CAFA Futsal Tournament 2023; Afghanistan national futsal team left for Tajikistan

The Afghanistan Football Federation announced that the Afghanistan national futsal team, after finishing its training camp in Iran, left for Tajikistan on Friday to participate in the first round of the Central Asian Futsal Championship (CAFA). CAFA Futsal tournament will start in two days in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The first match of the Afghanistan national futsal team is today, against Kyrgyzstan. Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan teams are participating in CAFA futsal competitions.

The Afghanistan national futsal team, with its Iranian coach Majid Mortezaei, has prepared itself for the CAFA Futsal Championship and the Asian Nations Cup by holding several training camps and playing friendly games in Iran and Lebanon. Although it is important for the Afghanistan national futsal team to get results in the CAFA matches; But the main focus of this team is a strong presence in the preliminary competitions of the Asian Futsal Nations Cup.

The teams participating in the 2023 CAFA Futsal Championship are all ranked higher than Afghanistan in terms of Asian and world rankings. Iran is first in Asia and sixth in the world. Uzbekistan is the third in Asia and the twenty-fourth in the world.

Kyrgyzstan is 9th in Asia and 45th in the world ranking. Tajikistan ranks 11th in Asia and 57th in the world. Turkmenistan has a better situation than Afghanistan and is ranked 14th in Asia and 72nd in the world.

Afghanistan's national futsal team has fallen in the Asian and global rankings due to the lack of regular participation in competitions in the past few years and is now ranked 23rd in Asia and 92nd in the world.