2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

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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
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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]

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.

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