2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

2024 WAFF U-18
Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الرابعة للشابات
الأردن ٢٠٢٤
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityAqaba
Dates28 November – 6 December
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Jordan (2nd title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Third place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored24 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jordan Kinda Al-Titi
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Jordan Hala Marar
Best goalkeeperState of Palestine Mirave Marouf
← 2022

The 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship (Arabic: بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الرابعة للشابات) was the 4th edition of the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's under-18 national teams. It was held in Aqaba, Jordan from 28 November to 6 December 2024.[1]

Lebanon were the two-time defending champions, having won the previous two editions held in Bahrain and on home soil.[2]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, six (out of 12) WAFF nations were set to enter the final tournament.[3] However Kuwait withdrew prior to the draw reducing the number of teams to five.[4] Saudi Arabia are set to make their tournament debut, marking their first competitive competition.[5]

Country App. Previous best performance
 Jordan 4th Champions (2018)
 Lebanon 4th Champions (2019, 2022)
 Palestine 3rd Third place (2018)
 Saudi Arabia 1st Debut
 Syria 2nd Runners-up (2022)
Did not enter

Draw

The official tournament draw to determine the positions of the participating teams was held on 12 November 2024 at 12:00 AST (UTC+3) and streamed live on the federation's YouTube channel.[6]

The draw resulted in the following positions:

Pos Team
A1  Jordan
A2  Palestine
A3  Syria
A4  Saudi Arabia
A5  Lebanon

Squads

Main article: 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship squads

Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Main tournament

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Jordan (H) 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Champions
2  Lebanon 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5 Runners-up
3  Palestine 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Third place
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0 Fourth place
5  Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: [ WAFF]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

Matches

Palestine 2–1 Saudi Arabia
Abu Asfar 42', 90+3' Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)		 Al-Shnaifi 74'
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
Jordan 1–1 Lebanon
Marar 82' (pen.) Report (JFA)
Report (LFA)
Report (WAFF)		 Abdine 24'
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
Lebanon Voided
(0–3)		 Syria
Report (LFA)
Report (WAFF)
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)
Saudi Arabia 1–2 Jordan
Balkhudher 43' Report (JFA)
Report (WAFF)		 Al-Titi 3', 65'
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)
Syria Voided
(3–1)		 Palestine
 Report (WAFF)
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Lebanon 4–0 Saudi Arabia
 Report (LFA)
Report (WAFF)
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Yasmin Nairoukh (Palestine)
Palestine 1–1 Lebanon
Barakat 45' Report (WAFF) Hasno 7'
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
Syria Voided
(0–2)		 Jordan
Report (WAFF)
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
Saudi Arabia Cancelled[a] Syria
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Jordan 1–0 Palestine
Al-Titi 67'
Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
  1. ^ The West Asian Football Federation received a letter from the Syrian Football Association prior to the matchday, apologizing for their withdrawal from the championship due to prevailing circumstances related to the ongoing Northwestern Syria offensive. Consequently, the match has been canceled.[7]

Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: WAFF

References

  1. ^ "العقبة تستضيف بطولة غرب آسيا للشابات" [Aqaba hosts the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship.]. alghad.com (in Arabic). 6 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "منتخب لبنان للشابات يستعد للدفاع عن لقبه في غرب آسيا" [The Lebanon U-18 women's team prepares to defend its title in the WAFF Championship.]. elsport.com (in Arabic). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ "الأردن يستضيف بطولة الشابات الرابعة" [Jordan hosts the 4th WAFF U-18 Women's Championship.]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). WAFF. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ "«غرب آسيا للشابات»: 5 منتخبات عربية تتنافس على اللقب" [WAFF U-18 Women's Championship": 5 Arab teams compete for the title.]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  5. ^ "شابات السعودية يشاركن لأول مرة في غرب آسيا" [Saudi U-18 girls make their debut in the WAFF Championship.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al Jidani. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  6. ^ "سحب قرعة بطولة الشابات الرابعة" [The draw for the 4th U-18 Women's Championship]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. ^ "إلغاء لقاء سوريا والسعودية في غرب آسيا للشابات". kooora.com (in Arabic). 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.