2022 CAFA Women's Championship
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 Central Asian Football Association for the women's senior national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was hosted by Tajikistan.
Uzbekistan were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018. They managed to retain the title undefeated. Hosts Tajikistan finished in last place after losing three matches and drawing one against debutants Turkmenistan, who secured fourth place just one point ahead of their Tajik counterparts.
Participation
Participating teams
A total of 5 CAFA nations entered the final tournament. with Turkmenistan debuting in the tournament. Meanwhile, Afghanistan did not participate, as the team was disbanded following the Taliban takeover.| Team | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking June 2022 | |
| 70 | |||
| 125 | |||
| 139 | |||
| 46 |
;Did not enter
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players.Venues
On 3 July 2022, Republic Central Stadium was confirmed as the sole venue of the tournament.| Dushanbe | |
| Republic Central Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | |
Officials
CAFA selected the following match officials to officiate the tournament:Referees
- Mahsa Ghorbani
- Malika Kadyrova
- Nodira Mirzoeva
- Resul Mämmedow
- Anna Sidorova
Assistant Referees
- Ensieh Khabaz
- Ramina Tsoi
- Dilshoda Rahmonova
- Akmyrat Gurbanow
- Kristina Sereda
Main tournament
The official match schedule was confirmed by 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.
- Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
- Penalty shoot-out if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
- Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.
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.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.Fairplay Award
The Fairplay Award was given to the Iran women's national football team.*
Special Award
the Special Award was given to the Turkmenistan women's national football team after they finished fourth overall.*