2024 CAFA U-20 Championship explained

Tourney Name:CAFA U-20 Championship
Yearr:2024
Country:Kyrgyzstan
Dates:5–12 July
Num Teams:6
Sub-Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:1
Second Other:[1]
Matches:9
Goals:23
Top Scorer: Reza Ghandipour
(4 goals)
Goalkeeper: Arsha Shakouri
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:TBD

The 2024 CAFA U-20 Championship was the 2nd edition of the CAFA U-20 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by Central Asian Football Association for the men's under-20 national teams of Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan hosted the tournament from 5 to 12 July 2024.[2] A total of six teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate. It was the first CAFA tournament to implement video assistant referees (VAR).[3]

Uzbekistan were the defending champions having won the inaugural edition.[4] However, their inability to defeat Iran in the group stage resulted in them playing in the third-place playoff which they won. Meanwhile, Iran clinched their first title by defeating host the Kyrgyz Republic 3–0 in the final.[5] [6] [7]

Participation

Participating teams

All six CAFA member associations entered teams for the final tournament.[8] [9] with Kyrgyzstan debuting in the competition.[10]

Teamdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performance
(2023)
(2023)
Debut
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)

Squads

See main article: 2024 CAFA U-20 Championship squads.

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 and on or before 31 December 2007 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 Kyrgyz Republic automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.

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(–) (hosts)
(1)		 (2)
(3)		 (4)
(5)

Draw

The draw took place at 12:00 TJT (UTC+5) on 25 June 2024 and was live-streamed on the Central Asian Football Association's YouTube channel.[11]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[12]

+ Group A
width=165Team
A1
A2
A3
+ Group B
width=165Team
B1
B2
B3

Venues

All matches were played at the following venue:

Jalal-Abad
Kurmanbek Stadium
Capacity: 5,000

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the tournament:

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage

The match schedule was released on June 25th, after the draw was conducted.[13]

All times are local KGT (UTC+6).

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:
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Play-off stage

Final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Турнир CAFA в Джалал-Абаде. Сборная Кыргызстана по футболу заняла второе место. ru. The CAFA tournament in Jalal-Abad. The Kyrgyzstan national football team took second place.. 13 July 2024. 24.kg. 13 July 2024.
  2. Web site: В Кыргызстане Впервые Будет Использована Система Видеопомощи Арбитрам (Var). ru. In Kyrgyzstan, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be used for the first time.. 10 June 2024. kfu.kg. Kyrgyz Football Union. 10 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Kyrgyzstan to host first-ever football tournament using Video Assisted Refereeing system. 10 June 2024. akipress.com. 10 June 2024.
  4. Web site: Молодёжная сборная Узбекистана U-20 выступит на чемпионате CAFA в Кыргызстане.. ru. The Uzbekistan U-20 youth team will compete in the CAFA Championship in Kyrgyzstan.. 25 June 2024. sports.uz. 13 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Iran crowned champions of 2024 CAFA U20. 12 July 2024. tehrantimes.com. 13 July 2024.
  6. Web site: IR Iran emerge champions. 13 July 2024. the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 July 2024.
  7. Web site: تیم فوتبال جوانان ایران قهرمان مسابقات کافا شد. fa. Iran's youth football team became the champion of the CAFA championship.. 13 July 2024. mehrnews.com. 13 July 2024.
  8. Web site: CAFA U-20 Championship 2024: Historic First with VAR in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyz Republic with the participation of 6 teams. 10 June 2024. X. Central Asian Football Association. 10 June 2024.
  9. Web site: Молодежная сборная Туркменистана до 20 лет примет участие в чемпионате CAFA по футболу. ru. Turkmenistan U20 Youth Team to Take Part in CAFA Football Championship. 18 June 2024. turkmenportal.com. 13 July 2024.
  10. Web site: CAFA (U-20): играем в Джалал-Абаде!. ru. CAFA (U-20): we play in Jalal-Abad!. 19 June 2024. sport.kg. 13 July 2024.
  11. Web site: CAFA U-20 Championship 2024: Состоится Жеребьёвка. ru . CAFA U-20 Championship 2024: The Draw Will Take Place. 25 June 2024. kfu.kg. Kyrgyz Football Union. 13 July 2024.
  12. Web site: Молодежная Сборная Таджикистана (U-20) Сыграет С Кыргызстаном И Афганистаном В Чемпионате CAFA-2024 В Джалал-абаде. ru. The Youth National Team of Tajikistan (U-20) will play against Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan in the CAFA-2024 Championship in Jalal-Abad. 25 June 2024. fft.tj. Tajikistan Football Federation. 25 June 2024.
  13. Web site: Расписание матчей чемпионата CAFA U-20 с участием сборной Туркменистана. ru. Schedule of matches of the CAFA U-20 Championship with the participation of the Turkmenistan national team.. 25 June 2024. turkmenportal.com. 26 June 2024.
  14. Web site: تیم فوتبال جوانان ایران قهرمان کافا شد. fa. Iran's youth football team became the CAFA champion. 13 July 2024. ipna.ir. 13 July 2024.
  15. Web site: آرشا در کافا درخشید و بهترین دروازه‌بان شد. fa. Arsha shone in CAFA and became the best goalkeeper!. 13 July 2024. varzesh3.com. 13 July 2024.

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