2025 WAFF Women's Championship
9th edition of the WAFF Women's Championship
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The 2025 WAFF Women's Championship was the ninth edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the international football tournament organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's national teams of West Asia. The tournament will be hosted by Saudi Arabia for the second time, after they had hosted the previous edition in 2024, from 24 November to 2 December.
| بطولة غرب آسيا للسيدات 2025 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Saudi Arabia |
| City | Jeddah |
| Dates | 24 November – 2 December |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Jordan (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  Palestine |
| Third place |  Iraq |
| Fourth place |  Saudi Arabia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 33 (3.3 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Al-Bandari Abdullah (3 goals) |
| Best player | Enas Al-Jamaeen |
| Best goalkeeper | Rawned Kassap |
← 2024 | |
Jordan were four-time defending champions, having won the previous four editions (2014, 2019, 2022, and 2024).
Teams
Participating teams
On 16 October 2025, the WAFF announced that six countries will participate in the 2025 edition.[1]
| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking August 2025 |
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| Jordan | 9th | Champions (2005, 2007, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2024) | 76 |
 United Arab Emirates | 4th | Champions (2010, 2011) | 117 |
 Lebanon | 6th | Runners-up (2022)[2] | 125 |
| Palestine | 8th | Runners-up (2014) | 129 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2nd | Group stage (2024) | 164 |
| Iraq | 3rd | Group stage (2011, 2024) | 166 |
- Did not enter
Draw
The final draw took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16 October 2025.[1] As the host nation, Saudi Arabia were seeded at the top of Group A, while defending champions Jordan were placed at the top of Group B. The draw subsequently assigned the United Arab Emirates and Iraq to Group A, and Lebanon and Palestine to Group B.[1]
Squads
Each team had to register a squad of 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.
Venues
On 19 October 2025, the WAFF announced Jeddah as the designated host city, with one chosen venue: the Hall Stadium of the King Abdullah Sports City.[3]
| Jeddah | |
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| Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | |
Group stage
- Tiebreakers
Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia (H) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Iraq |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
| Iraq | 1–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| United Arab Emirates | 0–3 | Iraq |
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| Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Jordan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Palestine |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Lebanon |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
| Jordan | 5–0 | Lebanon |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 30 November – Jeddah (KA) | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 0 (3) | |||||
| 2 December – Jeddah (PA) | ||||||
| Palestine (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Palestine | 1 | |||||
| 30 November – Jeddah (KA) | ||||||
| Jordan | 3 | |||||
| Jordan | 3 | |||||
| Iraq | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 2 December – Jeddah (PA) | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2 (2) | |||||
| Iraq (p) | 2 (4) | |||||
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
| Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | Iraq |
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Report | |
| Penalties | ||
| 2–4 |
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Final
        Palestine
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   Jordan
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Assistant referees:
Karrar Abbas (Iraq)
Jana Haydar (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Al-Manii (Oman)
Goal scorers
There were 33 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Nadia Al-Balahi- Mina Omar
Farah Abu Tayeh- Celine Akroush
- Bana Al-Bitar
- Leen Al-Btoush
- Roukayah Al Fararjeh
- Lana Feras
- Ida Tamimi
Sara Kord- Rina Osorio
- Miral Qassis
- Nour Youssef
Fadwa Khalid- Raghad Mukhayzin
1 own goal
Zahwa Arabi (against Jordan)
Source: WAFF