2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للشابات
لبنان ٢٠٢٢
Tournament details
Host countryLebanon
CityJounieh
Dates19–25 October
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lebanon A (2nd title)
Runners-up Syria
Third place Jordan
Fourth place Lebanon B
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored30 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jordan Maya Owaisat
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Lebanon Christy Maalouf
Best goalkeeperSyria Raneem Abo Lateef
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The 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship was the third 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 of West Asia. It was held in Lebanon from 19 to 25 October 2022.[1][2]

Host Lebanon were the defending champions having won the last edition in Bahrain.[3] and successfully defended the title after beating Syria 5–1 in the final.[4][5]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, six (out of 12) WAFF nations were set to enter the final tournament.[6] However Iraq and Palestine withdrew before the draw. As a result, Host Lebanon entered two teams Team A (Under-18) and Team B (Under-16) to maintain the tournament’s competitiveness, with the number of participating teams reduced to three.[7]

Country App. Previous best performance
 Jordan 3rd Champions (2018)
 Lebanon A 3rd Champions (2019)
 Lebanon B 1st Debut
 Syria 1st Debut
Did not enter

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2022 at 13:00 AST (UTC+3).[8][9]

Squads

Main article: WAFF U-18 Girls Championship squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

Lebanon A v Lebanon B, 19 October 2022

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Lebanon A (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to final
2  Syria 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Jordan 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Advance to third place play-off
4  Lebanon B (H) 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Syria 4–3 Jordan
 Report
Lebanon A 4–1 Lebanon B
 Report
Referee: Baddour Alesar (Syria)
Lebanon B 0–3 Syria
Report
Referee: Esra'a AlMbaidin (Jordan)
Jordan 0–2 Lebanon A
Report
Jordan 2–0 Lebanon B
 Report
Lebanon A 2–0 Syria
 Report

Knockout stage

 
Final
 
  
 
25 October - Fouad Chehab Stadium
 
 
 Lebanon A5
 
 
 Syria1
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
25 October - Fouad Chehab Stadium
 
 
 Jordan2
 
 
 Lebanon B1
 

Third place play-off

Jordan 2–1 Lebanon B
 Report

Final

Lebanon A 5–1 Syria
 Report

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[11]

Top Goalscorer Best player Best Goalkeeper
Jordan Maya Owaisat (4 goals) Lebanon Christy Maalouf Syria Raneem Abo Lateef


Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: WAFF

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship.
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  7. ^ "Lebanon Will Host The 3rd WAFF U18 Girls Championship 2022". the961.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  8. ^ "مباراتان في افتتاح بطولة الشابات الثالثة – لبنان ٢٠٢٢" [Two matches in the opening of the third Women's Championship - Lebanon 2022.]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ "سحب قرعة بطولة غرب آسيا للشابات لكرة القدم" [Draw conducted for the West Asian Women's Football Championship.]. 22ale3lami.net (in Arabic). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Group A matches". pbs.twimg.com. 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. ^ "The Lebanese national team wins the third U-18 women's championship". the-Waff.com. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.