The SAFF Women's U-17 Tournament () is the primary competition for girls under 17 in Women's Football in Saudi Arabia.

History

Director of the Women's Football Department, Alia Al-Rasheed, said that this step represents a qualitative shift in women's football plans in the Kingdom, noting that the focus in the current period is on building a distinguished generation of young women and increasing the number of official matches for them, which contributes to raising the technical quality of female players.

Format

Participating teams

In the inaugural edition, the

Saudi Arabian Football Federation The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF; ) is the association football, football Sport governing body, governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, It's responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The ...

extended participation rights to all teams with women's Under-17 teams, including three Regional Training Centers (). Teams were required to register a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 40 players, with eligible player ages ranging from 12 to 17 years. For the second edition, participation was restricted to clubs from the Saudi

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

and

First Division 1st Division or First Division may refer to: Military Airborne divisions *1st Parachute Division (Germany) *1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) * 1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine) * 1st Guards Airborne Division Armoured divisions *1st Armoure ...

only, with a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 30 players allowed per team.

Format & Seeding

In the inaugural edition, participating teams were divided into groups based on their regional locations, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the knockout stage, which featured the quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and a third-place playoff. In the second edition, the number of groups on the group stage was expanded from four to five, With three teams advancing from the Riyadh and Jeddah groups and two teams qualifying from the Dammam groups, accumulating a total of 14 teams in the knockout stage, which followed a straight knockout format until a champion was determined in the final.

Match rules

In the first edition, all matches were played in two halves of 35 minutes each, using a nine-a-side (9 x 9) format. This was changed to an eleven-a-side (11 x 11) format in the second edition.

Results

Individual awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:SAFF Women's U-17 Tournament ksa Women's football competitions in Saudi Arabia Recurring sporting events established in 2023 Football cup competitions in Saudi Arabia