2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للناشئات
الأردن ٢٠٢٣
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityAqaba
Dates4–10 January
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lebanon (2nd title)
Runners-up Jordan
Third place Palestine
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored17 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Cecile Iskandar (4 goals)
Best player(s)Jordan Arwa Batayneh
Best goalkeeperLebanon Marcelle Skaiki
2019
2023

The 2023 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (Arabic: بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثالثة للناشئات ٢٠٢٣) was the third edition of the WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (including previous editions of the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's under-16 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Aqaba, Jordan from 4 to 10 January 2023. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.[1]

Lebanon were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019 and successfully retained their title by defeating hosts Jordan in the final.[2][3]

  1. ^ "العقبة تستضيف بطولة الناشئات الثالثة" [Aqaba to hosts the third U-16 Girls Championship]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Lebanon's national youth women's team crowned WAFF U16 Championship title". thelebaneseaustralian.com.au. 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Lebanon beat Jordan to retain title". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.