2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:CAFA U-18 Women's Championship
Year:2024
Country:Tajikistan
City:Dushanbe
Dates:19 – 28 April 2024
Num Teams:5
Sub-Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:10
Goals:55
Top Scorer: Shahnoza Dekanbaeva
(8 goals)
Player: Somayeh Esmaeili
Prevseason:2022

The 2024 CAFA U-18 Women's Championship was the 2nd edition of CAFA U-18 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CAFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

A total of five teams participated in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Iran were the defending champions, and successfully defended the title after finishing top of the standing unbeaten.[1]

Participating nations

5 (out of 6) CAFA nations entered the final tournament.[2] [3] with Turkmenistan debuting in the tournament after missing the inaugural edition.[4]

Teamdata-sort-type="number"AppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
2022 (Champions) (2022)
2022 (Third place) (2022)
2022 (Fourth place) (2022)
Debut
2022 (Runners-up) (2022)

Venues

Matches were held at the Republic Central Stadium.

Dushanbe
Republic Central Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Main tournament

The main tournament schedule was announced on 12 April 2024.

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Player awards

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iran champions of 2024 CAFA U18 Women’s Championship. 28 April 2024. tehrantimes.com. 29 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Iran to participate at 2024 CAFA U18 Women’s Championship. 20 April 2024. mehrnews.com. 20 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Сборная Кыргызстана примет участие в чемпионате CAFA-2024. ru. The women's under-18 national team of Kyrgyzstan will participate in the CAFA-2024 championship.. 16 April 2024. sport.kg. 20 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Женская сборная Туркменистана по футзалу U-18 прибыла в Душанбе на турнир CAFA-2024. ru. The women's football national team of Turkmenistan U-18 has arrived in Dushanbe for the CAFA-2024 tournament. 19 April 2024. turkmenportal.com. 20 April 2024.