2025 CFA Team China Cup

2025 CFA Team China
2025CFA中国之队·盐城国际足球邀请赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityYancheng
Dates20–25 March
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1
Final positions
Champions China (2nd title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Vietnam
Fourth place Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored9 (1.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)9 players
(1 goal each)
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The 2025 CFA Team China was the second edition of the under-23 CFA Cup organised by Chinese Football Association (CFA), an invitational under-22 football tournament held in Yancheng, China from 20 to 25 March 2025.[1][2]

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points was decided by goal differential.

Venue

Yancheng
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Capacity: 37,003

Teams

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China (H, C) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Champions
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 Runners-up
3  Vietnam 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 Third place
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 Fourth place
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) 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).
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Results

All match times are in local time, (UTC+8).

South Korea 1–1 Vietnam
  • Kim Woo-bin 90+5'
Report
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Yancheng
China 0–0 Uzbekistan
Report
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Yancheng
Attendance: 6,198
Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

China 1–0 South Korea
Report
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Yancheng
Attendance: 18,985
Referee: Ai Kun (China)
Vietnam 0–0 Uzbekistan
Report
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Yancheng

Uzbekistan 1–3 South Korea
Report
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Yancheng
China 1–1 Vietnam
Report
Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Yancheng
Attendance: 8,628
Referee: Dai Yige (China)

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match.

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Đội tuyển U22 Việt Nam tham dự giải quốc tế tại Trung Quốc dịp FIFA Days tháng 3/2025" (in Vietnamese). VFF. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  2. ^ "U22 Việt Nam lên đường tham dự giải U22 quốc tế CFA Team China 2025" (in Vietnamese). Báo Nhân Dân. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.