2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship

2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة لكرة الصالات للسيدات
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityJeddah
Dates15–24 June
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Bahrain
Fourth place Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored58 (5.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Shokhan Salihi
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Seba Tawfiq
Best goalkeeperBahrain Zahra Ali
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The 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship was the third edition of the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship, an international women's futsal Championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's national teams of West Asia. It was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the first time and marked the country's first-ever women's international tournament, held from June 15 to 24, 2022.[1][2]

Iran the two-time defending champions, would have been the defending champions. However, they have since left WAFF to join CAFA. Iraq won their first title after defeating host Saudi Arabia in the final 4–2, thus becoming the first Arab national team to win the title.[3][4][5]

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, seven (out of 12) WAFF member associations entered teams for the final tournament in Jeddah.[6] However, the United Arab Emirates withdrew after the draw.

Team App. Previous best performance
 Bahrain 2nd Third Place (2012)
 Iraq 3rd Group Stage (2008, 2012)
 Kuwait 2nd Group Stage (2008)
 Oman 1st Debut
 Palestine 3rd Fourth Place (2008)
 Saudi Arabia 1st Debut
 United Arab Emirates 1st Debut
Did not enter

Draw

The draw took place virtually on 25 May 2022, and was streamed on the West Asian Football Federation's YouTube channel.[7]

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Palestine
A2  Iraq
A3  Bahrain
A4  United Arab Emirates
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Saudi Arabia
B2  Oman
B3  Kuwait

Group stage

All times are local, SAST (UTC+3). The original schedule was announced following the draw.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 3
3  Palestine 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0 Fifth place match
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bahrain 6–0 Palestine
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Yasir Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)
Najat Al-Blooshi (United Arab Emirates)
Rafid Salman Lami (Iraq)
Iraq 0–1 Bahrain
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Mohammed Al-Boloushi (Kuwait)
Maryam Al Hadhrami (Oman)
Samar Al-Inezi (Kuwait)
Palestine 0–7 Iraq
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Reem Shami (Lebanon)
Aisha Al Saadi (Oman)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia (H) 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3  Oman 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0 Fifth place match
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kuwait 3–1 Saudi Arabia
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Referee: Reem Shami (Lebanon)
Oman 1–6 Kuwait
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Saudi Arabia 5–0 Oman
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Placement matches

Fifth place match

Oman 1–6 Palestine
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 June - Jeddah
 
 
 Bahrain0
 
24 June - Jeddah
 
 Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.)1
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
22 June - Jeddah
 
 Iraq4
 
 Kuwait0
 
 
 Iraq12
 
Third Place
 
 
24 June - Jeddah
 
 
 Bahrain2
 
 
 Kuwait0

Semi-finals

Bahrain 0–1 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City
Kuwait 0–12 Iraq
Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City

Third place match

Bahrain 2–0 Kuwait
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City

Final

Saudi Arabia 2–4 Iraq
Al-Ghazawi Goal 35:12 (o.g.)
 Report
Line Up
King Abdullah Sports City

Champion

 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship champion 

Iraq
First title

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[8]

Top Goalscorer Best player Best Goalkeeper
Iraq Shokhan Salihi[9] Saudi Arabia Seba Tawfiq[10] Bahrain Zahra Ali[11]

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 5.27 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in futsal, 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  Iraq 4 3 0 1 23 3 +20 9 Champions
2  Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 6 Runners-up
3  Bahrain 4 3 0 1 9 1 +8 9 Third place
4  Kuwait 4 2 0 2 9 16 −7 6 Fourth place
5  Palestine 3 1 0 2 6 14 −8 3 Fifth place
6  Oman 3 0 0 3 2 17 −15 0 Sixth place
Source: WAFF

References

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  6. ^ "ثلاث بطولات إقليمية تستعد للعودة" [Three regional championships are set to return.]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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  8. ^ "كشف جوائز بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة الصالات للسيدات" [Reveal of the Awards for the West Asian Women's Futsal Championship.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Abdulaala Sekir. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. ^ "نجمة وطني الصالات تحصد لقب الهداف في غرب آسيا" [National Futsal Star Wins Top Scorer Title in West Asia.]. rasediraqi.com (in Arabic). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  10. ^ "السعودية صِبا توفيق أفضل لاعبة في بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة الصالات للسيدات" [Saudi Arabia's Seba Tawfiq named the Best Player in the West Asian Women's Futsal Championship.]. eremnews.com (in Arabic). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ^ "زهراء علي لـ«ملاعب»: جائزة أفضل حارس في غرب آسيا فاجأتني!" [Zahra Ali to 'Malaeb': Winning the Best Goalkeeper Award in West Asia surprised me!]. elections.alwatannews.net (in Arabic). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.