2024 WAFF Women's Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثامنة للسيدات
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityJeddah
Dates18–28 February
Teams8 (from 2 sub-confederations)

The 2024 WAFF Women's Championship will be 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 will be hosted by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it will be the first major women's football tournament to be hosted in the kingdom.[2]

Jordan are three-time defending champions having won the last three editions (Jordan 2014, Bahrain 2019 and Jordan 2022).[3]

Teams

Provisional list of participating teams

As of 6 January 2024, the following 7 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 edition.[4][5][6] Several Egyptian media outlets reported that an invitation has been sent to the Egypt women's national football team to participate in the 2024 edition.[7][8] It was revealed by the Lebanese media that 8 teams will participate in the tournaments namely the following, with Guam an EAFF member invited to the tournament. the identity of the 8th team is yet to be known.[9]

Country Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
December 2023
 Guam1stNone93
 Iraq2ndGroup stage (2011)NR
 Jordan8thChampions (2005, 2007, 2014, 2019, 2022)74
 Lebanon5thRunners-up (2022)134
 Palestine7thRunners-up (2014)136
 Saudi Arabia1stNone175
 Syria5thThird place (2005, 2022)160
N/A TBD

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 18 February 2024. Source:
(H) Hosts
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 18 February 2024. Source:
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah
v
TBC, Jeddah

Knockout stage

See also

References

  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. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ ""ستاد البتراء" يحتضن وديتي منتخب السيدات وأبو ظبي" [Petra Stadium hosts the friendly matches between the Jordan women's national team and Abu Dhabi.]. alghad.com (in Arabic). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "سيدات لبنان وسوريا يلتقيان مجددًا في لبنان تحضيرًا لبطولة غرب آسيا 2024" [Lebanon and Syria women's national teams meet again in Lebanon in preparation for the West Asian Championship 2024] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "المنتخب النسوي يشارك في غرب آسيا" [The Iraq women's national team participates in West Asia.]. alsabaah.iq (in Arabic). 23 July 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "منتخب الكرة النسائية يتلقى دعوة للمشاركة ببطولة غرب أسيا بالسعودية" [The Egypt women's football team receives an invitation to participate in the West Asia Championship in Saudi Arabia.]. youm7.com (in Arabic). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "رسمياً.. منتخب مصر للسيدات يتلقي دعوة للمشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا بالسعودية" [Officially, the Egyptian women's national team received an invitation to participate in the West Asia Championship in Saudi Arabia]. nabd.com (in Arabic). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Teams currently expected to participate in the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship". Wosoworld. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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