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The draw for the 2026 Parimatch Tajikistan Championship schedule among top league teams took place one month before the start of the new football season at the Kokhi Parthenon Complex in Dushanbe. The Football Federation of Tajikistan announced this.
Twelve football clubs will participate in the 35th edition of the Tajikistan Championship, which officially starts on March 6.
The 2026 season will be played in two rounds. Each team will play one match against each opponent, home and away. Thus, by the end of the championship, each club will have played 22 games.
The team that finishes last in the 2026 season will be relegated to the First League. The team that finishes 11th in the championship will play a playoff match against the runner-up of the 2026 Tajikistan First League.
The draw ceremony was attended by numerous guests. The lottery was drawn by renowned former Tajikistan national team players Yusuf Rabiyev and Jamshed Ismoilov. During the event, the team numbers were determined as per tradition, and they were assigned as follows:
1. "Regar-TadAZ" (Tursunzade)
2. “Istiklol” (Dushanbe)
3. "Parvoz" (Khujand International Airport)
4. “Khosilot” (Farkhor)
5. "Khujand" (Khujand)
6. "Vakhsh" (Bokhtar)
7. “Barkchi” (Gissar)
8. “Eskhata” (Khujand)
9. CSKA (Dushanbe)
10. “Istaravshan” (Istaravshan)
11. “Sardor” (Tursunzade)
12. "Ravshan" (Kulyab)
According to the Berger system, the following matches will be held in the first round of the 2026 Parimatch Tajikistan Championship:
"Regar-TadAZ" – "Ravshan" "Istiklol" – "Sardor" "Parvoz" – "Istaravshan" "Khosilot" – CSKA "Khujand" – "Eskhata" "Vakhsh" – "Barkchi"
The full schedule of games for the 2026 Tajikistan Championship will be compiled using a table developed by renowned Austrian chess player and scientist Berger and will be published after official approval.
