2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

Women's national youth association football tournament

2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBahrain
CityIsa Town
Dates29 December 2019 – 6 January 2020
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lebanon (1st title)
Runners-up Bahrain
Third place Jordan
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored50 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Lili Iskandar
(7 goals)
Best player(s)State of Palestine Emily Ibrahim
Best goalkeeperBahrain Zahra Ali
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International football competition

The 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship was the 2nd edition of the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It was held in Bahrain from 29 December 2019 to 6 January 2020.[1] Lebanon won their first title, after beating hosts Bahrain 3–0 in the final.[2]

Teams

Seven teams competed in the tournament.[1]

Country Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahrain 1st —
 Iraq 1st —
 Jordan 2nd Champions (2018)
 Kuwait 1st —
 Lebanon 2nd Runners-up (2018)
 Palestine 2nd Third place (2018)
 United Arab Emirates 1st —

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lebanon 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Jordan 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Advance to 5th place play-off
4  Iraq 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: WAFF
Iraq 2–4 United Arab Emirates
  • Muayad 65', 73'
 Report
  • Alzarkan 24', 63'
  • Rashid 61'
  • Aljasimi 78'
Lebanon 3–0 Jordan
 Report
Jordan 4–0 Iraq
  • Almaiah 17' (pen)
  • Alluhaymaq 52', 59'
  • Albtoosh 62' (pen)
 Report
United Arab Emirates 1–3 Lebanon
  • Alzarkan 71'
 Report
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Jordan
Report
Lebanon 4–0 Iraq
  • Assaf 32'
  • Salha 75'
  • Nassif 76'
  • Abi Faraj 81'
 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Palestine 2 1 0 1 7 2 +5 3
3  Kuwait 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0 Advance to 5th place play-off
Source: WAFF
(H) Hosts
Kuwait 1–4 Bahrain
  • Alraqem 86'
 Report
  • Sabkar 11', 81'
  • Almannaei 45+1', 75'
Palestine 7–0 Kuwait
  • Salama 9'
  • Sarawi 39', 55'
  • Nasrah 45+1'
  • Bawatneh 47'
  • Alhouti 66' (o.g.)
  • Aldhafiri 90+2' (o.g.)
 Report
Bahrain 2–0 Palestine
  • Shattara 82' (o.g.)
  • Almannaei 89'
 Report

5th place play-off

United Arab Emirates 2–0 Kuwait
  • Alhammadi 42'
  • Alzarkan 59'
 Report

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 January – Khalifa Sports City
 
 
 Lebanon4
 
6 January – Khalifa Sports City
 
 Palestine2
 
 Lebanon3
 
4 January – Khalifa Sports City
 
 Bahrain0
 
 Bahrain (p)0 (5)
 
 
 Jordan0 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
6 January – Khalifa Sports City
 
 
 Palestine1
 
 
 Jordan3

Semi-finals

Lebanon 4–2 Palestine
 Report
  • Bawatneh 67'
  • Shattara 75'
Bahrain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Jordan
Report
Penalties
5–3

Third place play-off

Palestine 1–3 Jordan
  • Alshakhshir 72'
 Report

Final

Lebanon 3–0 Bahrain
 Report

Statistics

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Lebanon 5 5 0 0 17 3 +14 15 Champions
2  Bahrain 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7 Runners-up
3  Jordan 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 8 Third place
4  Palestine 4 1 0 3 10 9 +1 3 Fourth place
5  United Arab Emirates 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Fifth place
6  Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0 Sixth place
7  Iraq 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0 Eliminated in
Group stage
Source: WAFF

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • United Arab Emirates Shahd Alzarkan

3 goals

  • Bahrain Alannoud Almannaei

2 goals

1 goal

  • Jordan Leen Abusa'ad
  • Jordan Lujain Albtoosh
  • Jordan Lina Almaiah
  • Kuwait Muneerah Alraqem
  • Lebanon Zeina Abi Faraj
  • Lebanon Zahraa Assaf
  • Lebanon Rachelle Nassif
  • Lebanon Syntia Salha
  • State of Palestine Sara Alshakhshir
  • State of Palestine Camellia Nasrah
  • State of Palestine Tina Salama
  • State of Palestine Jeniver Shattara
  • United Arab Emirates Rawan Alhammadi
  • United Arab Emirates Najla Aljasimi
  • United Arab Emirates Ghanima Rashid

1 own goal

  • Jordan Rawned Kassap (against Lebanon)
  • Kuwait Sarah Aldhafiri (against Palestine)
  • Kuwait Nour Alhouti (against Palestine)
  • State of Palestine Jeniver Shattara (against Bahrain)

Source: WAFF

References

  1. ^ a b "THE WAFF- The U18 Girls Championship starts tomorrow with consolidated technical goals". www.the-waff.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ "THE WAFF- Lebanon crowned the "WAFF U18" title". www.the-waff.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

External links

  • 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship at Goalzz.com