The Palestine women's national futsal team () represents

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in international women's

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competitions. Nicknamed "the Fedayaat", the team is controlled by the

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(PFA).

History

Palestine was one of the seven nations that participated in the inaugural 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship, the first competitive women's futsal tournament in the

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. Their first match was a 3–16 loss to host Jordan. They finished fourth, their best finish to date. With neither a continental nor a world championship organized until 2015 and 2025 respectively, the Fedayaat took part in all three editions of the

WAFF Women's Futsal Championship The WAFF Women's Futsal Championship is the West Asian Football Federation's futsal championship for women. Summary Participating associations by debut Overall team records Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goa ...

. In 2017, they made their debut at the

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, becoming only the second Arab nation to participate in the event. In 2024, Palestine took part in the qualifying campaign for the

2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup The 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup was the third edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. The t ...

, their first attempt to qualify for the tournament.

Players

Current squad

The following 13 players were called up to the squad for the

2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification A qualification tournament was held to determine nine of twelve participating teams for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup in China. This marks a first time that a dedicated tournament will be held for an AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup. Teams A ...

held in

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, Thailand.

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

WAFF Women's Futsal Championship

References

External links

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Asian women's national futsal teams 2008 establishments in Palestine National sports teams established in 2008