The team of veterans of the Almaty ”Kairat” in the Australian city of Brisbane became the bronze medalist of the World Championship among veterans, beating 2:1 in the match for the third place of the veterans of the city of Sydney (Australia).

FC “Taraz” from Zhambyl won in the Central Asian qualifying tournament of the 5th Asian Cup Winners Cup, the first of the Kazakhstani clubs “Taraz” qualifed to the second round of this tournament. Pavlodar FC “Ansat” and Zhambyl “Taraz”, started in the XIV Asian Cup and the 5 Asian Cup Winners Cup, became the first Kazakhstan teams taken part in the AFC official club tournaments.

Kazakhstan national youth team won the qualifying group of the ХХIХ Asian Championship and won the final part of this tournament

International debut of the Kazakhstan U-16 and U-19 teams of the 6th Asian Championship qualification among youth teams and the XXI Asian Championship among youth teams.

Both the qualifying and final parts of these Asian championships are the qualifying stages of the world championships in these age categories.

Kazakhstan was accepted as a full member of FIFA and AFC.