2024 CAFA U-17 Championship explained
| Tourney Name: | CAFA U-17 Championship |
| Yearr: | 2024 |
| Other Titles: | Russian: Чемпионат CAFA-2024<br>среди юношеских сборных (U-17) |
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| City: | Dushanbe |
| Dates: | 17–24 August |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 15 |
| Top Scorer: | Salman Ghafarifouza
(3 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | TBD |
| Updated: | 21 August 2024 |
The 2024 CAFA U-17 Championship is 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 will be held from August 17th to 24th in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.[1] All six CAFA members will participate in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
Host Tajikistan are the reigning champions, having claimed the title in last year's inaugural edition.[2]
Participation
Participating teams
All six CAFA member associations entered teams for the final tournament.[3] [4] with Turkmenistan debuting in the competition.[5] [6]
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | | Previous best performance |
|---|
| | | (2023) |
| | | (2023) |
| | | (2023) |
| | | (2023) |
| | Debut |
| | | (2023) |
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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.
| width=33% | Pot 1 | width=33% | Pot 2 | width=33% | Pot 3 |
|---|
(1) (hosts)
(2) | (3)
(4) | (5)
(–) | |
Draw
The draw took place on 15 August 2024.[7]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[8]
| + Group A | | width=165 | Team |
|---|
| A1 | | | A2 | | | A3 | | |
| | + Group B | | width=165 | Team |
|---|
| B1 | | | B2 | | | B3 | | |
| |
Group stage
The match schedule was released on August 15th, after the draw was conducted.[9]
All times are local TJT (UTC+5).
- TiebreakersTeams 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:
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Play-off stage
Final
Notes and References
- Web site: Юношеская сборная Таджикистана (U-17) примет участие в чемпионате CAFA-2024 в Душанбе. ru. The Tajikistan U-17 national team will participate in the CAFA 2024 Championship in Dushanbe. 12 August 2024. sugdnews.com. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Юношеская сборная Таджикистана (U-17) примет участие в чемпионате CAFA-2024 в Душанбе. ru. The Tajikistan U-17 national team will participate in the CAFA 2024 Championship in Dushanbe.. 8 August 2024. fft.tj. Tajikistan Football Federation. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Iran to Compete at 2024 CAFA U-17 Championship. 15 August 2024. tasnimnews.com. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Юноши Кыргызстана примут участие в чемпионате CAFA-2024. ru. Kyrgyzstan's youth team will participate in the CAFA 2024 Championship. 12 August 2024. sport.kg. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Туркменские футболисты стартуют в чемпионате CAFA-2024 среди юношеских команд U17. ru. Turkmen footballers will kick off in the CAFA 2024 U-17 Championship.. 17 August 2024. turkmenistan.gov.tm. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Сборная Туркменистана по футболу до 17 лет сыграет на чемпионате CAFA. ru. Turkmenistan's U-17 national football team will play in the CAFA Championship.. 8 August 2024. salamnews.tm. 18 August 2024.
- Web site: زمان قرعهکشی مسابقات زیر ۱۷ سال کافا ۲۰۲۴ مشخص شد. fa. The time for the draw of the KAFA U-17 Championship 2024 has been announced.. 8 August 2024. mizanonline.ir. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Чемпионат Cafa-2024. Юношеская Сборная Таджикистана (U-17) Сыграет Со Сборными Кыргызстана И Афганистана. ru. CAFA 2024 Championship: The Tajikistan U-17 national team will play against the teams of Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. 16 August 2024. khovar.tj. 17 August 2024.
- Web site: Стало известно расписание игр турнира CAFA U-17 Championship в Душанбе. The schedule for the CAFA U-17 Championship tournament in Dushanbe has been announced. ru. 16 August 2024. sport.akipress.org. 17 August 2024.
