August 23, the Turkmenistan U17 national football team will face the Kyrgyzstan team in a match for 5th place in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Championship. The game will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and will begin at 18:00 Ashgabat time.

The CAFA U-17 tournament is coming to an end. The teams of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will meet in the final, and Tajikistan and Iran will fight for 3rd place.

At the group stage, the Turkmen team led by Ahmet Allaberdiyev took third place in group “B”, losing to Uzbekistan (0:1) and Iran (1:6).

This tournament serves as an important preparation for the Turkmen national team before the upcoming qualifying round of the 2025 Asian Cup. The qualifying matches will be held from October 23 to 27 in Thailand, where Turkmenistan will meet teams from Thailand, India and Brunei in group “D”.