The 2025 CAFA Silk Way Cup is the inaugural edition of Central Asia's premier club football tournament, organized by the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).

[2][3] On 9 March 2025, it was announced that the competition had been postponed due to insufficient sponsorship, with the possibility of rescheduling for 2026.

[4] The slot allocation for the tournament is based on the performance of each association's top club in international Asian competitions.

Iran and Uzbekistan, whose top clubs qualified directly for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite and 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two, were each granted one slot.

[5] Eligibility for the tournament is limited to clubs that finished among the top teams in their respective national leagues or won their domestic cups in the previous season excluding the ones that are participating in Asian comptition during the 2024–25 season.