2025 CAFA Nations Cup

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking (3 April 2025)
Afghanistan	2nd	Group stage (2023)	160
India[a] (invitee)	1st	—	127
Iran	2nd	Winners (2023)	18
Kyrgyzstan	2nd	Fourth place (2023)	103
Oman (invitee)	2nd	Third place (2023)	77
Tajikistan (co-hosts)	2nd	Group stage (2023)	104
Turkmenistan	2nd	Group stage (2023)	142
Uzbekistan (co-hosts)	2nd	Runners-up (2023)	57

The following eight teams were divided based on their FIFA Ranking of April 2025. Malaysia (131 ranked) was part of the 3 July draw but later withdrew on 15 July.

The draw was held in Dushanbe on 3 July 2025 at 16:00 (UTC+5), and was broadcast live on YouTube. The draw resulted in the following groups with Malaysia included at the time of the draw, later being replaced by India:^[10][11][12]

Group A Pos Team A1  Uzbekistan A2  Kyrgyzstan A3  Turkmenistan A4  Oman

Group B Pos Team B1  Tajikistan B2  Iran B3  Afghanistan B4  India[a]

All times are local, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan Time (UTC+5).

Tiebreaker

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to final
2	Oman	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to third place match
3	Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

30 August 2025 (2025-08-30)

17:00

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Turkmenistan
Kojo 45'	Report	Jumaýew 44'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Sajëçon Zajniddinov (Tajikistan)
Man of the Match: Joel Kojo (Kyrgyzstan)

30 August 2025 (2025-08-30)

19:30

Uzbekistan	1–1	Oman
Erkinov 55'	Report	Al-Rawahi 4'

Olympic City Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
Man of the Match: Khojimat Erkinov (Uzbekistan)

2 September 2025 (2025-09-02)

17:00

Oman	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Al Sabhi 90+1', 90+5'	Report	Kozubayev 24'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Man of the Match: Issam Al Sabhi (Oman)

2 September 2025 (2025-09-02)

19:30

Turkmenistan	1–2	Uzbekistan
Durdyýew 84' (pen.)	Report	Sergeev 37', 44' (pen.)

Olympic City Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 2,037

Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)
Man of the Match: Igor Sergeev (Uzbekistan)

5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)

17:00

Turkmenistan	1–2	Oman
Ballakow 51'	Report	Ahallyýew 12' (o.g.) Al Ghassani 90+3'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Vahid Kazemi (Iran)
Man of the Match: Muhsen Al Ghassani (Oman)

5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)

19:30

Uzbekistan	4–0	Kyrgyzstan
Mozgovoy 20' Shukurov 67' (pen.) Sergeev 82' Turgunboev 90+3'	Report

Olympic City Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
Man of the Match: Otabek Shukurov (Uzbekistan)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to final
2	India	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4[a]	Advance to third place match
3	Tajikistan (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4[a]
4	Afghanistan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

29 August 2025 (2025-08-29)

17:00

Iran	3–1	Afghanistan
Aliyari 26', 64' Hosseinzadeh 36'	Report	Musawi 21'

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Attendance: 4,520

Referee: Sanzhar Zhakypbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Man of the Match: Majid Aliyari (Iran)

29 August 2025 (2025-08-29)

20:30

Tajikistan	1–2	India
Samiev 23'	Report	Ali 5' Jhingan 13'

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Attendance: 17,450

Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (India)

1 September 2025 (2025-09-01)

17:00

India	0–3	Iran
	Report	Hosseinzadeh 59' Alipour 89' Taremi 90+6'

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Attendance: 1,050

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Iran)

1 September 2025 (2025-09-01)

20:30

Afghanistan	0–2	Tajikistan
	Report	Panjshanbe 24' (pen.) Mabatshoyev 90+3'

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Referee: Zayniddin Alimov (Kyrgyzstan)
Man of the Match: Ehson Panjshanbe (Tajikistan)

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)

17:00

Afghanistan	0–0	India
	Report

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Nurzatbek Abdıkadırov (Kyrgyzstan)
Man of the Match: Anwar Ali (India)

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)

20:30

Tajikistan	2–2	Iran
Samiev 58' Dzhuraboyev 77'	Report	Mehdi Mohebi 38' Mohammad Mohebi 47'

Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor

Referee: Axrol Riskullayev (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Zoir Dzhuraboyev (Tajikistan)

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