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The CAFA Youth Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the youth (U-14 to U-17) national teams of the members of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), the governing body of football in Central Asia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

CAFA U-17 Championship
Founded	2023; 1 year ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	6 (as of 2024)
Current champions	Afghanistan (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Afghanistan Tajikistan (1 title each)
2024 CAFA U-17 Championship

The CAFA U-17 Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian boys under-17 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2023, with Tajikistan winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	No. of Teams
1	2023	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	round-robin	Uzbekistan	Afghanistan	round-robin	Iran	5
2	2024	Tajikistan	Afghanistan	1–0	Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	1–1 (4–2 p)	Iran	6

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Afghanistan	1 (2024)		1 (2023)		2
Tajikistan	1 (2023)		1 (2024)		2
Uzbekistan		2 (2023, 2024)			2
Iran				2 (2023, 2024)	2

CAFA U-16 Championship
Founded	2018; 6 years ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	5 (as of 2022)
Current champions	Iran (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran Tajikistan Uzbekistan (1 title each)
2022 CAFA U-16 Championship

The CAFA U-16 Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian boys under-16 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2018, with Uzbekistan winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	No. of Teams
1	2018^[6]	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	round-robin	Afghanistan	Tajikistan	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan	4
2	2019^[7]	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	round-robin	Uzbekistan	Iran	round-robin	Afghanistan	6
3	2022	Tajikistan	Iran	round-robin	Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	round-robin	Afghanistan	5

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Uzbekistan	1 (2018)	2 (2019, 2022)			3
Tajikistan	1 (2019)		2 (2018, 2022)		3
Iran	1 (2022)		1 (2019)		2
Afghanistan		1 (2018)		2 (2019, 2022)	3
Kyrgyzstan				1 (2018)	1

CAFA U-15 Championship
Founded	2017; 7 years ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	5 (as of 2021)
Current champions	Iran (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (2 titles)
2021 CAFA U-15 Championship

The CAFA U-15 Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian boys under-15 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2017, with Afghanistan winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	No. of Teams
1	2017^[8]^[9]	Tajikistan	Afghanistan	round-robin	Uzbekistan	Turkmenistan	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan	5
2	2018	Uzbekistan	Iran	round-robin	Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	round-robin	Afghanistan	6
3	2021	Tajikistan	Iran	round-robin	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan	5

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iran	2 (2018, 2021)				2
Afghanistan	1 (2017)			1 (2018)	2
Uzbekistan		2 (2017, 2018)	1 (2021)		3
Tajikistan		1 (2021)	1 (2018)		2
Turkmenistan			1 (2017)		1
Kyrgyzstan				2 (2017, 2021)	2

CAFA U-14 Championship
Founded	2022; 2 years ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	5 (as of 2022)
Current champions	Tajikistan (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Tajikistan (1 title)
2022 CAFA U-14 Championship

The CAFA U-14 Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian boys under-14 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2022, with Tajikistan winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2022	Tajikistan		Tajikistan	round-robin	Iran		Uzbekistan	round-robin	Afghanistan		5

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Tajikistan	1 (2022)				1
Iran		1 (2022)			1
Uzbekistan			1 (2022)		1
Afghanistan				1 (2022)	1

CAFA U-17 Women's Championship
Founded	2021; 3 years ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	4 (as of 2022)
Current champions	Uzbekistan (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Uzbekistan (2 titles)
2023 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship

The CAFA U-17 Women's Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian women's under-17 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2021, with Uzbekistan winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place	No. of Teams
1	2021	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan	round-robin	Iran	Tajikistan	round-robin	Afghanistan	4
2	2023	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan	round-robin	Iran	Kyrgyzstan	round-robin	Tajikistan	4

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Uzbekistan	2 (2021, 2023)				2
Iran		2 (2021, 2023)			2
Tajikistan			1 (2021)	1 (2023)	2
Kyrgyzstan			1 (2023)		1
Afghanistan				1 (2021)	1

CAFA U-15 Girls Championship
Founded	2017; 7 years ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	4 (as of 2024)
Current champions	Iran (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran Uzbekistan (2 titles)
2024 CAFA U-15 Girls Championship

The CAFA U-15 Girls Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian girls under-15 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2017, with Uzbekistan winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	No. of Teams
1	2017^[10]^[11]	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan	round-robin	Iran	Tajikistan	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan	4
2	2019	Uzbekistan	Iran	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	round-robin	Uzbekistan	4
3	2022	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan	round-robin	Iran	Tajikistan			3
4	2024	Tajikistan	Iran	round-robin	Uzbekistan	Kyrgyzstan	round-robin	Tajikistan	4

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iran	2 (2019, 2024)	2 (2017, 2022)			4
Uzbekistan	2 (2017, 2022)	1 (2024)		1 (2019)	4
Kyrgyzstan		1 (2019)	1 (2024)	1 (2017)	3
Tajikistan			3 (2017, 2019, 2022)	1 (2024)	4

CAFA U-14 Girls Championship
Founded	2023; 1 year ago
Region	Central Asia (CAFA)
Number of teams	4 (as of 2023)
Current champions	Iran (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (1 title)
2023 CAFA U-14 Girls Championship

The CAFA U-14 Girls Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian girls under-14 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2023, with Iran winning the inaugural competition.

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2023	Tajikistan		Iran	round-robin	Kyrgyzstan		Uzbekistan	round-robin	Tajikistan		4

Teams reaching the top four
Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iran	1 (2022)				1
Kyrgyzstan		1 (2022)			1
Uzbekistan			1 (2022)		1
Tajikistan				1 (2022)	1

2017 U15:^[12]^[13]^[14]
2018 U16:^[15]
2018 U15:^[16]
2019 U16:^[17]

2017 U15:^[18]^[19]^[20]
2019 U15:^[21]^[22]
2021 U17:^[23]

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