13309
Top Scorer: Reza Mirzayan (6 goals)
Player: Muhammadali Urinboev (2 goals)
Nextseason:2024

the 2023 CAFA U-20 Championship is the first edition of the CAFA U-20 Championship, an international youth football championship organised by CAFA for the men's under-20 national teams of Central Asia. Tajikistan hosted the tournament between 21 and 28 May 2023.[1] A total of five teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

Participating nations

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

Teamdata-sort-type="number"Appearance
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
Did not enter

Venues

Matches were held at the CSKA Polytechnic Stadium and TALCO Arena.

Dushanbe
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium
Capacity: ?
Tursunzoda
TALCO Arena
Capacity: 13,770

Match officials

Referees
Assistant referees

Main tournament

The main tournament schedule was announced on 16 May 2023.[2]

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Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

The ranking for the Top Goalscorer was determined using the following criteria: goals, assists and fewest minutes played.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The first round of the youth championship CAFA-2023 was held in Tajikistan. 22 May 2023 . turkmenportal.com. 25 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Official match schedule of the CAFA U20 Championship 2023. 16 May 2023 . facebook.com. CAFA. 25 May 2023.