TEHRAN – Iran were held to a 1-1 draw by Kyrgyzstan and claimed the title of the 2024 CAFA U18 Women’s Championship on Sunday.

In the match held in Dushanbe International Stadium, Parnia Rahmani was on target for Iran in the 66th minute and Kyrgyzstan leveled the score in the injury time.

The Persian girls had defeated Uzbekistan 4-2, Turkmenistan 7-0 and hosts Tajikistan 5-0 in the tournament and claimed the title with 10 points.

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

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

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