2024 WAFF Women's Championship

2024 WAFF Women's Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثامنة للسيدات
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityJeddah
Dates19–29 February
Teams8 (from 3 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Jordan (6th title)
Runners-up Nepal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored56 (3.73 per match)
Attendance12,700 (847 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Sabitra Bhandari
(9 goals)
Best player(s)Jordan Maysa Jbarah
Best goalkeeperJordan Sherin Al-Shalabe
2022
2026

The 2024 WAFF Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football tournament in West Asia competed by the national teams in the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).[1] The tournament was hosted by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it was the first major women's football tournament to be hosted in the kingdom.[2][3]

Jordan were three-time defending champions having won the last three editions (Jordan 2014, Bahrain 2019 and Jordan 2022).[4] and they successfully retained the title for the sixth time, after beating Nepal on penalties in the final.[5][6] In the other hand tournament's host Saudi Arabia were unable to secure victory in any of their matches.[7] Nepalese striker Sabitra Bhandari won the top scorer award scoring nine goals throughout the tournament. Jordanian player Maysa Jbarah was voted the tournament's best player, whilst Jbarah teammate Sherin Al-Shalabe was awarded the best goalkeeper award.

  1. ^ "اللجنة التنفيذية لاتحاد غرب آسيا تناقش أجندة العام 2024" [The Executive Committee of the West Asian Union discusses the agenda for the year 2024]. al-ayyam.ps (in Arabic). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ "جدة تستضيف بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا للسيدات 2024" [Jeddah hosts the 2024 West Asian Women's Football Championship.]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ "منتخب السيدات يؤكد مشاركته بـ"غرب آسيا" بنسختها الثامنة" [The women's national team confirms its participation in the eighth edition of the West Asian Championship.]. alghad.com (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ "الأردن يحصد الفوز الثالث في بطولة غرب آسيا للسيدات" [Jordan secures the third victory in the West Asian Women's Championship.]. the-afc.com (in Arabic). Asian Football Confederation. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ "الأردن تتوج بلقب بطولة غرب آسيا للسيدات على حساب نيبال" [The Jordanian women's team clinches the title of the West Asian Women's Championship at the expense of Nepal.]. dmcfoot.com (in Arabic). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ "WAFF Women's Championship: Nepal lost to Jordan in penalties". myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ "منتخب سيدات السعودية يتذيل مجموعته بعد الهزيمة من غوام في بطولة غرب آسيا" [منتخب سيدات السعودية يتذيل مجموعته بعد الهزيمة من غوام في بطولة غرب آسيا]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 24 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.