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2021 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
The 2022 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship was the second edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship, the West Asian women's club Association football, football championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation, WAFF. Initially scheduled to be played from 10 to 20 December 2020, the tournament was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was then rescheduled to December 2021, before being finally moved to July 2022. It took place at the Prince Mohammed Stadium in Zarqa, Jordan. Safa WFC, Safa of Lebanon won their first title, after beating Orthodox Club, Orthodox of Jordan 3–1 in the 2022 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship#Final, final. Teams Four teams participated in the tournament. The draw was held on 3 July 2022, in Amman, Jordan. Abu Dhabi Country Club, Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates were due to participate, but withdrew on 14 July. League table ---- ---- Third place play-off Final Player awards The following awards were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarqa
Zarqa ( ar, الزرقاء) is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the most populous city in Jordan after Amman. Geography Zarqa is located in the Zarqa River basin in northeast Jordan. The city is situated northeast of Amman. Climate Zarqa has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: ''BSk''). The average annual temperature is , and around of precipitation falls annually, mostly in winter months. History Although inhabited since the 1st century, the city of Zarqa was established in 1902 by Chechen immigrants who were displaced from the wars between the Ottoman and Russian Empires. They settled along the Zarqa River. At that time a station on the Hejaz Railway was built in the new settlement. The railway station turned Zarqa into an important hub. On 10 April 1905, the Ottoman governor issued a decree that allowed the Chechen immigrants to own lands which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city in the Levant region, the list of largest cities in the Arab world, fifth-largest city in the Arab world, and the list of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, ninth largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. The earliest evidence of settlement in Amman dates to the 8th millennium BC, in a Neolithic site known as ʿAin Ghazal, 'Ain Ghazal, where the world's ʿAin Ghazal statues, oldest statues of the human form have been unearthed. During the Iron Age, the city was known as Rabat Aman and served as the capital of the Ammon, Ammonite Kingdom. In the 3rd century BC, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Pharaoh of Ptole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rima Yassen
Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is the fictional heroine of W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest''. In it, Rima, a primitive girl of the shrinking rain forest of South America, meets Abel, a political fugitive. A film adaptation of ''Green Mansions'' was made in 1959 starring Audrey Hepburn. In 1974, the character was adapted into the comic book ''Rima the Jungle Girl'', published by DC Comics. Though ''Rima the Jungle Girl'' ceased publication in 1975, the comic book version of Rima appeared in several episodes of Hanna-Barbera's popular Saturday morning cartoon series, ''The All-New Super Friends Hour'', between 1977 and 1980. Novel Like her literary cousins Tarzan and Mowgli, Rima sprang from an Edwardian adventure novel; in her case, '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest'', by W. H. Hudson, published in 1904. Hudson was an Argentine-British naturalist who wrote many classic books about the ecology of South Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Football Association
The Jordan Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد الأردني لكرة القدم) is the governing body for association football, football in Jordan. The JFA was awarded best association of the AFC in 2013. History Tournaments Jordan is known to be the Dark Horse of Asian Football, They were one play-off away from reaching the 2014 FIFA World Cup, they lost to Uruguay in a two-legged play-off. The most recent tournament they played was the 2019 AFC Asian Cup where they lost to Vietnam on Penalties in the Round of 16. The farthest Jordan got in the AFC Asian Cup was in 2004 and 2011, reaching the quarter-finals both times as they were paired with Asian Powerhouses such as Japan & South Korea, however, as an underdog they exceeded expectations and made it past the group stages. In 2015 they lost in the group stage for the first and only time. Jordan has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and the first AFC Asian Cup they played in was in 2004. Affiliation * FIFA * Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haneen Murad
Haneen is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Haneen shaji 3rd (born 2007), friends with sudani jamal * Haneen shaji (born 2007), noblite turned playboy * Haneen Zreika (born 1999), Australian rules footballer See also * Hanin (other) * Henein, surname * Henin, surname {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq Football Association
