2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

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2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للشابات
لبنان ٢٠٢٢
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
City Jounieh
Dates19–25 October
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon A (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Syria.svg  Syria
Third placeFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Fourth placeFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored30 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Jordan.svg Maya Owaisat
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Lebanon.svg Christy Maalouf
Best goalkeeper Flag of Syria.svg Raneem Abo Lateef
2019
2024

The 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship was the third edition of the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's under-18 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Lebanon from 19 to 25 October 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Host Lebanon were the defending champions having won the last edition in Bahrain. [3] and successfully defended the title after beating Syria 5–1 in the final. [4] [5]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, six (out of 12) WAFF nations were set to enter the final tournament. [6] However Iraq and Palestine withdrew before the draw. As a result, Host Lebanon entered two teams Team A (Under-18) and Team B (Under-16) to maintain the tournament’s competitiveness, with the number of participating teams reduced to three. [7]

CountryApp.Previous best performance
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3rdChampions (2018)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon A 3rdChampions (2019)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B 1stDebut
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 1stDebut
Did not enter

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2022 at 13:00 AST (UTC+3). [8] [9]

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

Lebanon A v Lebanon B, 19 October 2022 Lebanon A v Lebanon B, 19 October 2022 05.jpg
Lebanon A v Lebanon B, 19 October 2022

All times are local, AST (UTC+3). [10]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon A (H)330081+79Advance to final
2Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 320175+26
3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 31025613Advance to third place play-off
4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B (H)30031980
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg4–3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Report
Lebanon A  Flag of Lebanon.svg4–1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B
Report
Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh
Referee: Baddour Alesar (Syria)

Lebanon B  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Report
Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh
Referee: Esra'a AlMbaidin (Jordan)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg0–2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon A
Report

Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg2–0Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B
Report
Lebanon A  Flag of Lebanon.svg2–0Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Report

Knockout stage

 
Final
 
  
 
25 October - Fouad Chehab Stadium
 
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon A 5
 
 
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 1
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
25 October - Fouad Chehab Stadium
 
 
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2
 
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B 1
 

Third place play-off

Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg2–1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon B
Report

Final

Lebanon A  Flag of Lebanon.svg5–1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Report

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: [11]

Top GoalscorerBest playerBest Goalkeeper
Flag of Jordan.svg Maya Owaisat (4 goals) Flag of Lebanon.svg Christy Maalouf Flag of Syria.svg Raneem Abo Lateef


Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: WAFF

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