From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2025 WAFF Women's Championship

بطولة غرب آسيا للسيدات 2025

Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
24 November – 2 December
6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
1 (in 1 host city)
Jordan (7th title)
Palestine
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
10
33 (3.3 per match)
Al-Bandari Abdullah(3 goals)
Enas Al-Jamaeen
Rawned Kassap
← 2024

The 2025 WAFF Women's Championship was the ninth edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the international football tournament organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's national teams of West Asia. The tournament will be hosted by Saudi Arabia for the second time, after they had hosted the previous edition in 2024, from 24 November to 2 December.

Jordan were four-time defending champions, having won the previous four editions (2014, 2019, 2022, and 2024).

On 16 October 2025, the WAFF announced that six countries will participate in the 2025 edition.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA rankingAugust 2025
Jordan	9th	Champions (2005, 2007, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2024)	76
United Arab Emirates	4th	Champions (2010, 2011)	117
Lebanon	6th	Runners-up (2022)	125
Palestine	8th	Runners-up (2014)	129
Saudi Arabia	2nd	Group stage (2024)	164
Iraq	3rd	Group stage (2011, 2024)	166

Did not enter

The final draw took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16 October 2025. As the host nation, Saudi Arabia were seeded at the top of Group A, while defending champions Jordan were placed at the top of Group B. The draw subsequently assigned the United Arab Emirates and Iraq to Group A, and Lebanon and Palestine to Group B.

Each team had to register a squad of 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.

On 19 October 2025, the WAFF announced Jeddah as the designated host city, with one chosen venue: the Hall Stadium of the King Abdullah Sports City.

.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap img{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap img{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}Jeddah	Jeddah
Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City
Capacity: 10,000

.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap img{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap img{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}Jeddah

Jeddah

Hall Stadium – King Abdullah Sports City

Capacity: 10,000

Tiebreakers

Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Semi-finals		Final

30 November – Jeddah (KA)

Saudi Arabia	0 (3)
2 December – Jeddah (PA)
Palestine (p)	0 (4)
Palestine	1
30 November – Jeddah (KA)
	Jordan	3
Jordan	3

Iraq	0
Third place

2 December – Jeddah (PA)

Saudi Arabia	2 (2)

Iraq (p)	2 (4)

Column 1	Column 2
Palestine	Jordan


GK	23	Sharlot Phillips
DF	4	Sireen Ghattas (C)
FW	2	Rina Osorio
DF	3	Sara Kord	89'
DF	6	Ahlam-Laila Nasr
MF	10	Laila Al-Shaikh		HT'
FW	11	Nour Youssef
FW	12	Dalia Asad-Halim		90+2'
MF	15	Miral Qassis		67'
FW	17	Nadine Mohamed		67'
FW	22	Narin Abu Asfar		90+2'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Naomi Phillips		HT'
MF	7	Jeniver Shattara		67'
FW	8	Florencia Sabat		67'
MF	5	Sara Al-Shakhshir		90+2'
MF	21	Annasoraya Khoury		90+2'
Head coach:
Ahmed Sharf
GK	12	Rawned Kassap
DF	19	Ayah Al-Majali (C)
MF	5	Marah Abu Tayeh
MF	6	Celine Akroush		76'
DF	7	Farah Abu Tayeh		90+3'
MF	8	Enas Al-Jamaeen
FW	9	Bana Al-Bitar		90+3'
FW	10	Roukayah Al-Fararjeh		67'
FW	15	Mai Sweilem		67'
DF	20	Lana Feras
DF	21	Rand Abu-Hussein
Substitutions:
FW	11	Jinan Said		67'
FW	17	Ida Tamimi		67'
MF	2	Taqi Al-Zabrey		76'
MF	14	Yasmeen Al-Ajrab		90+3'
MF	18	Tahreer Al-Qawasmeh		90+3'
Head coach:
David Nascimento

Assistant referees:

Karrar Abbas (Iraq)

Jana Haydar (Lebanon)

Fourth official:

Mohammed Al-Manii (Oman)

There were 33 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: WAFF

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2025 WAFF Women's Championship — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report