2025 WAVA Women's Volleyball Championship

2025 WAVA Women's Volleyball Championship

بطولة غرب آسيا الثانية لمنتخبات السيدات بالكرة الطائرة
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Tournament details
Host nation	Jordan
City	Amman
Dates	1–11 October 2025
Teams	6  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Lebanon (2nd title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Iraq
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament awards
Best Setter	Karen Moukarzel
Best OH	Mira Adra Mirna Cheikho
Best MB	Shahed Al-Awamleh Doreen Romel
Best OPP	Shantalle Demirjian
Best Libero	Rand Haimour
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
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The 2025 WAVA Women's Volleyball Championship was the second staging of the WAVA Women's Volleyball Championship, the international volleyball championship organised by WAVA for the women's national teams of West Asia. It was held in Amman, Jordan from 1 to 11 October 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Lebanon entered the tournament as the defending champions, having defeated hosts Jordan in the previous edition's final. ^[3] and they successfully retained their title, winning a second consecutive championship and remaining unbeaten since the competition's inauguration. ^{[4] [5]}

Participation

6 (of 12) WAVA members entered the tournament.

Team	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
	Total	First	Last
Iraq [6]	1	2022		4th place (2022)
Jordan	1	2022		Runners-up (2022)
Lebanon	1	2022		Champions (2022)
Qatar	1	2022		8th place (2022)
Saudi Arabia	1	2022		7th place (2022)
Syria	1	2022		6th place (2022)

Did not enter

Bahrain   Kuwait   Oman

Palestine   United Arab Emirates   Yemen

Draw

The tournament draw was conducted via video conference from the WAVA headquarters in Doha on 23 September 2025 to determine the teams' positions for the matchups. ^[7]

Squads

Iraq Doreen Romel Amanda Adwer Priva Rzgar Helen Omer Bahra Hamid Violet Yokhanna Veneesia Eshaq Dashne Qasim Norma Muneer Diya Wali Hamisha Hoshyar Daniela Najem Kazhin Jalal Moreen Sabri

Jordan [8] Ghayda'a Al-Ashoush Rand Haimur Ragad Haimur Masa Al-Khatib Celina Haddad Rahaf Abulail Rahaf Haimur Dana Al-Mashaileh Katrina Haddad Shahed Al-Awamleh Yasmina Al-Hinnawi Tamara Jaber Haya Kardan Saba Abu Rezeq

Lebanon [9] Lina Jrad Hanane Lababidi Mira Adra Mariella Jreidi Lynn Zaouk Lara Al-Nahi Mirna Cheikho Aya-Maria Matar Nour Abi Chahine Lucciana Bassil Shantalle Demirjian Lea Chebib Karen Moukarzel Yasmine Damerji

Qatar Lamis Al-Salman Aisha Al-Alawi Dana Aboueita Malak Mohd Hashim Huda Al-Mobark Sheqaf Ismail Sarah Saadawi Ludan Eisa Marwa Bettihthamou Al-Mayasa Deyab Swaralasal Jbarah Tasneem Ali

Saudi Arabia Yara Al-Faraidy Yara As-Suhebani Ragad Rajab Sara Ghouth Haneen Al-Dukhayel Rana Al-Sharif Noha Emran Tala Al-Oufi Fai Al-Mohsen Nadeen Al-Khateeb Ghala Al-Humaidan Lugain Al-Qahtani Joud Al-Kheraif

Syria [10] Al-Zahraa Mene Walaa Al-Haj Khalouf Hanin Shahin Malak Abo Khalil Nenar Al-Haj Hussen Karla Najjar Luiza Moussa Ghazal Al-Kaseer Sally Hammadeh Maguy Al-Shaiki Hind Daaboul Lama Al-Batal

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Lebanon	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	435	326	1.334
2	Jordan (H)	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	434	357	1.216
3	Iraq	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	369	298	1.238
4	Syria	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	365	325	1.123
5	Saudi Arabia	5	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	254	381	0.667
6	Qatar	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	224	394	0.569

Source: WAVA
(H) Host

Results

All times are local, AST (UTC+3). All matches will be held at Princess Sumaya Hall in Amman

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	15:00	Lebanon	3–0	Syria	25–15	25–23	25–23			75–61
3 Oct	17:00	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Iraq	8–25	11–25	17–25			36–75
3 Oct	19:00	Qatar	0–3	Jordan	12–25	10–25	13–25			35–75
4 Oct	15:00	Syria	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–13	25–10	25–18			75–41
4 Oct	17:00	Iraq	3–0	Qatar	25–14	25–5	25–13			75–32
4 Oct	19:00	Jordan	2–3	Lebanon	27–25	21–25	22–25	25–23	11–15	106–113
6 Oct	15:00	Qatar	1–3	Saudi Arabia	25–19	20–25	13–25	23–25		81–94
6 Oct	17:00	Lebanon	3–1	Iraq	22–25	25–15	25–21	25–16		97–77
6 Oct	19:00	Jordan	3–2	Syria	25–23	21–25	14–25	25–17	15–9	100–99
7 Oct	15:00	Lebanon	3–0	Qatar	25–10	25–15	25–17			75–42
7 Oct	17:00	Syria	0–3	Iraq	18–25	16–25	21–25			55–75
7 Oct	19:00	Jordan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–13	25–15	25–15			75–43
9 Oct	15:00	Qatar	0–3	Syria	14–25	10–25	10–25			34–75
9 Oct	17:00	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Lebanon	14–25	13–25	13–25			40–75
9 Oct	19:00	Iraq	0–3	Jordan	25–27	18–25	24–26			67–78

Final standing

Rank Team   Lebanon   Jordan   Iraq 4   Syria 5   Saudi Arabia 6   Qatar Qualified for the 2026 Asian Championship

References

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