2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship

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2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة لكرة الصالات للسيدات
2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
City Jeddah
Dates15–24 June
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Third placeFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Fourth placeFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored58 (5.27 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Iraq.svg Shokhan Salihi
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Seba Tawfiq
Best goalkeeper Flag of Bahrain.svg Zahra Ali
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The 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship was the third edition of the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship, an international women's futsal Championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's national teams of West Asia. It was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the first time and marked the country's first-ever women's international tournament, held from June 15 to 24, 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Iran the two-time defending champions, would have been the defending champions. However, they have since left WAFF to join CAFA. Iraq won their first title after defeating host Saudi Arabia in the final 4–2, thus becoming the first Arab national team to win the title. [3] [4] [5]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, seven (out of 12) WAFF member associations entered teams for the final tournament in Jeddah. [6] However, the United Arab Emirates withdrew after the draw.

TeamApp.Previous best performance
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2ndThird Place (2012)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 3rdGroup Stage (2008, 2012)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2ndGroup Stage (2008)
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1stDebut
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 3rdFourth Place (2008)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1stDebut
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1stDebut
Did not enter

Draw

The draw took place virtually on 25 May 2022, and was streamed on the West Asian Football Federation's YouTube channel. [7]

The draw resulted in the following groups:

 Group A
PosTeam
A1Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
A2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
A3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
A4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Group B
PosTeam
B1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
B2Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
B3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

Group stage

All times are local, SAST (UTC+3). The original schedule was announced following the draw.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 220070+76 Knockout stage
2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 210171+63
3Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 2002013−130 Fifth place match
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg6–0Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Yasir Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)
Najat Al-Blooshi (United Arab Emirates)
Rafid Salman Lami (Iraq)
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg0–1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Mohammed Al-Boloushi (Kuwait)
Maryam Al Hadhrami (Oman)
Samar Al-Inezi (Kuwait)
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg0–7Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Reem Shami (Lebanon)
Aisha Al Saadi (Oman)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 220092+76 Knockout stage
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (H)210163+33
3Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 2002111−100 Fifth place match
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg3–1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Reem Shami (Lebanon)
Oman  Flag of Oman.svg1–6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg5–0Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Placement matches

Fifth place match

Oman  Flag of Oman.svg1–6Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Knockout stage

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
22 June - Jeddah
 
 
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 0
 
24 June - Jeddah
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.)1
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2
 
22 June - Jeddah
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 4
 
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0
 
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 12
 
 Third Place
 
 
24 June - Jeddah
 
 
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2
 
 
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0

Semi-finals

Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg0–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg0–12Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City

Third place match

Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg2–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City

Final

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg2–4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Al-Ghazawi Soccerball shade.svg 35:12 (o.g.)
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City

Champion

 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship champion 
Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq
First title

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: [8]

Top GoalscorerBest playerBest Goalkeeper
Flag of Iraq.svg Shokhan Salihi [9] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Seba Tawfiq [10] Flag of Bahrain.svg Zahra Ali [11]

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 5.27 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in futsal, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 4301233+209Champions
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 420297+26Runners-up
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 430191+89Third place
4Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4202916−76Fourth place
5Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 3102614−83Fifth place
6Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 3003217−150Sixth place
Source: WAFF

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