2023 CAFA Futsal Cup

{{Short description|International futsal event}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = CAFA Futsal Cup

| year = 2023

| other_titles =

| image =

| size = {{Logo size|FIFA trophy}}

| country = {{TJK}}

| dates = {{Nowrap|23–30 July}}

| num_teams = 6

| sub-confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fsu|23|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{futsal|AFG|2013}}

| third_other = {{futsal|UZB}}

| fourth_other =

| matches = 15

| goals = 71

| attendance = {{#expr: 105 + 300 + 800 + 100 + 150 + 1120 + 100 + 1000 + 2500 + 200 + 104 + 3298 + 289 + 185 + 3380}}

| top_scorer = {{futsalicon|UZB}} Khusniddin Nishonov
(5 Goals)

| player = {{futsalicon|IRN}} Ali Akrami

| goalkeeper = {{futsalicon|IRN}} Mahdi Rostami

| fair_play = {{futsal|TJK}}

| prevseason =

| nextseason = TBC

}}

The 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup was the inaugural edition of the CAFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of Central Asian Football Association.

Iran U23 national futsal team won the Tournament with 5 victories.

Iran national under-23 futsal team clinched the competition's title as they defeated Tajikistan one-nil on Sunday during Matchday 5, making them the inaugural champions.{{cite web |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2023/07/31/2933649/iran-u-23-champion-of-2023-cafa-futsal-cup|title=Iran U-23 Champion of 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup|date=31 July 2023|website=tasnimnews.com |access-date=31 July 2023}} next tournament cafa futsal 2025 iran

Participating teams

A total of 6 (out of 6) CAFA member national teams entered the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://turkmenportal.com/en/blog/63870/cbornaya-turkmenistana-po-futzalu-sygraet-na-safa-futsal-cup2023-v-dushanbe|title=Futsal team of Turkmenistan will play at СAFA Futsal Cup-2023 in Dushanbe|date=28 June 2023|website=turkmenportal.com|access-date=29 July 2023|quote=}} Iran opted to field its under-23 side in the competition, rather than selecting its senior team.{{cite web |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5821573/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C|title=تیم فوتسال امید ایران سرانجام تشکیل شد/ اعلام نام سرمربی|trans-title=Iran's U-23 futsal team was finally formed/ the name of the head coach was announced|date=27 June 2023|website=mehrnews.com|language=fa|access-date=29 July 2023}}

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Team

! data-sort-type="number"|Appearance

! Previous best performance

{{futsal|AFG|2013}}

| style="text-align:center" | 1st

|{{N/A}}

{{futsal|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

| style="text-align:center" | 1st

|{{N/A}}

{{futsal|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

| style="text-align:center" | 1st

|{{N/A}}

{{futsal|TJK}}

| style="text-align:center" | 1st

|{{N/A}}

{{futsal|TKM}}

| style="text-align:center" | 1st

|{{N/A}}

{{futsal|UZB}}

| style="text-align:center" | 1st

|{{N/A}}

Squads

{{Main|2023 CAFA Futsal Cup squads}}

Match officials

;Referees

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Main Tournament

Times are TJT (UTC+5).

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|source=CAFA

|name_TJK={{futsal|TJK}}

|name_AFG={{futsal|AFG|2013}}

|name_IRN={{futsal|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

|name_KGZ={{futsal|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

|name_TKM={{futsal|TKM}}

|name_UZB={{futsal|UZB}}

|win_IRN=4 |draw_IRN=0 |loss_IRN=1 |gf_IRN=13 |ga_IRN=3

|win_AFG=3 |draw_AFG=1 |loss_AFG=1 |gf_AFG=15 |ga_AFG=16

|win_UZB=3 |draw_UZB=0 |loss_UZB=2 |gf_UZB=14 |ga_UZB=12

|win_TJK=2 |draw_TJK=1 |loss_TJK=2 |gf_TJK=13 |ga_TJK=12 |status_TJK=H

|win_TKM=2 |draw_TKM=0 |loss_TKM=3 |gf_TKM=9 |ga_TKM=11

|win_KGZ=0 |draw_KGZ=0 |loss_KGZ=5 |gf_KGZ=7 |ga_KGZ=17

|class_rules=Tiebreakers

|team_order=IRN, AFG, UZB, TJK, TKM, KGZ

|res_col_header=Final result

|result1=C

|result2=R

|result3=T

|col_C=gold |text_C=Champions

|col_R=silver |text_R=Runners-up

|col_T=#CD7F32 |text_T=Third place

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|23|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

