2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب اسيا للسيدات دون ١٦ عامًا ٢٠٢٣ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Jordan |
City | Lebanon (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Jordan |
Third place | Palestine |
Fourth place | Bahrain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 17 (2.13 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Cecile Iskandar (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Arwa Batayneh |
Best goalkeeper | Marcelle Skaiki |
The 2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (
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
Lebanon were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019
.
Participating nations
Four teams entered the 2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship. Bahrain returned to the tournament after missing the 2019 edition. Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine kept their record of appearing in all WAFF U-16 Girls Championships.
Team | App | Last | Best placement in the tournament |
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Bahrain | 2nd | 2018 | Fourth Place (2018) |
Jordan | 3rd | 2019 | Champions (2018) |
Lebanon |
3rd | 2019 | Champions (2019) |
Palestine | 3rd | 2019 | Third Place (2018) |
Venues
On 14 December 2022, WAFF confirmed that Al-Aqaba Stadium would host the tournament matches.[2]
Aqaba | |
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Al-Aqaba Stadium | |
Capacity: 3,800 | |
Draw
The official draw took place on 20 December 2022, 11:00 local time AST (UTC+3) at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman, Jordan.[3]
Draw result
The draw resulted in the following order.
Pos | Team |
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A1 | Jordan |
A2 | Lebanon
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A3 | Bahrain |
A4 | Palestine |
Match officials
- Referees
- Haneen Murad
- Doumouh Al Bakkar
- Assistant referees
Group stage
All times are local,
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Lebanon
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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 |
Lebanon | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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Iskandar 31', 90+5' | Report Report (WAFF) |
Jordan | 0–0 | Palestine |
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Report Report (WAFF) |
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Lebanon | ||
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Report Report (WAFF) |
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Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Bahrain | 0–1 | Jordan |
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Report Report (WAFF) |
Ma'touq 14' |
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)
Lebanon | ||
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AlKhashook 67' | Report Report (WAFF) |
Shabtini 26' |
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Knockout stage
Lebanon | 2 | ||
Jordan | 0 | ||
Third place play-off | |||
10 January - Aqaba | |||
Palestine | 2 | ||
Bahrain | 1 | ||
Third place play-off
Final
Lebanon | 2–0 | Jordan |
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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
1 goal
Source: WAFF
References
- ^ "Aqaba to hosts the third U-16 Girls Championship". the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 14 December 2022.
- ^ "العقبة تستضيف بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئات لكرة القدم". addustour.com (in Arabic). 14 December 2022.
- ^ "سحب قرعة بطولة الناشئات الثالثة". the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 20 December 2022.
- ^ "2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship Match Schedule". the-waff.com. West Asian Football Federation. 20 December 2022.