Iran Comes 2nd at CAFA U-23 Women Championship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran cruised past Afghanistan 7-0 to finish second at the CAFA U-23 Women Championship 2019 on Thursday.
Hajar Dabbaghi completed a fine individual campaign with a final day hat-trick for Iran, while Fatemeh Geraeli, Fatemeh Shaban, Zahra Masoumi and Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani scored once each.
Iran finished the competition with 12 points from five matches, with Tuesday’s defeat to Uzbekistan the only blemish in an otherwise impressive term in Tajikistan.
The Iranian team started the event with a 4-0 win over Tajikistan. Maryam Azmoun’s team beat Turkmenistan 5-0 and smashed Kyrgyzstan 6-0.
Uzbekistan defeated Tajikistan 3-0 and claimed the title with 15 points.
The CAFA U-23 Women was held on a round-robin basis in Tajikistani cities Dushanbe and Hisor.
The Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in Central Asia.