Apr 20, 2024, 5:35 PM

Iran to participate at 2024 CAFA U18 Women’s Championship

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The 2024 CAFA U18 Women’s Championship’s schedule was announced and Iranian women's football team will face Uzbekistan on Sunday at the opening match.

The Persian girls are also scheduled to play Turkmenistan (Monday), Tajikistan (Friday) and Kyrgyzstan (Sunday), according to Tehran Times.

The tournament plays an important role and aims to support the general popularization of the Women’s game in the region and provide platform to prepare the teams of Central Asian member associations for the Continental competition AFC U20 Women’s Championship as well as showcasing their skills and talents through all CAFA media channels.

CAFA consists of the national football associations of Central Asia. It contributes their regional football development initiatives which is further supporting the vision of FIFA making the game truly global and vision of AFC to making football the number one sport in the continent.

The tournament will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from April 19 to 28.

A total of five teams will compete in an exciting single round-robin format.

MNA

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