2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament (Khobar)

2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament

البطولة الودية الدولية للسيدات - السعودية 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	Khobar
Dates	11–19 January
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	Mauritius
Fourth place	Comoros
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anlaouia Hadhirami Ali (2 Goals)
Best player(s)	Maria Khan
Best goalkeeper	Sara Khalid
2023 (Taif) → All statistics correct as of 19 January 2023.

The 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament was the first edition of the SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in Saudi Arabia from 11 to 19 January 2023. It consisted of a single match round-robin tournament. It featured four teams, Namely Comoros, Mauritius, Pakistan and hosts Saudi Arabia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. In the event two teams were tied in points, tie-breakers would be applied in the order of goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head result, and a fair play score based on the number of yellow and red cards.

Venue

The stadium chosen by SAFF to host the 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament is located in Khobar a city in the Eastern Province.

Khobar
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
Khobar

Teams

The following four teams participated in the tournament:

Team	Confederation	Appearance	FIFA ranking (December 2022)
Comoros	CAF	1st	182
Mauritius	CAF	1st	187
Pakistan	AFC	1st	160
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1st	NR

Squads

Main article: 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament squads

Match officials

The following official were appointed by SAFF to officiate the tournament:

Referees

• Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi
• Anoud Alasmari
• Edita Mirabidova

Assistant referees

• Yara Abdelfattah
• Heba Saadieh
• Kristina Sereda

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Saudi Arabia (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	Mauritius	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Comoros	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local, SAST (UTC+3:00).

11 January 2023

16:30

Pakistan	1–0	Comoros
Anmol 89'	Report

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

Referee: Anoud Alasmari (Saudi Arabia)

11 January 2023

20:30

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Mauritius
Al-Tamimi 44' (pen.)	Report

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi (Egypt)

15 January 2023

16:30

Mauritius	2–1	Pakistan
Jheemla 4' Gopal 64'	Report	M. Khan 9'

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

15 January 2023

20:30

Comoros	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Ibrahim 35' Abu Laban 90+1'

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi (Egypt)

19 January 2023

16:30

Comoros	2–1	Mauritius
Hadhirami Ali 19', 31'	Report	Verloppe 63'

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

19 January 2023

20:30

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Pakistan
Mobarak 28'	Report	M. Khan 64'

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 15 January 2023

There were 7 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.75 goals per match.

1 goal

• Brooklyn Jheemla
• Julie Gopal
• Anmol Hira
• Maria Khan
• Mariam Al-Tamimi
• Noura Ibrahim
• Daliah Abu Laban

Source: SAFF

Discipline

In the tournament, a player will be suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Media coverage

2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament broadcasters in Participating countries
Country	Broadcast network	Television	Radio	Live streaming
Saudi Arabia	SSC	SSC Sport	—	SSC Sport 1
2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament international broadcasters
Rest of world	Eleven Sports	—	—	2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament
	FIFA+	—	—	2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament

References

1. "SAFF hosts the international friendly tournament for women". www.saff.com.sa. Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF). 28 December 2022.
2. Shaikh, Afreen (30 December 2022). "Saudi Arabia to host an international friendly tournament for women". me.mashable.com. Afreen Shaikh.
3. "Saudi Arabia To Host Women's Football Tournament". asiaone.co.in. 2 January 2023.
4. "Saudi Arabia to host maiden four-nation women's international friendly tournament – watch live!". FIFA . Retrieved 12 January 2023.

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Arabic)