2016 CAFA U-19 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	5–11 August
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uzbekistan A (1st title)
Runners-up	Kyrgyzstan
Third place	Turkmenistan
Fourth place	Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	25 (2.78 per match)
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The 2016 CAFA U-19 Championship was the inaugural edition of the CAFA U-19 Championship, the triennial international youth football championship organised by Central Asian Football Association for the men's under-19 national teams of Central Asia. Uzbekistan hosted the tournament from 6 to 9 August 2016. ^[1] A total of six teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.

Uzbekistan emerged as the inaugural champions of the first-ever CAFA tournament by defeating the Kyrgyz Republic 1–0 in the final match. ^{[2] [3]}

Participating teams

Initially, all six CAFA members were set to participate in the tournament. ^[4] However, Iran pulled out of the tournament before it began, and were replaced by a Uzbekistan B side. ^{[5] [6]}

Team	App.	Previous best performance
Afghanistan	1st	Debut
Kyrgyzstan	1st	debut
Tajikistan	1st	Debut
Turkmenistan	1st	Debut
Uzbekistan A	1st	Debut
Uzbekistan B	1st	Debut

Did not enter

•   Iran (W)

Venues

Tashkent		Tashkent 2016 CAFA U-19 Championship (Uzbekistan)
JAR Stadium	Pakhtakor Stadium
Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 35,000

Squads

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 25 July 2016. ^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kyrgyzstan	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Final
2	Uzbekistan B (H)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Fifth place play-off
3	Afghanistan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Third place play-off

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)

10:30

Uzbekistan B	2–2	Kyrgyzstan
Kodirkulov 45' Sindarov 60' ( pen.)	Report [8]	Kelm 30', 44'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)

10:30

Afghanistan	0–2	Uzbekistan B
	Report [9]	Kodirkulov 5' Ortikov 71' ( pen.)

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)

10:30

Kyrgyzstan	2–0	Afghanistan
Mamyraliev Smatov

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Group B

Initially, Iran were drawn to this group, but after their withdrawal, Uzbekistan A replaced them. ^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan A (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Final
2	Turkmenistan	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3	Third place play-off
3	Tajikistan	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Fifth place play-off

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)

17:30

Uzbekistan A	3–0	Turkmenistan
Mukhiddinov 62', 63' Tukhtasinov 84'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)

17:30

Tajikistan	1–4	Uzbekistan A
Uzokov 90'	Report [10]	Tukhtasinov 7' Davlatzhonov 12' Ganiev 20', 77'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)

17:30

Turkmenistan	2–1	Tajikistan
	Report [11]	Khamrokulov

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Placement matches

Fifth place play-off

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)

12:00

Uzbekistan B	1–1	Tajikistan
Esonkulov 66'	Report [12]	Khamrokulov 44'
Penalties
	6–7

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Third place play-off

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)

10:00

Afghanistan	1–2	Turkmenistan

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Final

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)

17:30

Kyrgyzstan	0–1	Uzbekistan A
	Report [13]	Kobilov 29'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Goalscorers

There were 25 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Source: CAFA

References