CAFA Women's Championship

The CAFA Women's Championship, is an international women's association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), the governing body of football in Central Asia.

CAFA Women's Championship

Founded	2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Region	CAFA (Central Asia)
Number of teams	5 (2022)
Current champions	Uzbekistan (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Uzbekistan (2 titles)
Website	Official website
2022 CAFA Women's Championship

The official tournament started in 2018, hosted by Uzbekistan and won by Uzbekistan.^[1]

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2018	Uzbekistan^[2]		Uzbekistan^[3]	round-robin	Iran		Tajikistan	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan		5
2	2022	Tajikistan^[4]		Uzbekistan	round-robin	Iran		Kyrgyzstan	round-robin	Turkmenistan		5

Performance by nation

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Uzbekistan	2 (2018^*, 2022)				2
Iran		2 (2018, 2022)			2
Kyrgyzstan			1 (2022)	1 (2018)	2
Tajikistan			1 (2018)		1
Turkmenistan				1 (2022)	1

* = hosts

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2018   (5)	2022   (5)	Total
Afghanistan	5th	×	1
Iran	2nd	2nd	2
Kyrgyzstan	4th	3rd	2
Tajikistan	3rd	5th	2
Turkmenistan	×	4th	1
Uzbekistan	1st	1st	2

Summary (2018-2022)

Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2022 CAFA Women's Championship

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	2	8	8	0	0	63	1	+62	24
2	Iran	2	8	6	0	2	26	4	+22	18
3	Tajikistan	2	8	2	1	5	8	28	-20	7
4	Kyrgyzstan	2	8	2	1	5	2	24	-22	7
5	Turkmenistan	1	4	0	2	2	1	11	-10	2
6	Afghanistan	1	4	0	0	4	0	32	-32	0

Awards

Winning coaches Year Team Coach 2018   Uzbekistan   Bahrom Norsafarov 2022   Uzbekistan   Midori Honda

Top goalscorers Year Goalscorers Goals 2018   Nilufar Kudratova 9 2022   Nilufar Kudratova 5

Fair play award Year Team 2018   Tajikistan 2022   Iran

See also

• CAFA Nations Cup
• AFF Women's Championship
• EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)
• SAFF Women's Championship
• WAFF Women's Championship
• AFC Women's Asian Cup

References

1. "Uzbekistan claim CAFA Women's Championship 2018 title defeating Kyrgyzstan with a stunning 10-0 score". Sports.uz. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. "Tashkent to host #CAFA Women's Championship 2018. Uzbekistan will host Central Asian Football Association Women's Championship 2018 between 23 November – 1 December 2018". Twitter.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
3. "Perfect Uzbekistan emerge champions". The-cafa.com. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
4. "Here we go! The first ever CAFA Women's Senior Football Championship is around the corner". Twitter.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.