2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament (Taif)

2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates18–30 September
Teams6 (from 3 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lebanon (1st title)
Runners-up Bhutan
Third place Malaysia
Fourth place Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored16 (1.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Lili Iskandar
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Bhutan Deki Lhazom
Best goalkeeperMalaysia Nurul Azurin binti

The 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament was the 2nd edition of the SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF). Taif was selected as the host city by the SAFF Women's Football Committee in September 2023. On 21 August 2023, the SAFF confirmed that the tournament would take place between 18 and 30 September 2023.[1]

The competition saw an expansion of participating teams from four in the first edition to six in this edition.[2]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions having won last edition in Khobar, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Bhutan after extra time.[3] Lebanon were crowned champions for the first time after defeating Bhutan 1–0, also after extra time.[4]

  1. ^ "Pakistan to Participate in 6-Nation Women's Football Tournament in Saudi Arabia". propakistani.pk. 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ "السعودية تنظم بطولة ودية للسيدات بمشاركة 6 منتخبات عربية وآسيوية وأوروبية". كورة بلس. September 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "«البطولة الدولية للسيدات»: بوتان ولبنان إلى النهائي… والبرونزية بين السعودية وماليزيا" [The Women's International Championship: Bhutan and Lebanon in the final... with the bronze match between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia]. awsat.com (in Arabic). 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ "LEBANESE WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS OF FRIENDLY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN TAIF". nna-leb.gov.lb. 1 October 2023.