2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

بطولة اتحاد غرب اسيا للسيدات دون ١٦ عامًا ٢٠٢٣
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
City	Aqaba
Dates	4–10 January
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lebanon (2nd title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Palestine
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	17 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cecile Iskandar (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Arwa Batayneh
Best goalkeeper	Marcelle Skaiki
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The 2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (Arabic: بطولة اتحاد غرب اسيا للسيدات دون ١٦ عامًا 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 between 4 and 10 January 2023.^[1] A total of four teams competed in the tournament. Lebanon were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019.

Participating nations

Four teams entered the 2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship. Bahrain returned to the tournament after missing the 2019 edition. Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine kept their record of appearing in all WAFF U-16 Girls Championships.

Team	App	Last	Best placement in the tournament
Bahrain	2nd	2018	Fourth Place (2018)
Jordan	3rd	2019	Champions (2018)
Lebanon	3rd	2019	Champions (2019)
Palestine	3rd	2019	Third Place (2018)

Venues

On 14 December 2022, WAFF confirmed that Al-Aqaba Stadium would host the tournament matches.^[2]

Aqaba	Aqaba
	Al-Aqaba Stadium
	Capacity: 3,800

Draw

The official draw took place on 20 December 2022, 11:00 local time AST (UTC+3) at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman, Jordan.^[3]

Draw result

The draw resulted in the following order.

Pos	Team
A1	Jordan
A2	Lebanon
A3	Bahrain
A4	Palestine

Match officials

Referees

Assistant referees

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Lebanon	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advance to final
2	Jordan (H)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Palestine	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4	Advance to third place play-off
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Knockout stage

	Final
	10 January - Aqaba
	Lebanon	2
	Jordan	0
	Third place play-off
	10 January - Aqaba
	Palestine	2
	Bahrain	1

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: WAFF

References