The 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship was the third edition of the

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship The West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship (), or simply WAFF Women's Championship, is an international women's association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the West Asian Footba ...

, the international women's football youth championship of

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organized by the

West Asian Football Federation The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ar, اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم, Ittiḥād Gharb Āsiyā li-Kurat al-Qadam), founded in 2001, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia. Its founding members a ...

(WAFF). It was held in Lebanon from 19 to 25 October 2022. Host

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

entered two teams – Team A (U-18) and

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(U-16) – due to the low number of the participating teams (three) after

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and

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

withdrew from the tournament. Lebanon A finished the tournament in first place, after beating

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

5–1 in the final;

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

won 2–1 against Lebanon B to claim third place.

Teams

Four teams will compete in the tournament.

and

initially confirmed participation but announced their withdrawal before the draw.

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2022 at 13:00

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Squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

Draw

Squads

Group stage

Knockout stage

Third place play-off

Final

Player awards

Goalscorers

References