2025 WAFF Women's Championship

2025 WAFF Women's Championship

بطولة غرب آسيا للسيدات 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	Jeddah
Dates	24 November – 2 December
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue	(in 1 host city)
← 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.

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]

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking August 2025
Jordan	9th	Champions (2005, 2007, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2024)	76
United Arab Emirates	4th	Champions (2010, 2011)	117
Lebanon	6th	Runners-up (2022) [2]	125
Palestine	8th	Runners-up (2014)	129
Saudi Arabia	2nd	Group stage (2024)	164
Iraq	3rd	Group stage (2011, 2024)	166

Did not enter

•   Bahrain
•   Kuwait
•   Oman
•   Qatar
•   Syria
•   Yemen

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

Main article: 2025 WAFF Women's Championship squads

Each national team has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom have to be goalkeepers.

Group stage

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 24 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 24 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Winner Group A
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Semi-final 1
					Winner Semi-final 2
	Winner Group B
	Runner-up Group A

References

1. 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.