2025 WAFF Women's Championship

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2025 WAFF Women's Championship
بطولة غرب آسيا للسيدات 2025
2025 WAFF Women's Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
City Jeddah
Dates24 November – 2 December
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan (7th title)
Runners-upFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Third placeFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Fourth placeFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored33 (3.3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Bandari Abdullah
(3 goals)
Best player Flag of Jordan.svg Enas Al-Jamaeen
Best goalkeeper Flag of Jordan.svg Rawned Kassap
← 2024

The 2025 WAFF Women's Championship will be the ninth edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the international football tournament organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's national teams of West Asia. The tournament will be hosted by Saudi Arabia for the second time, after they had hosted the previous edition in 2024, from 24 November to 2 December.

Contents

Jordan were four-time defending champions, having won the previous four editions (2014, 2019, 2022, and 2024).

Teams

Participating teams

On 16 October 2025, the WAFF announced that six countries will participate in the 2025 edition. [1]

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance FIFA ranking
August 2025
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 9th76
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4th117
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6th125
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 8th129
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2nd164
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 3rd166
Did not enter

Draw

The final draw took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16 October 2025. [1] As the host nation, Saudi Arabia were seeded at the top of Group A, while defending champions Jordan were placed at the top of Group B. The draw subsequently assigned the United Arab Emirates and Iraq to Group A, and Lebanon and Palestine to Group B. [1]

Squads

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

Venues

On 19 October 2025, the WAFF announced Jeddah as the designated host city, with one chosen venue: the Hall Stadium of the King Abdullah Sports City. [3]

Jeddah
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams will be 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 will be 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 Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (H)220071+66Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 210142+23
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 200208−80
Source: WAFF
(H) Hosts
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg1–2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0–3Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Yasmin Nairoukh (Palestine)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg5–0Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Report
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Mohammed Al-Manii (Oman)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 220080+86Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 21013303
3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 200208−80
Source: GSA
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–3Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg5–0Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Report
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Rawdha Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
30 November – Jeddah (KA)
 
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 0 (3)
 
2 December – Jeddah (PA)
 
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (p)0 (4)
 
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 1
 
30 November – Jeddah (KA)
 
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3
 
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3
 
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 0
 
Third place
 
 
2 December – Jeddah (PA)
 
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2 (2)
 
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (p)2 (4)

Semi-finals

Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg3–0Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Mohammed Al-Manii (Oman)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg0–0Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Penalties
3–4
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 610
Referee: Said Al-Mezeini (Oman)

Third place play-off

Final

Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg1–3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Report
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Referee: Said Al-Mezeini (Oman)
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Palestine
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Jordan
GK23 Sharlot Phillips
DF4 Sireen Ghattas (C)
FW2 Rina Osorio
DF3 Sara Kord Yellow card.svg 89'
DF6 Ahlam-Laila Nasr
MF10 Laila Al-Shaikh Sub off.svg HT'
FW11 Nour Youssef
FW12 Dalia Asad-Halim Sub off.svg 90+2'
MF15 Miral Qassis Sub off.svg 67'
FW17 Nadine Mohamed Sub off.svg 67'
FW22 Narin Abu Asfar Sub off.svg 90+2'
Substitutions:
FW9 Naomi Phillips Sub on.svg HT'
MF7 Jeniver Shattara Sub on.svg 67'
FW8 Florencia Sabat Sub on.svg 67'
MF5 Sara Al-Shakhshir Sub on.svg 90+2'
MF21 Annasoraya Khoury Sub on.svg 90+2'
Head coach:
Ahmed Sharf
GK12 Rawned Kassap
DF19 Ayah Al-Majali (C)
MF5 Marah Abu Tayeh
MF6 Celine Akroush Sub off.svg 76'
DF7 Farah Abu Tayeh Sub off.svg 90+3'
MF8 Enas Al-Jamaeen
FW9 Bana Al-Bitar Sub off.svg 90+3'
FW10 Roukayah Al-Fararjeh Sub off.svg 67'
FW15 Mai Sweilem Sub off.svg 67'
DF20 Lana Feras
DF21 Rand Abu-Hussein
Substitutions:
FW11 Jinan Said Sub on.svg 67'
FW17 Ida Tamimi Sub on.svg 67'
MF2 Taqi Al-Zabrey Sub on.svg 76'
MF14 Yasmeen Al-Ajrab Sub on.svg 90+3'
MF18 Tahreer Al-Qawasmeh Sub on.svg 90+3'
Head coach:
Flag of Cape Verde.svg David Nascimento

Assistant referees:
Karrar Abbas (Iraq)
Jana Haydar (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Al-Manii (Oman)

Goal scorers

There were 33 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: WAFF

References

  1. 1 2 3 السعودية تستضيف بطولة السيدات التاسعة بمشاركة ستة منتخبات [Saudi Arabia hosts the ninth Women's Championship with the participation of six teams]. West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 16 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lebanon in Group B of the ninth WAFF Women's Championship" لبنان في المجموعة الثانية من بطولة غرب آسيا التاسعة للسيدات (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ↑ West Asian Football Federation [@waffootball]; (19 October 2025). اليكم جدول المباريات الكامل وتعرّفوا على أبرز المواجهات المرتقبة [Here is the full schedule of matches and get to know the most important upcoming matches] (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
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