Central Asian Football Federation (CAFF)

[Kian Persepolis]

2018 CAFA Cup will be held 8-16 October 2018. I suggest we open a new thread for it and keep all news related to it in that thread.
Also here are some websites and social media to follow.
Official Website: http://the-cafa.com/
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cafassociation/

So this will be like what the WAFF had? Like a small little tournament for the senior sides?

[Rooyintan]

So this will be like what the WAFF had? Like a small little tournament for the senior sides?

Yes, two groups of 3.

I assume Uzbekistan and Iran will be placed in two separate groups and other 4 [ie. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan] will be randomly allocated.

[Dortmund]

Hopefully we can send the younger guys(Shekari, Noorafkan, etc) to get some experence in tournaments. Maybe see who makes the cut for the Asian Cup

[Rooyintan]

Looks like Central Asia Football Association's 2018 CAFA Championship is either not happening this year or been postponed to later in the year. There is nothing reported in news but since the event was going to be from 8 October until 16 October, and several CAFA members are in midst of securing friendly international matches for during that time then we can assume that it is not happening in October.

Iran vs Bolivia, Date: 16 October 2018, Venue: Azadi Stadium Tehran
Myanmar vs Afghanistan, Date: 16 October 2018, Venue: Yangon
Malaysia vs Kyrgyzstan, Date: 16 October 2018, Venue: Kuala Lumpur

[KC McElroy]

This tournament needs to happen on a regular basis.

[Team Melli Fan]

[Central Asian Football Association] All India Football Federation officially expressed its intention to participate in CAFA competitions. The committee also agreed to include AIFF in CAFA competitions starting from 2022.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comm...ion_all_india/

[ABalls]

[Central Asian Football Association] All India Football Federation officially expressed its intention to participate in CAFA competitions. The committee also agreed to include AIFF in CAFA competitions starting from 2022.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comm...ion_all_india/

Terrific, perhaps the boost CAFA needs to get moving (and I'm sure some cash goes a long way there...)!

[Team Melli Fan]

[oracle]

Amir galenoie needs to start team melli b and tm c
Asap....Tm b should go to these tournaments .

[O-ZoNe]

Hosts announced for Cafa tournament. Looks like Thailand and Russia are invited and China has expressed interest.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Lowe_/sta...369805826?s=20

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[Team Melli Fan]

[Ali Doust]

They dont need to invite random countries. Just have 2 groups of 3 teams. top 2 teams from each group can play each other in the round robin. Teams will play minimum of 2 matches and a maximum of 4 matches.

[PSGman#19]

We are grouped in a 3 teams group with Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. Not only we got the weakest teams but we have less games compared to the 4 team group

[MucizeLions1992]

We are grouped in a 3 teams group with Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. Not only we got the weakest teams but we have less games compared to the 4 team group

Yeah this tournament is a bad deal for us now. Only the final against either Uzebkistan or Oman can serve as a somewhat decent preparation for the Asian Cup.

[PSGman#19]

If we can send our U23 it will better