2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

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]

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
2019
2023

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

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Participating teams

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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

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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

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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

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Referees
Assistant referees
  •   Amal Jama Badhafari
  •   Islam Al-Abadi

Group stage

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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)
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)
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba
Jordan  1–1  Lebanon
AlKhashook   67' Report
Report (WAFF)
Shabtini   26'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

Knockout stage

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

Third place play-off

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Palestine  2–1  Bahrain
Report (WAFF) Ellen   80'
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

Final

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Lebanon  2–0  Jordan
Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

Goalscorers

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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

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  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.