|score = 4–5

|team2 = {{futsal|AFG|2013}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 105

|referee = Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Sukhrob Sattorov (Tajikistan)
Oybek Kalakhodjaev (Uzbekistan)

|report = [https://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-provela-svoj-pervyj-match-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/ Report (FFT)]
[https://the-cafa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/match_report-match-%E2%84%962-kyrgyz-republic-vs-afghanistan-23-07-23-2369220.pdf Report (CAFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|23|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fsu-rt|23|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{futsal|TKM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 300

|referee = Nikita Afinogenov (Uzbekistan)
Chyngyz Mustafaev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Eldiiar Keldibekov (Kyrgyz Republic)

|report = [https://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-provela-svoj-pervyj-match-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/ Report (FFT)]
[https://the-cafa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/match-summary-irn-v-tkm-match-no.3-1-4149522.pdf Report (CAFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|23|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|UZB}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{futsal|TJK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 800

|referee = Mohammad Tamim Hussaini (Afghanistan)
Ali Ahmadi (Iran)
Talantbek Raimberdiev (Kyrgyz Republic)

|report = [https://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-provela-svoj-pervyj-match-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/ Report (FFT)]
[https://the-cafa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/match-summar-uzb-tjk-match1-1-2513880.pdf Report (CAFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|24|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fsu-rt|23|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{futsal|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 100

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-oderzhala-pervuyu-pobedu-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|24|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|UZB}}

|score = 3–4

|team2 = {{futsal|AFG|2013}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 150

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-oderzhala-pervuyu-pobedu-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|24|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|TJK}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{futsal|TKM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 1,120

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-oderzhala-pervuyu-pobedu-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|26|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|TKM}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{futsal|UZB}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 100

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/natsionalnaya-sbornaya-tadzhikistana-obygrala-sbornuyu-kyrgyzstana-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|26|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|AFG|2013}}

|score = 1–5

|team2 = {{fsu|23|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 1,000

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/natsionalnaya-sbornaya-tadzhikistana-obygrala-sbornuyu-kyrgyzstana-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|TJK}}

|score = 5–3

|team2 = {{futsal|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 2,500

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/natsionalnaya-sbornaya-tadzhikistana-obygrala-sbornuyu-kyrgyzstana-na-turnire-cafa-futsal-cup-2023/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|28|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fsu-rt|23|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{futsal|UZB}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 200

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/cafa-futsal-cup-2023-vse-reshitsya-v-zaklyuchitelnom-ture/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|28|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{futsal|TKM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 104

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/cafa-futsal-cup-2023-vse-reshitsya-v-zaklyuchitelnom-ture/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|28|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|AFG|2013}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{futsal|TJK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 3,298

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/cafa-futsal-cup-2023-vse-reshitsya-v-zaklyuchitelnom-ture/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|30|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|TKM}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{futsal|AFG|2013}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 289

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/sbornaya-irana-stala-pobeditelem-turnira-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|30|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|UZB}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{futsal|KGZ|name=Kyrgyz Republic}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 185

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/sbornaya-irana-stala-pobeditelem-turnira-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|07|30|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|TJK}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fsu|23|IRN|name=Iran U23}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dushanbe Indoor Hall, Dushanbe

|attendance = 3,380

|referee =

|report = https://fft.tj/sbornaya-irana-stala-pobeditelem-turnira-cafa-futsal-cup-2023-v-dushanbe/

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=71|matches=14

|5 goals=

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:{{cite web |url=http://www.futsalplanet.com/news.aspx?id=895|title=CAFA Futsal Cup 2023 — FutsalPlanet|date=30 June 2023|website=futsalplanet.com|access-date=31 July 2023}}

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colspan="3"|Most Valuable player Award
colspan="3"|{{futsalicon|IRN}} Ali Akrami
colspan="3"|Top Goalscorer Award
colspan="3"|{{futsalicon|UZB}} Khusniddin Nishonov
colspan="3"|Best Goalkeeper Award
colspan="3"|{{futsalicon|IRN}} Mahdi Rostami
colspan="3"|Fair Play Award
colspan="3"|{{futsal|TJK}}
colspan="3"|Special Award
colspan="3"|{{futsal|TJK}} ?

See also

References