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

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(WAFF) for the women's national teams of

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. It was hosted by the

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for the first time and marked the country's first-ever women's international tournament, held from June 15 to 24, 2022.

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the two-time defending champions, would have been the defending champions. However, they have since left WAFF to join CAFA.

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won their first title after defeating host

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in the final 4–2, thus becoming the first Arab national team to win the title.

Participation

Participating teams

Initially, seven (out of 12) WAFF member associations entered teams for the final tournament in

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. However, the United Arab Emirates withdrew after the draw. ;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. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group stage

All times are local, SAST (

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). The original schedule was announced following the draw.

Group A

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Group B

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Placement matches

Fifth place match

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Champion

Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Goalscorers

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in futsal, matches decided in

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

References

External links

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