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2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship#Final

{{Infobox international football competition

|tourney_name = WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

|year = 2023

|other_titles = بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للناشئات
الأردن ٢٠٢٣

|image =

|size =

|caption =

|country = Jordan

|city = Aqaba

|dates = 4–10 January

|num_teams = 4

|sub-confederations = 1

|venues = 1

|cities = 1

|champion_other = {{fbwu|16|LBN}}

|count = 2

|second_other = {{fbwu|16|JOR}}

|third_other = {{fbwu|16|PLE}}

|fourth_other = {{fbwu|16|BHR}}

|matches = 8

|goals = 17

|attendance =

|top_scorer = {{fbwuicon|16|LBN}} Cecile Iskandar {{nowrap|(4 goals)}}

|player = {{fbwuicon|16|JOR}} Arwa Batayneh

|goalkeeper = {{fbwuicon|16|LBN}} Marcelle Skaiki

|fair_play =

|prevseason = 2019

|nextseason = Nov 2023

}}

The 2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship ({{langx|ar|بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للناشئات ٢٠٢٣}}) was the third edition of the WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (including previous editions of the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's under-16 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Aqaba, Jordan from 4 to 10 January 2023. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://the-waff.com/archives/1766|title=العقبة تستضيف بطولة الناشئات الثالثة|language=ar|trans-title=Aqaba to hosts the third U-16 Girls Championship|date=14 December 2022|website=the-waff.com|publisher=West Asian Football Federation|access-date=14 June 2024}}

Lebanon were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019 and successfully retained their title by defeating hosts Jordan in the final.{{cite web |url=https://thelebaneseaustralian.com.au/article/lebanons-national-team-crowned-waff-u16-championship-title.html|title=Lebanon's national youth women's team crowned WAFF U16 Championship title|date=12 January 2023|website=thelebaneseaustralian.com.au|access-date= |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/waff_u16_girls_championship/news/lebanon_beat_jordan_to_retain_title_.html|title=Lebanon beat Jordan to retain title|date=11 January 2023|website=the-afc.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|access-date=14 June 2024}}

Participation

=Participating teams=

Four (out of 12) teams entered the Championship. Bahrain returned to the tournament after missing the 2019 edition, while Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine maintained their streak of appearing in every edition.{{cite web |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1201603|title=إعلان قائمة ناشئات البحرين لبطولة غرب آسيا|language=ar|trans-title=Announcement of Bahrain's U-17 Girls' Team squad for the West Asia Championship.|date=1 January 2023|website=kooora.com|access-date=14 June 2024}}

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Team{{abbr|App|Appearance}}{{abbr|Last|Last appearance}}Best placement in the tournament
{{fbwu|16|BHR}}{{sort|2|2nd}}2018{{sort|04|Fourth Place (2018)}}
{{fbwu|16|JOR}}{{sort|3|3rd}}2019{{sort|01|Champions (2018)}}
{{fbwu|16|LBN}}{{sort|3|3rd}}2019{{sort|01|Champions (2019)}}
{{fbwu|16|PLE}}{{sort|3|3rd}}2019{{sort|03|Third Place (2018)}}

;Did not enter

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}

  • {{fbwu|17|IRQ}}
  • {{fbwu|17|KUW}}
  • {{fbwu|17|OMA}}
  • {{fbwu|17|QAT}}
  • {{fbwu|17|KSA}}
  • {{fbwu|17|SYR|1980}}
  • {{fbwu|17|UAE}}
  • {{fbwu|17|YEM}}

{{Div col end}}

=Draw=

The official draw took place on 20 December 2022, 11:00 local time AST (UTC+3) at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman, Jordan.{{cite web |url=https://the-waff.com/archives/1746|title=سحب قرعة بطولة الناشئات الثالثة|language=ar|date=20 December 2022|website=the-waff.com|publisher=West Asian Football Federation|trans-title=Draw for the Third U-17 Girls' Championship|access-date=14 June 2024}}

The draw resulted in the following order:

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{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} ||width=120|Team
align=center| A1{{fbwu|16|JOR}}
align=center| A2{{fbwu|16|LBN}}
align=center| A3{{fbwu|16|BHR}}
align=center| A4{{fbwu|16|PLE}}

Venues

On 14 December 2022, WAFF confirmed that Al-Aqaba Stadium would host the tournament matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.addustour.com/articles/1319426-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85|title=العقبة تستضيف بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئات لكرة القدم|language=ar|date=14 December 2022|website=addustour.com}}

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rowspan="4" | {{Location map+|Jordan|float=center|width=250|caption=|places=

