2018 WAFF U-15 Girls Championship

2018 WAFF U-15 Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الأولى للناشئات الإمارات ٢٠١٨
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	7–15 April
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Jordan (1st title)
Runners-up	Lebanon
Third place	Palestine
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	59 (5.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleen Al Sweilmin (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Enas Al-Jamaeen
Best goalkeeper	Zahra Ali
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International football competition

The 2018 WAFF U-15 Girls Championship was the inaugrual edition of the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship, an international women's football youth tournament organised by the West Asian Football Federation for the women's under-15 national teams of West Asia. the United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament from 7 to 15 April in Dubai.^[1] A total of six teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

Jordan claimed the title, being crowned the first-ever champions, after beating Lebanon on penalties in the final.^[2]^[3]

Participation

Participating teams

Six (out of 12) WAFF nations entered the final competition.^[4]^[5]

Team	App.	Previous best performance
Bahrain	1st	Debut
Jordan	1st	Debut
Lebanon	1st	Debut
Palestine	1st	Debut
Syria	1st	Debut
United Arab Emirates	1st	Debut

Draw

The final draw was held on 6 April 2018, 10:00 GST, at UAE Football Association headquarters in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.^[6]^[7]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals, while the third-placed teams competed in the 5th place playoff.

All times are local, GST (UTC+4)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palestine	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Bahrain	2	1	1	4	4	0	3	Knockout stage
3	United Arab Emirates (H)	2	0	2	2	4	−2	0	Fifth place match

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

7 April 2018

16:20

Bahrain	2–3	Palestine
Charafedein 38', 73'	Report	Bawatneh 52' Shattara 78' Fawwaqa 52'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

9 April 2018

19:20

Palestine	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Al Shakhshir 27' Fawwaqa 58'	Report	Al Zarkan 49'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Khalid Al Shaqsi (Oman)

11 April 2018

19:20

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Bahrain
Al Zaabi 61'	Report	Al Mahmood 1' Khaled 45'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Wissam Rabie (Syria)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	2	2	0	19	1	+18	6	Knockout stage
2	Lebanon	2	1	1	6	4	+2	3	Knockout stage
3	Syria	2	0	2	0	20	−20	0	Fifth place match

Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 April 2018

19:20

Syria	0–15	Jordan
	Report	Al-Sweilmin 7', 16', 62' Al-Jamaeen 13', 42', 55' Al-Maiah 14', 23', 41', 60' Al-Btoosh 25', 81' Al-Hadidi 71' Hassan 77', 89'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Mohammed Juma (Bahrain)

9 April 2018

16:40

Jordan	4–1	Lebanon
Al-Jamaeen 65' Qadoura 80' Al-Sweilmin 82', 86'	Report	Maalouf 38'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Hamad Ali (United Arab Emirates)

11 April 2018

16:20

Lebanon	5–0	Syria
Salha 26', 39' AlAbed 59', 64' Mansour 68'	Report

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Omar Al Miani (Jordan)

Placement matches

The host, the United Arab Emirates, finished fifth after defeating Syria in the 5th place match.^[8]

Fifth place match

14 April 2018

16:30

United Arab Emirates	5–1	Syria
Al Zarkan 19', 28' Al Mazrouei 45+3' Al Zaabi 54' Marouf 89' (o.g.)	Report	Gharib 8'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Omar Al Miani (Jordan)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

13 April - Dubai

Palestine	1
		24 June - [Dubai
Lebanon	7
		Lebanon	1 (3)
13 April - Dubai
		Jordan (p)	1 (4)
Jordan	5

Bahrain	0
		Third Place

		24 June - Dubai

		Palestine	2

		Bahrain	0

Semi-finals

13 April 2018

16:30

Palestine	1–7	Lebanon
Shattara 25'	Report	Maalouf 4', 16' El Tayar 48', 76' Allouch 83' Assaf 88' Jaffar 90'

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Hamad Ali (United Arab Emirates)

13 April 2018

19:30

Jordan	5–0	Bahrain
Hassan 8', 48' Qaddourah 19' Al-Jamaeen 20' Al-Sweilmin 65'	Report

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Emad Bojeh (Palestine)

Third place match

15 April 2018

16:30

Palestine	2–0	Bahrain
Bawatneh 4', 60'	Report

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

Final

15 April 2018

19:30

Lebanon	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Jordan
Maalouf 9'	Report	Qaddourah 41'
Penalties
Fayadh Mansour Assaf	3–4	Al Sweilmin Al-Jamaeen Al Maiah Hassan

Theyab Awana Stadium

Referee: Mohammed Juma (Bahrain)

Champion

2018 WAFF U-15 Girls Championship champion
Jordan First title

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:^[9]

Top Goalscorer	Best player	Best Goalkeeper
Aleen Al-Sweilmin	Enas Al-Jamaeen	Zahra Ali

Goalscorers

There were 59 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 5.36 goals per match.

6 goals

Aleen Al-Sweilmin

5 goals

Enas Al-Jamaeen

4 goals

3 goals

Joud Qaddourah
Dana Bawatneh
Shahd Al Zarkan

2 goals

Dana Charafedein
Lujain Al-Btoosh
Syntia Salha
Nathalie AlAbed
Farah El Tayar
Jeniver Shattara
Leen Fawwaqa
Aalya Al Zaabi

1 goal

Aneesa Al Mahmood
Maryam Khaled
Shaima Al-Hadidi
Maria Mansour
Hiba Allouch
Zahraa Assaf
Lina Jaffar
Sara Al Shakhshir
Roaa Gharib
Sendya Al Mazrouei

1 own goal

Ranim Marouf

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Jordan	4	3	1	0	25	2	+23	10	Champions
2	Lebanon	4	2	1	1	14	6	+8	7	Runners-up
3	Palestine	4	3	0	1	8	10	−2	9	Third place
4	Bahrain	4	1	0	3	4	11	−7	3	Fourth place

5	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3	Fifth place
6	Syria	3	0	0	3	1	25	−24	0	Sixth place

Source: WAFF

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