The 2022 CAFA Women's Championship was the second edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship organised by the

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for the women's national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was hosted by

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. All but

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

entered the tournament as the team's participation was impossible under the Taliban rule. with Turkmenistan making its debut in the tournament.

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

were the defending champions, having won their first title in

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. They managed to retain the title undefeated. Hosts

finished last losing three games and drawing one against the debutant

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

who finished fourth with one point apart from their Tajik counterpart.

Participating nations

A total of 5 CAFA nations entered the main tournament (including Turkmenistan which entered for the first time at senior women's level). ;Did not enter *

Venues

On 3 July 2022, Republic Central Stadium was confirmed as the sole venue of the tournament.

Officials

CAFA selected these match officials to officiate the tournament.

Referees

* Mahsa Ghorbani * Malika Kadyrova * Nodira Mirzoeva * Resul Mammedov * Anna Sidorova

Assistant Referees

* Ensieh Khabaz * Ramina Tsoi * Dilshoda Rahmonova * Akmurad Kurbanov * Kristina Sereda

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players.

Main tournament

The official match schedule was confirmed by the CAFA on 3 July 2022. ;Tiebreakers Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows: # Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches; # Goal difference in all the group matches; # Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; # Greater disciplinary points. If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above four criteria, the place shall be determined as follows: # Result of the direct match between the teams concerned; #

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if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group; # Drawing lots by the Organising Committee. ''All times listed are

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( UTC+05:00)''

Tournament table

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Goalscorers

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Awards

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

Most Valuable Player

The Most Valuable Player of the Tournament award was given to Nilufar Kudratova. * Nilufar Kudratova

Top Scorer

The top scorer award was given to the top scorer in the tournament. Nilufar Kudratova won the award with seven goals scored in the tournament. * Nilufar Kudratova

Fairplay Award

The Fairplay Award was given to the

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. *

Special Award

the Special Award was given to the

Turkmenistan women's national football team The Turkmenistan women's national football team represents Turkmenistan in international women's football. Their first international match was against Kazakhstan on 24 February 2019 as preparation for their participation in the 2019 Turkish W ...

after they finished fourth overall. *

References

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