{{Location map~|Jordan|lat=29.5321|long=35.0063|label=Aqaba|position=top}}}}

! Aqaba

Al-Aqaba Stadium
Capacity: 3,800
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Match officials

;Referees

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;Assistant referees

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  • {{fbaicon|UAE}} Amal Jama Badhafari
  • {{fbaicon|JOR}} Islam Al-Abadi

{{colend}}

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).{{cite web |url=http://www.the-waff.com/assets/2022-12-20/news_gallery/1945_2_1671525766.jpg|title=2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship Match Schedule|date=20 December 2022|website=the-waff.com|publisher=West Asian Football Federation}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|teamwidth=200

|name_JOR={{fbwu|16|JOR}}

|name_LBN={{fbwu|16|LBN}}

|name_BHR={{fbwu|16|BHR}}

|name_PLE={{fbwu|16|PLE}}

|update=complete

|team1=LBN |team2=JOR |team3=PLE |team4=BHR

|win_JOR=1|draw_JOR=2|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=2|ga_JOR=1|status_JOR=H

|win_LBN=2|draw_LBN=1|loss_LBN=0|gf_LBN=8|ga_LBN=1|status_LBN=

|win_BHR=0|draw_BHR=0|loss_BHR=3|gf_BHR=0|ga_BHR=5|status_BHR=

|win_PLE=1|draw_PLE=1|loss_PLE=1|gf_PLE=2|ga_PLE=5|status_PLE=

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Final result

|result1=FN |result2=FN |result3=TP |result4=TP

|col_FN=green1 |text_FN=Advance to final

|col_TP=blue1 |text_TP=Advance to third place play-off

|source=WAFF

}}

{{footballbox

| date = {{Start date|2023|1|4|df=y}}

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|LBN}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|BHR}}

| report = [https://www.flashscore.com/match/EiIRpG5i/#/match-summary Report]
[http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1950#.Y7XBZF-VsmY.whatsapp Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 = Iskandar {{Goal|31||90+5}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

| referee = Haneen Murad (Jordan)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = {{Start date|2023|1|4|df=y}}

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|JOR}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|PLE}}

| report = [https://www.flashscore.com/match/hrHVqzLc/#/match-summary Report]
[http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1950#.Y7XBZF-VsmY.whatsapp Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

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| date = {{Start date|2023|1|6|df=y}}

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|PLE}}

| score = 0–5

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|LBN}}

| report = [https://www.flashscore.com/match/MHLZrfz4/#/match-summary Report]
[http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1951#.Y7hk1pBpo38.whatsapp Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

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{{footballbox

| date = {{Start date|2023|1|6|df=y}}

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|BHR}}

| score = 0–1

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|JOR}}

| report = [https://www.flashscore.com/match/08KwrEkA/#/match-summary Report]
[http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1951#.Y7hk1pBpo38.whatsapp Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Ma'touq {{Goal|14}}

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

| referee = Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = {{Start date|2023|1|8|df=y}}

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|BHR}}

| score = 0–2

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|PLE}}

| report = [https://www.flashscore.com/match/rX9rsY4G/#/match-summary Report]
[http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1952#.Y7sMX7nLSjs.whatsapp Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 =

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| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

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| date = {{Start date|2023|1|8|df=y}}

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|JOR}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|LBN}}

| report = [https://www.flashscore.com/match/dzEnthKM/#/match-summary Report]
[http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1952#.Y7sMX7nLSjs.whatsapp Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 = AlKhashook {{Goal|67}}

| goals2 = Shabtini {{Goal|26}}

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

Knockout stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N2

|3rdplace=yes

|widescore=yes

|bold_winner=high

|RD1=Final

|RD2=Third place play-off

|10 January - Aqaba|{{fbwu|16|LBN}}|2|{{fbwu|16|JOR}}|0

|10 January - Aqaba|{{fbwu|16|PLE}}|2|{{fbwu|16|BHR}}|1

}}

=Third place play-off=

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| date = {{Start date|2023|1|10|df=y}}

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|PLE}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|BHR}}

| report = [https://twitter.com/waffootball/status/1612831467578572802 Report (WAFF)]

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Ellen {{Goal|80}}

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Final=

{{footballbox

| date = {{Start date|2023|1|10|df=y}}

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|16|LBN}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{fbwu|16|JOR}}

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Al-Aqaba Stadium, Aqaba

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=17 |matches=8 |complete=yes

|source=WAFF

|4 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{WAFF Women's Championship}}

U16 2022

WAFF U16

WAFF U-16 Championship

Category:International association football competitions hosted by Jordan

WAFF U16