TEHRAN – Iran defeated hosts Tajikistan 5-0 at the 2024 CAFA U18 Women’s Championship on Friday.

Maryam Dini (two goals), Somayeh Esmaeili (two goals) and Tania Jahanshahi were on target for Iran.

The Persian girls, who had defeated Uzbekistan 4-2 and Turkmenistan 7-0, are also scheduled to play Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.

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 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 takes place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from April 19 to 28.

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

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