2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للناشئات
الأردن ٢٠٢٣
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityAqaba
Dates4–10 January
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lebanon (2nd title)
Runners-up Jordan
Third place Palestine
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored17 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Cecile Iskandar (4 goals)
Best player(s)Jordan Arwa Batayneh
Best goalkeeperLebanon Marcelle Skaiki
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International football competition

The 2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (Arabic: بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للناشئات ٢٠٢٣) was the third edition of the WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (including previous editions of the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's under-16 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Aqaba, Jordan from 4 to 10 January 2023. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.[1]

Lebanon were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019 and successfully retained their title by defeating hosts Jordan in the final.[2][3]

Participation

Participating teams

Four (out of 12) teams entered the Championship.[1] Bahrain returned to the tournament after missing the 2019 edition, while Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine maintained their streak of appearing in every edition.[4]

Team App Last Best placement in the tournament
 Bahrain 2nd 2018 Fourth Place (2018)
 Jordan 3rd 2019 Champions (2018)
 Lebanon 3rd 2019 Champions (2019)
 Palestine 3rd 2019 Third Place (2018)
Did not enter

Draw

The official draw took place on 20 December 2022, 11:00 local time AST (UTC+3) at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman, Jordan.[5]

The draw resulted in the following order:

Pos Team
A1  Jordan
A2  Lebanon
A3  Bahrain
A4  Palestine

Venues

On 14 December 2022, WAFF confirmed that Al-Aqaba Stadium would host the tournament matches.[6]

Aqaba
Al-Aqaba Stadium
Capacity: 3,800

Match officials

Referees
Assistant referees
  • United Arab Emirates Amal Jama Badhafari
  • Jordan Islam Al-Abadi

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Lebanon 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to final
2  Jordan (H) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Palestine 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4 Advance to third place play-off
4  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Lebanon 2–0 Bahrain
Iskandar 31', 90+5' Report
Report (WAFF)
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
Jordan 0–0 Palestine
Report
Report (WAFF)
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Palestine 0–5 Lebanon
Report
Report (WAFF)
  • Hamdar 19'
  • El Hage Ali 22'
  • Abou Khalil 34'
  • Iskandar 45+5'
  • Shabtini 90+4'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Bahrain 0–1 Jordan
Report
Report (WAFF)		 Ma'touq 14'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Bahrain 0–2 Palestine
Report
Report (WAFF)
  • Gabi 25'
  • Qodsi 67'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Jordan 1–1 Lebanon
AlKhashook 67' Report
Report (WAFF)		 Shabtini 26'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

Knockout stage

 
Final
 
  
 
10 January - Aqaba
 
 
 Lebanon2
 
 
 Jordan0
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
10 January - Aqaba
 
 
 Palestine2
 
 
 Bahrain1
 

Third place play-off

Palestine 2–1 Bahrain
  • Gabi 26'
  • Bahbah 87'
 Report (WAFF) Ellen 80'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

Final

Lebanon 2–0 Jordan
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

  • Lebanon Lea El Hage Ali
  • Lebanon Yara Shabtini
  • State of Palestine Tala Gabi

1 goal

  • Bahrain Hannah Ellen
  • Jordan Rama AlKhashook
  • Jordan Janna Ma'touq
  • Lebanon Nagham Abou Khalil
  • Lebanon Yasmine Hamdar
  • State of Palestine Natal Bahbah
  • State of Palestine Rand Qodsi

Source: WAFF

References

  1. ^ a b "العقبة تستضيف بطولة الناشئات الثالثة" [Aqaba to hosts the third U-16 Girls Championship]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Lebanon's national youth women's team crowned WAFF U16 Championship title". thelebaneseaustralian.com.au. 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Lebanon beat Jordan to retain title". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ "إعلان قائمة ناشئات البحرين لبطولة غرب آسيا" [Announcement of Bahrain's U-17 Girls' Team squad for the West Asia Championship.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ "سحب قرعة بطولة الناشئات الثالثة" [Draw for the Third U-17 Girls' Championship]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ "العقبة تستضيف بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئات لكرة القدم". addustour.com (in Arabic). 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship Match Schedule". the-waff.com. West Asian Football Federation. 20 December 2022.