2022 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship

The 2022 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship was the inaugural edition of CAFA Women's Futsal Championship, the annual international futsal championship organized by CAFA for the women's national futsal teams of Central Asia.

CAFA Women's Futsal Championship 2022
Tournament details
Host countryTajikistan Tajikistan
CityDushanbe
Dates21–28 January
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Kyrgyzstan
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored89 (7.42 per match)
Attendance1,484 (124 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Maftuna Shoyimova
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Fereshteh Karimi
Best goalkeeperIran Farzaneh Tavasoli
Fair play award Iran
2023

Iran won the title to become the first CAFA Women's Futsal Championship champions.[1]

Participating nations edit

A total of 4 (out of 6) CAFA member national teams entered the tournament.[2][3]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Iran 1st
  Kyrgyzstan 1st
  Tajikistan 1st
  Uzbekistan 1st
Did not enter

Format edit

As the inaugural tournament saw 4 countries participating. A double round-robin format was used for the tournament. with two games each matchday.[4]

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):

  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 are 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);

Squads edit

Match officials edit

A total of 10 referees were appointed for the tournament.

Referees
  •   Nasim Kiani Moghaddam
  •   Zahra Rahimi
  •   Chyngyz Mustafaev
  •   Myrzabek Zhaparov
  •   Talantbek Raimberdiev
  •   Natalia Sotnikova
  •   Rashid Saidtabarov
  •   Zukhal Khuchanazarova
  •   Khusan Muzaffarov
  •   Umid Pulatov

Main Tournament edit

Times are TJT (UTC+5).

Tournament table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Iran 6 5 1 0 43 4 +39 16 Champions
2   Uzbekistan 6 4 1 1 38 8 +30 13 Runners-up
3   Kyrgyzstan 6 1 1 4 5 38 −33 4 Third place
4   Tajikistan (H) 6 0 1 5 3 39 −36 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Uzbekistan  2–5  Iran
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 41
Referee: Chyngyz Mustafaev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Zukhal Khuchanazarova (Tajikistan)
Tajikistan  1–1  Kyrgyzstan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 115
Referee: Zahra Rahimi (IR Iran)
Nasim Kianiy Moghaddam (IR Iran)
Umid Pulatov (Uzbekistan)

Kyrgyzstan  0–11  Uzbekistan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 50
Referee: Rashid Saidtabarov (Tajikistan)
Zukhal Khuchanazarova (Tajikistan)
Natalia Sotnikova (Tajikistan)
Iran  12–0  Tajikistan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 200
Referee: Khusan Muzaffarov (Uzbekistan)
Myrzabek Zhaparov (Kyrgyz Republic)
Umid Pulatov (Uzbekistan)

Kyrgyzstan  0–10  Iran
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 50
Referee: Umid Pulatov (Uzbekistan)
Natalia Sotnikova (Tajikistan)
Rashid Saidtabarov (Tajikistan)
Tajikistan  1–8  Uzbekistan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 153
Referee: Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Myrzabek Zhaparov (Kyrgyz Republic)
Zahra Rahimi (IR Iran)

Iran  5–0  Kyrgyzstan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 55
Referee: Zukhal Khuchanazarova (Tajikistan)
Rashid Saidtabarov (Tajikistan)
Natalia Sotnikova (Tajikistan)
Uzbekistan  5–0  Tajikistan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 180
Referee: Nasim Kiani Moghaddam (IR Iran)
Chyngyz Mustafaev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)

Iran  2–2  Uzbekistan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 100
Referee: Myrzabek Zhaparov (Kyrgyz Republic)
Natalia Sotnikova (Tajikistan)
Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Kyrgyzstan  4–1  Tajikistan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 175
Referee: Zahra Rahimi (IR Iran)
Umid Pulatov (Uzbekistan)
Nasim Kiani Moghaddam (IR Iran)

Uzbekistan  10–0  Kyrgyzstan
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 65
Referee: Nasim Kiani Moghaddam (IR Iran)
Zukhal Khuchanazarova (Tajikistan)
Zahra Rahimi (IR Iran)
Tajikistan  0–9  Iran
Report (CAFA)
Dushanbe Indoor hall, Dushanbe
Attendance: 300
Referee: Chyngyz Mustafaev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Khusan Muzaffarov (Uzbekistan)
Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)

Champion edit

 2022 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship 
 
Iran
First title

Player awards edit

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

Top Goalscorer Best player Best Goalkeeper
  Maftuna Shoyimova (10 goals)   Fereshteh Karimi   Farzaneh Tavasoli

Goalscorers edit

There were 89 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 7.42 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Karimi stars as IR Iran win CAFA Women's Futsal Championship". the-AFC.com. AFC. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ "CAFA Women's Futsal Championship 2022 Match Schedule Revealed". Tasnimnews.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Which tournament will the national women's futsal team participate in?". varzesh3.com. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The women's national futsal team and the opportunity to win CAFA 2022 Championship". varzesh3.com. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.