Afghanistan defeated Turkmenistan to secure second position in the CAFA Futsal Cup.

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)_Monitoring, The six-nation tournament, hosted by Tajikistan, was won by Iran which defeated the hosts 1-0 in their last match. Uzbekistan came third.

Afghanistan’s Abdul Ghafar Safi who was declared best player of the match against Turkmenistan, said: “Unfortunately we couldn’t overcome Iran so that we could become champions, but runner-up is not a low position and I would like to congratulate the entire nation for securing the position.”

“CAFA tournament includes powerful teams of Asia. Fortunately, for the first time Afghan athletes managed to become runners-up in the tournament. I would like to congratulate the entire nation for it. It is a great achievement for our national futsal team,” said Mohammad Yusuf Kargar, head of Afghanistan Football Federation.