2026 WAFF U-17 Women's Championship

WAFF U-17 Women's Championship 2026
بطولة غرب آسيا السادسة للناشئات تحت 17 عاماً
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityZarqa
Dates17–25 July 2026
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Syria (2nd title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
← 2025

The 2026 WAFF U-17 Women's Championship (Arabic: بطولة غرب آسيا السادسة للناشئات تحت 17 عاماً) was the sixth edition of the WAFF U-17 Women's Championship, the international women's football youth championship of Western Asia organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). The tournament took place in Zarqa, Jordan, from 17 to 25 July, marking the country's fourth time as host.[1]

Lebanon were the defending champions, having secured their third title in the previous edition by defeating Syria 4–0 in the final.[2]

Participation

Participating teams

On 12 May 2026, the WAFF Executive Committee approved the staging of the sixth edition with seven participating teams.[3] While Iraq was initially confirmed to enter, they were later removed from the list and replaced by Saudi Arabia before the official draw.[4]

Team Appearance(s) Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Bahrain4th20182025Fourth place (2018, January 2023, 2025)
 Jordan6th20182025Champions (2018)
 Lebanon6th20182025Champions (2019, January 2023, 2025)
 Palestine5th20182025Third place (2018, January 2023)
 Saudi Arabia2nd2025Group stage (2025)
 Syria5th20182025Champions (November 2023)
 United Arab Emirates2nd2018Fifth place (2018)
Did not enter

Draw

The official draw took place on 10 June 2026 at 12:00 AST (UTC+3) at the WAFF Headquarters in Amman and was streamed virtually. Hosts Jordan were automatically assigned to position B1, while defending champions Lebanon were placed in A1. An unseeded draw was used for the remaining teams to determine both their group and group position.[5][6]

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Lebanon
A2 Syria
A3 Saudi Arabia
A4 United Arab Emirates
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Jordan
B2 Bahrain
B3 Palestine

Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Syria 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Lebanon 3 2 0 1 10 1 +9 6
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
Lebanon 8–0 United Arab Emirates
  • Al Arab 2'
  • Geitani 10', 16'
  • A. Hajj 18'
  • Boustany 39'
  • D. Hajj 45+1', 56'
  • Saad 62'
 Report
Report (WAFF)
Syria 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Mena 66' Report
Report (WAFF)
United Arab Emirates 0–8 Syria
Report
Report (WAFF)
  • Mena 9', 17', 66' (pen.), 71'
  • Issa 47'
  • Al-Ktaish 57'
  • Jomaa Ato 62'
  • Mashaal 64'
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Lebanon
Report
Report (WAFF)
Lebanon 0–1 Syria
Report
Report (WAFF)		 Jomaa Ato 87'
Saudi Arabia 5–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Report (WAFF)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan (H) 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Knockout stage
2  Palestine 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4 3
3  Bahrain 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Palestine 0–5 Jordan
Report
Report (WAFF)
  • Ja'ara 17', 84'
  • Abu Salha 28'
  • Haqrous 74', 77'
Bahrain 1–2 Palestine
Al-Aali 80' Report
  • Abu-Sarhan 13'
  • Asad 65'
Jordan 2–0 Bahrain
  • Abu Salha 54' (pen.)
  • Obeidat 86'
 Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July - Zarqa
 
 
 Syria0 (6)
 
26 July - Zarqa
 
 Palestine0 (5)
 
 Syria2 (4)
 
24 July - Zarqa
 
 Lebanon2 (3)
 
 Jordan0
 
 
 Lebanon5
 

Semi-finals

Syria 0–0 Palestine
Report
Penalties
  • Mena football with check mark
  • Al-Ktaish football with check mark
  • Jomaa Ato football with check mark
  • Ebrahim football with red X
  • Zidane football with check mark
  • Issa football with check mark
  • Housin football with check mark
 6–5
  • football with check mark Gamay
  • football with check mark Abu-Sarhan
  • football with check mark Phillips
  • football with red X Jaber
  • football with check mark Salah
  • football with check mark Asad
  • football with red X Ghneim
Jordan 0–5 Lebanon
Report
  • Geitani 29', 56'
  • C. Chebly 31'
  • D. Hajj 60'
  • Saad 79'

Final

Syria 2–2 Lebanon
  • Al-Khelif 69'
  • Jomaa Ato 90+2'
 Report
Penalties
  • Mena football with check mark
  • Al-ktaish football with check mark
  • Jomaa Ato football with check mark
  • Issa football with red X
  • Ebrahim football with check mark
 4–3

Goalscorers

There have been 40 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match (as of 24 July 2026).

5 goals

  • Syria Masa Mena

3 goals

2 goals

  • Jordan Ragad Haqrous
  • Jordan Taima'a Ja'ara
  • Lebanon Angy Boustany
  • Lebanon Diva-Luna Hajj

1 goal

  • Jordan Nadin Abu Salha
  • Lebanon Lamar Arab
  • Lebanon Acil Hajj
  • Lebanon Sarah Saad
  • Syria Tasneem Al-Ktaish
  • Syria Amal Issa
  • Syria Bayan Jomaa Ato
  • Syria Sham Mashaal

Source: WAFF

References

  1. ↑ "انطلاق بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئات لكرة القدم في الزرقاء غدًا". addustour.com (in Arabic). Amman. 16 July 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "منتخب لبنان للناشئات يختتم تحضيراته ويغادر غداً إلى الأردن للمشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا". the-lfa.com.lb (in Arabic). 14 July 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "اللجنة النسوية تؤكد على أهمية استمرارية البطولات رغم التحديات". the-waff.com. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Al-Habib, Isa (10 June 2026). "منتخبنا الوطني تحت 17 عام في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا السادسة للناشئات". al-madina.com. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "سحب قرعة بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا السادسة للناشئات". the-waff.com (in Arabic). 10 June 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "نتائج قرعة بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئات 2026 في الأردن". annahar.com (in Arabic). 10 June 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
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