2023 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship

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]

2023 WAFF U-17 Women's Championship

بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الرابعة للناشئات
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
City	Zarqa
Dates	9–15 November
Teams	4 (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 played	8
Goals scored	25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lea El Hage Ali (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Mai AlJany
Best goalkeeper	Cileen Seif
← Jan 2023 2025 →

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

•  Bahrain
•  Oman
•  Qatar
•  Palestine
•  Saudi Arabia
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Yemen

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	Zarqa
	Prince Mohammed Stadium
	Capacity: 3,800

Match officials

Referees

• Ahmed Gatea
• Haneen Murad
• Hanine Merhi
• Muath Owfi
• Alesar Baddour

Assistant referees

• Sabreen Alabadi
• Perissa Nasr
• Rafat Roma
• 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

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)

17:00

Syria	4–0	Iraq
Alshemali 16' K. Ibrahim 29' Dayoub 71' AlJany 81'	Report (WAFF)

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Hanine Merhi (Lebanon)

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)

20:00

Jordan	2–1	Lebanon
N. Ahmad 2' Shqair 84'	Report (WAFF)	Daher 83'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)

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11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)

17:00

Lebanon	1–1	Syria
Raed 71' (pen.)	Report (WAFF)	A. Mohammad 25'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Ahmed Gatea (Iraq)

11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)

20:00

Iraq	0–6	Jordan
	Report (WAFF)	Shqair 8' Marar 21' M. Awadallah 30' Abu Ali 35' Ma'touq 77', 85'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)

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13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)

17:00

Iraq	0–7	Lebanon
	Report (WAFF)	El Hage Ali 35', 70' Abou Khalil 45' Mansour 51' Iskandar 56' Hachem 62' Rezkallah 73'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)

20:00

Jordan	0–0	Syria
	Report (WAFF)

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Knockout stage

	Final
	15 November - Zarqa
	Jordan	0
	Syria	1
	Third place play-off
	15 November - Zarqa
	Lebanon	2
	Iraq	0

Third place play-off

15 November 2023 (2023-11-15)

17:00

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

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)

Final

15 November 2023 (2023-11-15)

20:00

Jordan	0–1	Syria
	Report (WAFF)	A. Mohammad 76'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Ahmed Gatea (Iraq)

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

• Lea El Hage Ali

2 goals

• Janna Ma'touq
• Khitam Shaqir
• Aya Mohammad

1 goal

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

Source: WAFF