2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

The 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship was the third edition of the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's under-18 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Lebanon from 19 to 25 October 2022.^[1][2]

2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للشابات لبنان ٢٠٢٢
Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
City	Jounieh
Dates	19–25 October
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lebanon A (2nd title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Jordan
Fourth place	Lebanon B
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	30 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maya Owaisat (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Christy Maalouf
Best goalkeeper	Raneem Abo Lateef
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Host Lebanon were the defending champions having won the last edition in Bahrain.^[3] and successfully defended the title after beating Syria 5–1 in the final.^[4][5]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, six (out of 12) WAFF nations were set to enter the final tournament.^[6] However Iraq and Palestine withdrew before the draw. As a result, Host Lebanon entered two teams Team A (Under-18) and Team B (Under-16) to maintain the tournament’s competitiveness, with the number of participating teams reduced to three.^[7]

Country	App.	Previous best performance
Jordan	3rd	Champions (2018)
Lebanon A	3rd	Champions (2019)
Lebanon B	1st	Debut
Syria	1st	Debut

Did not enter

•  Bahrain
•  Iraq (W)
•  Kuwait
•  Oman
•  Qatar
•  Palestine (W)
•  Saudi Arabia
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Yemen

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2022 at 13:00 AST (UTC+3).^[8][9]

Squads

Main article: WAFF U-18 Girls Championship squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

Lebanon A v Lebanon B, 19 October 2022

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).^[10]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Lebanon A (H)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to final
2	Syria	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Jordan	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3	Advance to third place play-off
4	Lebanon B (H)	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)

11:00 UTC+3

Syria	4–3	Jordan
Dayoub 19', 66' Noureddin 23', 71'	Report	Owaisat 43', 60' Arabi 80' (o.g.)

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)

14:00 UTC+3

Lebanon A	4–1	Lebanon B
Hamzi 20', 22' Allouch 23' Raed 44'	Report	Abdine 78'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Baddour Alesar (Syria)

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21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)

11:00 UTC+3

Lebanon B	0–3	Syria
	Report	Mohammad 4' Jarbou 15' Gharib 53'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Esra'a AlMbaidin (Jordan)

21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)

14:00 UTC+3

Jordan	0–2	Lebanon A
	Report	Maalouf 5', 90+3'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

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23 October 2022 (2022-10-23)

11:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–0	Lebanon B
Shuwayyat 45' Owaisat 73'	Report

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23)

14:00 UTC+3

Lebanon A	2–0	Syria
Fayad 13' (pen.) Assaf 87'	Report

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Knockout stage

	Final
	25 October - Fouad Chehab Stadium
	Lebanon A	5
	Syria	1
	Third place play-off
	25 October - Fouad Chehab Stadium
	Jordan	2
	Lebanon B	1

Third place play-off

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25)

11:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–1	Lebanon B
Owaisat 2' AlTmaizy 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Iskandar 53'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Final

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25)

14:00 UTC+3

Lebanon A	5–1	Syria
Karime 43', 61' Maalouf 45+1' Allouch 47' El Haddad 83'	Report	Dayoub 59'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:^[11]

Top Goalscorer	Best player	Best Goalkeeper
Maya Owaisat (4 goals)	Christy Maalouf	Raneem Abo Lateef

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

4 goals

• Maya Owaisat

3 goals

• Christy Maalouf
• Hayat Dayoub

2 goals

• Hiba Allouch
• Hoda Hamzi
• Amina Karime
• Tala Noureddin

1 goal

• Sara AlTmaizy
• Tuleen Shuwayyat
• Zahraa Assaf
• Evelina El Haddad
• Sophie Fayad
• Cecile Iskandar
• Waed Raed
• Lama Abdine
• Roaa Gharib
• Karis Jarbou
• Aya Mohammad

1 own goal

• Shatha Arabi

Source: WAFF