2024 WAFF Women's Championship

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2024 WAFF Women's Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثامنة للسيدات
Logo of the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.jpg
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
City Jeddah
Dates19–29 February
Teams8 (from 3 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored56 (3.73 per match)
Attendance12,700 (847 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari
(9 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Jordan.svg Maysa Jbarah
Best goalkeeper Flag of Jordan.svg Sherin Al-Shalabe
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The 2024 WAFF Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football tournament in West Asia competed by the national teams in the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). [1] The tournament was hosted by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it was the first major women's football tournament to be hosted in the kingdom. [2] [3]

Contents

Jordan were three-time defending champions having won the last three editions (Jordan 2014, Bahrain 2019 and Jordan 2022). [4] and they successfully retained the title for the sixth time, after beating Nepal on penalties in the final. [5] [6] In the other hand tournament's host Saudi Arabia were unable to secure victory in any of their matches. [7] Nepalese striker Sabitra Bhandari won the top scorer award scoring nine goals throughout the tournament. Jordanian player Maysa Jbarah was voted the tournament's best player, whilst Jbarah teammate Sherin Al-Shalabe was awarded the best goalkeeper award.

Teams

Participating teams

On 4 February 2024, the WAFF announced that 8 countries would participate in the 2024 edition – the highest number of participating countries in a single edition since United Arab Emirates 2011 – with Saudi Arabia participating for the first time in a major football tournament. [8] [9] This was also the first edition where non-West Asian Football Federation members were also invited, namely Guam, an EAFF member and Nepal, a SAFF member. [10]

Although numerous Egyptian media outlets indicated that an invitation had been sent to the Egypt women's national football team for the 2024 edition, the team was not included in the list of participants published on 4 February 2024 [11] [12]

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance FIFA ranking
December 2023
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1stDebut93
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq [13] 2ndGroup stage (2011)NR
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 8th74
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 5th134
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1stDebut105
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 7th136
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1stDebut175
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 5th160
Did not enter

Draw

The final draw took place at the West Asian Football Federation Headquarters in Amman, Jordan, on 5 February 2024 at 11:00 AST (UTC+3). [14]

For the draw, The eight participating teams were drawn into a singular pot. Saudi Arabia, the host nation was identified by a different color and was automatically allocated to Group A, Position A1. A second pot with 8 balls representing positions A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, and B4 was used for the draw. The A1 position was marked with a different color. each time a team was drawn from the first pot was simultaneously assigned its specific position from the second pot. [15]

Squads

Each team had to register a squad of 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

Referees
Assistant referees

Venues

On 4 February 2024, WAFF announced Jeddah as the designated host city, with two chosen venues: the annex stadium of King Abdullah Sports City for the group stage and Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City for the knockout stage.

Jeddah
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City
Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 27,000
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Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 330081+79Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 32017706
3Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 310257−23
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (H)300338−50
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Guam  Flag of Guam.svg3–4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
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 Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 200
Referee: Khuloud Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg1–3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 900
Referee: Mohamed Juma (Bahrain)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg3–0Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ahmed Saad (Bahrain)
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg3–2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ahmed Gatea (Iraq)
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–2Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 500
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg0–2Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 500
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 3300131+129Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 32014406
3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 310245−13
4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 3003011−110
Source: GSA
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg4–1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 500
Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg3–0Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 300
Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg0–5Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 700
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg0–1Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 100
Referee: Khuloud Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg3–0Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 100
Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg0–4Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 900
Referee: Ahmed Saad (Bahrain)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
27 February – Jeddah
 
 
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 5
 
29 February – Jeddah
 
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 0
 
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2 (5)
 
27 February – Jeddah
 
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2 (3)
 
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2
 
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1
 

Semi-finals

Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg5–0Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ahmed Gatea (Iraq)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg2–1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmed Saad (Bahrain)

Final

Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg2–2Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Report
Report (WAFF)
Report (AFC)
Penalties
5–3
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Mohamed Juma (Bahrain)
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Jordan
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Nepal
GK1 Sherin Al-Shalabe
DF19 Ayah Al-Majali
DF21 Rand Abu-Hussein
DF3 Alanoud Al-Zabrey
DF7 Nour Zoqash
DF20 Lana Feras
MF8 Enas Al-Jamaeen Sub off.svg 33'
FW10 Sarah Abu-Sabbah Yellow card.svg 43'
MF17 Rouzbahan Fraij
FW13 Leen Al-Btoush Sub off.svg 58'
FW11 Maysa Jbarah (c)
Substitutions:
FW9 Bana Al-Bitar Sub on.svg 33'
MF16 Zaina Hazem Sub on.svg 58'
Manager:
Maher Abu Hantash
GK16 Anjila Tumbapo Subba (c)
DF2 Puja Rana Yellow card.svg 90+6'
DF5 Amrita Jaisi Yellow card.svg 73'
DF6 Hira Kumari Bhujel
FW10 Rashmi Ghising Sub off.svg 45+2'
DF12 Gita Rana
FW13 Rekha Poudel Yellow card.svg 79'
MF14 Preeti Rai Sub off.svg 74'
FW18 Sabita Rana Magar
MF19 Amisha Karki Sub off.svg 90'
MF23 Dipa Shahi
Substitutions:
MF11 Anita Basnet Sub on.svg 45+2'
DF15 Amrita Jaisi Sub on.svg 74'
MF17 Bimala Chaudhary Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Rajendra Tamang

Assistant referees:
Nawaf Moosa (Bahrain)
Salman Mohamed Talasi (Bahrain)
Fourth official:
Khuloud Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: [16]

Top scorer
Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari
9 goals
Best Player
Flag of Jordan.svg Maysa Jbarah
Best goalkeeper
Flag of Jordan.svg Sherin Al-Shalabe

Statistics

Goal scorers

There were 56 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.73 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: GSA

Tournament rankings

Pos.TeamGPldWDLPtsGFGAGD
1Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan A 541013153+12
2Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal B 541013174+13
Eliminated in the semi-finals
3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon A 4202689−1
4Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine B 4202649−5
Eliminated in the group stage
5Flag of Syria.svg  Syria B 3102345−1
6Flag of Guam.svg  Guam A 3102357−2
7Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia A 3003038−5
8Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq B 30030011−11

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