2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship

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
2025 →

The 2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship was the fourth edition of the WAFF U-17 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.[1] However, the tournament was relocated to Jordan due to the adjacent Gaza war.[2]

Lebanon were two-time defending champions, having won the last two editions, but failed to defend their title, falling short of the final. Instead, they played in the third-place match and secured the bronze medal. On the other hand, Syria were crowned champions after defeating hosts Jordan 1–0 in the final.[3][4] This marked Syria's first-ever major title in women's football across all age categories.[5][6]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, five teams entered the tournament.[1] Iraq and Kuwait were set to debut in the tournament however the latter withdrew due to security concerns.[7]

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)
Did not enter

Draw

The official draw took place on 31 October 2023 at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman, Jordan.[8][9]

The draw resulted in the following order:

Pos Team
A1  Jordan
A2  Syria
A3  Iraq
A4  Lebanon

Venues

In October 2023, WAFF confirmed that Prince Mohammed Stadium would host the tournament matches.[10]

Zarqa
Prince Mohammed Stadium
Capacity: 3,800

Match officials

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

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[11]

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)
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
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)
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)
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)

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

Source: WAFF

References

  1. ^ a b "بطولة الناشئات الرابعة في لبنان" [WAFF Under-17 Girls Championship in Lebanon]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "المنتخب السوري يتوج بلقب بطولة الناشئات الرابعة" [The Syrian team wins the title of the fourth U-17 Women's Championship.]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ "سوريا تفوز على الأردن وتتوج بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئات" [Syria defeats Jordan and wins the West Asia U-17 Women's Championship.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 15 November 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ "ناشئات سوريا يتوجن بلقب بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الرابعة" [Syria's U-17 girls' team wins the title of the fourth West Asia Federation Championship.]. elsport.com (in Arabic). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ "للمرة الأولى.. منتخب سورية للناشئات يحقق بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم" [For the first time, the Syrian U-17 women's team wins the West Asia Football Championship]. damapost.com (in Arabic). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. ^ "أربعة منتخبات على موعد مع المنافسة ببطولة الناشئات" [Four teams are set to compete in the U-17 Women's Championship.]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ "سحب قرعة غرب آسيا للناشئات في الاردن" [The draw for the West Asia U-17 Women's Championship will be held in Jordan.]. jordanzad.com (in Arabic). 1 November 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "بطولة غرب اسيا للناشئات لكرة القدم تنطلق الخميس" [The Girls Women's Football Championship begins Thursday]. royanews.tv (in Arabic). 8 November 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship Match Schedule". the-waff.com. West Asian Football Federation. 31 October 2023.
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