2025 CFA Team China U-16 Cup

2025 CFA Team China U-16
2025CFA中国之队·呼和浩特国际足球锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityHohhot
Dates28 May–1 June
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)6 players (1 goal each)
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The 2025 CFA Team China U-16 Cup was the second edition of the under-16 CFA Cup organised by Chinese Football Association (CFA), an invitational under-16 football tournament held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China from 28 May to 1 June 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

Hohhot
Hohhot City Stadium
Capacity: 51,632

Teams

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China (C, H) 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Champions
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6 Runners-up
3  Vietnam 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Third place
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 4 −2 0 Fourth place
Source: CFA
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).

Australia 2–1 Vietnam
  • Pavlovic 81'
  • Owusu 83'
Report
  • Lê Trọng Đại Nhân 53'
China 2–1 Saudi Arabia
  • He Sifan 7'
  • Shuai Weihao 90'
Report
  • Abdullah 67'
Attendance: 11,756
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Saudi Arabia 1–2 Australia
  • 32'
Report
  • 25'
  • 78'
China 2–2 Vietnam
  • Liang Shiyu 12'
  • Wan Xiang 16'
Report
  • Lê Trọng Đại Nhân 47'
  • Le Sy Bach 84'
Attendance: 9,234
Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

Vietnam 2–1 Saudi Arabia
  • Lê Nguyên Quang Khôi 29'
  • Nguyễn Lực Chu Ngọc 82'
Report
China 5–2 Australia
  • Wan Xiang 9'
  • Shuai Weihao 39'
  • Liang Shiyu 71'
  • Zhang Bolin 81'
  • Xie Jin 85'
Report
  • Hassarari 2'
  • Li Junpeng 80' (o.g.)
Attendance: 17,511
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

1 goal

  • Johnny Pavlovic
  • Jordan Owusu
  • Lê Trọng Đại Nhân
  • He Sifan
  • Shuai Weihao
  • Nawaf Abdullah

References

  1. ^ "U16 Việt Nam tham dự Giải bóng đá quốc tế tại Trung Quốc, chuẩn bị cho Vòng loại U17 châu Á 2026" [Vietnam U16 attends International Football Tournament in China, preparing for 2026 AFC U17 Qualifiers]. VFF (in Vietnamese). 23 April 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Match schedule of U16 Vietnam at CFA Team China 2025 Friendly Tournament". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). Vietnam.vn. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.