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. The Iraqi team is commonly known as ''Usood Al-Rafidain'' ( ar, أسود الرافدين), which literally means ''Lions of Mesopotamia''. History The Iraqi Football Association (Ittihad Al-Iraqi Le-Korat Al-Kadem) was formed on October 8, 1948, and was the third sports union to be founded in Iraq after the Track and Field Athletics and the Basketball Federations. The two unions took part at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, held from July 29 to August 14, however the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razan Al Zagha
Razan ( fa, رزن) is a city and capital of Razan County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 15,371. Language Linguistic composition of the city. References Populated places in Razan County Cities in Hamadan Province {{Razan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Football Association
The Lebanese Football Association (LFA) ( ar, الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم, Al-Ittiḥād Al-Lubnānī Likurat Al-Qadam; french: Fédération Libanaise de Football) is the governing body of association football in Lebanon. Formed in 1933, it is a member of both the AFC and FIFA. It is also one of the founding members of the WAFF, joining in its inception in 2001. History In 1931 Khalil Hilmi, a member of Riyadi Beirut, attempted to form a federation. However, the proposal failed as Nahda opposed its formation. On 22 March 1933, representatives of thirteen football clubs gathered in the Minet El Hosn district in Beirut to form the Lebanese Football Association (LFA). Hussein Sejaan was the LFA's first president. Lebanon was one of the first nations in the Middle East to establish an administrative body for association football. The LFA joined FIFA in 1936 and the AFC in 1964. In 2001, the LFA joined the WAFF as one of its founding members. In 1985, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doumouh Al Bakkar
Doumouh Ibrahim Al Bakkar ( ar, دموع ابراهيم البقار; born 7 April 1990) is a Lebanese football referee who officiates primarily in the Lebanese Women's Football League. Starting out as a player and coach, Al Bakkar became a referee in 2014. In addition to women's matches, she has also officiated men's matches domestically, at both senior and youth level. Al Bakkar has refereed in various women's international competitions, such as the AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament, AFC Asian Cup qualification, Arab Cup, Southeast Asian Games and WAFF Championship. She was also part of the refereeing team in the 2017 Summer Universiade final. In 2021, Al Bakkar became the first woman to officiate a Lebanese Premier League game. Early life Born on 7 April 1990 in Tripoli, Lebanon, Al Bakkar studied at a private school in Zgharta. She practised various sports in school, which led her to play basketball for Shabab Al Azm and Homenetmen. After finishing her national diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direen Mulla Bakr
Direen Mahmood Mulla Bakr ( ar, ديرين محمود ملا بكر; born 13 January 2000) is an Iraqi football and futsal player who plays as a midfielder for Iraqi club Naft Al-Shamal. International career Mulla Bakr has been capped for Iraq at senior level in both football and futsal. In football, she represented Iraq in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2017, where she played five games. In futsal, Mulla Bakr played for Iraq at the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in 2022 and scored four goals including a goal in the final against Saudi Arabia which helped Iraq win the title for the first time in its history. Honours Iraq (futsal) * WAFF Women's Futsal Championship: 2022 Naft Al-Shamal * WAFF Women's Clubs Championship third place: 2022 See also * Women's football in Iraq Women's football in Iraq is popular as there are less social restrictions on women than in the rest of the Arab world . One of the barriers to the sport's growth is the prejudice that m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiebreakers
In games and sports, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is used to determine a winner from among players or teams that are tied at the end of a contest, or a set of contests. General operation In matches In some situations, the tiebreaker may consist of another round of play. For example, if contestants are tied at the end of a quiz game, they each might be asked one or more extra questions, and whoever correctly answers the most from that extra set is the winner. In many sports, teams that are tied at the end of a match compete in an additional period of play called "overtime" or "extra time". The extra round may also not follow the regular format, e.g. a tiebreak in tennis or a penalty shootout in association football. In the '' Super Smash Bros.'' series of fighting games published by Nintendo, if at least two fighters have an equal amount of points or stocks at the end of the match, then a tiebreaker will occur as "Sudden Death" with the tied players receiving 300% damage and who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
