2018 CAFA Women's Championship

The 2018 CAFA Women's Championship is the first edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, an association football tournament for women's national teams from the Central Asian Football Association. It is hosted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and be played between 23 November and 1 December 2018.[1]

2018 CAFA Women's Championship
CountryUzbekistan
Dates23 November – 1 December 2018
Championship venue1
Teams5
Champions Uzbekistan (1st title)
Runners-up Iran
Matches played10
Goals scored67 (6.7 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Nilufar Kudratova (9 goals)
MVP Lyudmila Karachik
All statistics correct as of December 1, 2018.

Uzbekistan won the title undefeated.[2]

Teams

All CAFA members but Turkmenistan entered. Afghanistan entered. Afghanistan appeared with kind of a B-team after several players including the captain refused to sign a contract pre-tournament.[3]

League table

Match order drawn on 22 November.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Uzbekistan (C, H) 4 4 0 0 43 1 +42 12
2  Iran 4 3 0 1 16 3 +13 9
3  Tajikistan 4 2 0 2 7 15 −8 6
4  Kyrgyzstan 4 1 0 3 1 16 −15 3
5  Afghanistan 4 0 0 4 0 32 −32 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December. Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

Fixtures
Tajikistan 1–0 Kyrgyzstan
  • Fazilova  90+5'
 Report
Uzbekistan 20–0 Afghanistan
 Report
Afghanistan 0–6 Iran
Report Gambari  4', 21'
Shaban  9', 39'
Mahdumi  34'
Gereali  49'
Uzbekistan 11–0 Tajikistan
Karachik  11', 13', 25', 54'
Kudratova  23', 71', 86', 90'
Turdiboeva  48'
Khabibullaeva  72', 90+3'		 Report
Iran 1–2 Uzbekistan
Zahro Ganja  29' (pen.) Report Turdiboeva  40' (pen.)
Kuchkarova  43'
Kyrgyzstan 1–0 Afghanistan
Report
Kyrgyzstan 0–10 Uzbekistan
Report Turdiboeva  3'
Shoyimova  6'
Karachik  12', 20'
Kurbonova  42', 64'
Kudratova  49'
Amirova  52'
Erkinova  76'
Nozimova  87'
Tajikistan 1–4 Iran
Kholnazzarova  2'
Gassemi  10', 70'
Motevali  87'		 Report
Afghanistan 0–5 Tajikistan
Iran 5–0 Kyrgyzstan

Awards

References
  1. @CAFAssociation (8 November 2018). "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" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Perfect Uzbekistan emerge champions". www.the-afc.com.
  3. "Afghanistan women's football: Captain, teammates dropped after refusal to sign contract that denies pay". www.sportskeeda.com. 23 November 2018.
  4. "«CAFA Women's Championship 2018»: Таджикистан откроет турнир матчем с Кыргызстаном — Федерация Футбола Таджикистана".
  5. CAFA (1 December 2018). "CAFA Women's Championship 2018 - The Top Goal Scorer of the #CAFAWC2018 - Nilufar QUDRATOVA (Uzbekistan) - @theafcdotcompic.twitter.com/6QX50VLJDo".
  6. CAFA (1 December 2018). "CAFA Women's Championship 2018 - FAIR PLAY AWARD - TAJIKISTAN - #CAFAWC2018 - @theafcdotcompic.twitter.com/zpvLmT1IVS".
  7. CAFA (1 December 2018). "CAFA Women's Championship 2018 - Most Valuable Player of the #CAFAWC2018 - Lyudmila KARACHIK (Uzbekistan) - @theafcdotcompic.twitter.com/Se4y91HLeI".
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