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2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

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]

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
← 2018
2022 →

Teams edit

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 edit

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

Group A edit

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
Lebanon  3–0  Jordan
 Report
Jordan  4–0  Iraq
 Report
United Arab Emirates  1–3  Lebanon
 Report
United Arab Emirates  0–0  Jordan
Report
Lebanon  4–0  Iraq
 Report

Group B edit

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
 Report
Palestine  7–0  Kuwait
 Report
Bahrain  2–0  Palestine
 Report

5th place play-off edit

United Arab Emirates  2–0  Kuwait
 Report

Knockout stage edit

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

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

Lebanon  4–2  Palestine
 Report
Bahrain  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Jordan
Report
Penalties
5–3

Third place play-off edit

Palestine  1–3  Jordan
 Report

Final edit

Lebanon  3–0  Bahrain
 Report

Statistics edit

Final ranking edit

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 edit

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

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: WAFF

References edit

  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 edit

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