2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship

Women's national youth association football tournament

2023 WAFF U-17 Women's Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الرابعة للناشئات
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityZarqa
Dates9–15 November
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Syria (1st title)
Runners-up Jordan
Third place Lebanon
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Lea El Hage Ali
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Syria Mai AlJany
Best goalkeeperJordan Cileen Seif
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International football competition

The 2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship was the fourth edition of the WAFF U-16 Girls Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). The final tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Lebanon. However, the tournament was relocated to Jordan due to the adjacent Israel–Hamas war.[1]

Syria were crowned champions after defeating inaugural edition champions Jordan 1–0 in the final. This marked Syria's first-ever major title in women's football across all age categories.

Lebanon, the two-time defending champions who had secured victory in the previous two editions, faced elimination in the group stage. Despite this setback, they managed to secure a bronze medal by defeating Iraq 2–0 in the third-place game.

Participating nations

Initially, five teams entered the tournament. Iraq and Kuwait were set to debut in the tournament however the latter withdrew due to security concerns.[2]

Team App Last Best placement in the tournament
 Iraq 1st — Debut
 Jordan 4th 2023 Champions (2018)
 Kuwait 1st — Debut
 Lebanon 4th 2023 Champions (2019, 2023)
 Syria 3rd 2019 Third Place (2018)

Venues

In October 2023, WAFF confirmed that Prince Mohammed Stadium would host the tournament matches.[3]

Zarqa
Prince Mohammed Stadium
Capacity: 3,800

Draw

The official draw took place on 31 October 2023 at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman, Jordan.[4]

Draw result

The draw resulted in the following order.

Pos Team
A1  Jordan
A2  Syria
A3  Iraq
A4  Lebanon

Match officials

Referees
  • Iraq Ahmed Gatea
  • Jordan Haneen Murad
  • Lebanon Hanine Merhi
  • State of Palestine Muath Owfi
  • Syria Alesar Baddour
Assistant referees
  • Jordan Sabreen Alabadi
  • Lebanon Perissa Nasr
  • State of Palestine Rafat Roma
  • Syria Roba Zarka

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Jordan (H) 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to final
2  Syria 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
3  Lebanon 3 1 1 1 9 3 +6 4 Advance to third place play-off
4  Iraq 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Syria 4–0 Iraq
  • Alshemali 16'
  • K. Ibrahim 29'
  • Dayoub 71'
  • AlJany 81'
 Report (WAFF)
Referee: Hanine Merhi (Lebanon)
Jordan 2–1 Lebanon
  • N. Ahmad 2'
  • Shqair 84'
 Report (WAFF)
  • Daher 83'
Lebanon 1–1 Syria
 Report (WAFF)
  • A. Mohammad 25'
Referee: Ahmed Gatea (Iraq)
Iraq 0–6 Jordan
Report (WAFF)
  • Shqair 8'
  • Marar 21'
  • M. Awadallah 30'
  • Abu Ali 35'
  • Ma'touq 77', 85'
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)
Iraq 0–7 Lebanon
Report (WAFF)
  • El Hage Ali 35', 70'
  • Abou Khalil 45'
  • Mansour 51'
  • Iskandar 56'
  • Hachem 62'
  • Rezkallah 73'
Jordan 0–0 Syria
Report (WAFF)

Knockout stage

 
Final
 
  
 
15 November - Zarqa
 
 
 Jordan0
 
 
 Syria1
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
15 November - Zarqa
 
 
 Lebanon2
 
 
 Iraq0
 

Third place play-off

Lebanon 2–0 Iraq
  • Chaptini 1'
  • El Hage Ali 66'
 Report (WAFF)

Final

Jordan 0–1 Syria
Report (WAFF)
  • A. Mohammad 76'
Referee: Ahmed Gatea (Iraq)

Goalscorers

There were 25 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Lebanon Lea El Hage Ali

2 goals

  • Jordan Janna Ma'touq
  • Jordan Khitam Shaqir
  • Syria Aya Mohammad

1 goal

  • Jordan Nour Ahmad
  • Jordan Hala Marar
  • Jordan Maya Awadallah
  • Jordan Haya Abu Ali
  • Lebanon Tia Rita Daher
  • Lebanon Waed Raed
  • Lebanon Nagham Abou Khalil
  • Lebanon Serena Mansour
  • Lebanon Cecile Iskandar
  • Lebanon Lea Hachem
  • Lebanon Ayana Rezkallah
  • Lebanon Yara Chaptini
  • Syria Aya Alshemali
  • Syria Khadija Ibrahim
  • Syria Hayat Dayoub
  • Syria Mai AlJany

Source: WAFF

References

  1. ^ "نقل بطولة الناشئات الرابعة إلى الأردن" [Relocating U-17 girls championship to Jordan]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). WAFF. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ "بطولة الناشئات الرابعة في لبنان" [the fourth U-16 Girls Championship to be held in Lebanon]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). WAFF. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "بطولة غرب اسيا للناشئات لكرة القدم تنطلق الخميس" [The Girls Women's Football Championship begins Thursday]. royanews.tv (in Arabic). 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ "سوريا والعراق بافتتاح بطولة الناشئات الرابعة" [Syria to face Iraq in the Championship opener]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship Match Schedule". the-waff.com. West Asian Football Federation. 31 October 2023.