2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
# 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

The 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship was the 2nd edition of the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It was held in Bahrain from 29 December 2019 to 6 January 2020. Lebanon won their first title, after beating hosts Bahrain 3–0 in the final.

## Teams

Seven teams competed in the tournament.

| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - |
| Bahrain | 1st | — |
| Iraq | 1st | — |
| Jordan | 2nd | Champions (2018) |
| Kuwait | 1st | — |
| Lebanon | 2nd | Runners-up (2018) |
| Palestine | 2nd | Third place (2018) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1st | — |

## Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lebanon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bahrain (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Palestine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | Advance to 5th place play-off |

## Knockout stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 January – Khalifa Sports City | 4 January – Khalifa Sports City |
| Lebanon | 4 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 6 January – Khalifa Sports City | 6 January – Khalifa Sports City |
| Palestine | 2 | 6 January – Khalifa Sports City | 6 January – Khalifa Sports City |
| Palestine | 2 | Lebanon | 3 |
| 4 January – Khalifa Sports City | 4 January – Khalifa Sports City | | Lebanon | 3 |
| 4 January – Khalifa Sports City | 4 January – Khalifa Sports City | Bahrain | 0 |
| Bahrain (p) | 0 (5) | Bahrain | 0 |
| Jordan | 0 (3) | | |
| Jordan | 0 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 6 January – Khalifa Sports City | 6 January – Khalifa Sports City |
| | | Palestine | 1 |
| | | Jordan | 3 |

## Statistics

### Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lebanon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Jordan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Third place |
| 4 | Palestine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 3 | Fourth place |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | Sixth place |
| 7 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

7 goals

* Lili Iskandar

5 goals

* Farah El Tayar

4 goals

* Shahd Alzarkan

3 goals

* Alannoud Almannaei

2 goals

* Leleya Sabkar
* Tbarek Muayad
* Tala Al Barghouthy
* Sima Alluhaymaq
* Dana Bawatneh
* Hala Sarawi

1 goal

* Leen Abusa'ad
* Lujain Albtoosh
* Lina Almaiah
* Muneerah Alraqem
* Zeina Abi Faraj
* Zahraa Assaf
* Rachelle Nassif
* Syntia Salha
* Sara Alshakhshir
* Camellia Nasrah
* Tina Salama
* Jeniver Shattara
* Rawan Alhammadi
* Najla Aljasimi
* Ghanima Rashid

1 own goal

* Rawned Kassap (against Lebanon)
* Sarah Aldhafiri (against Palestine)
* Nour Alhouti (against Palestine)
* Jeniver Shattara (against Bahrain)

Source: WAFF

