The 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship was the third edition of the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship, an international women's futsal Championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the women's national teams of West Asia. It was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the first time and marked the country's first-ever women's international tournament, held from June 15 to 24, 2022.
Iran the two-time defending champions, would have been the defending champions. However, they have since left WAFF to join CAFA. Iraq won their first title after defeating host Saudi Arabia in the final 4–2, thus becoming the first Arab national team to win the title. Participation Participating teams Initially, seven (out of 12) WAFF member associations entered teams for the final tournament in Jeddah. However, the United Arab Emirates withdrew after the draw.
Team Previous best performance Third Place (2012) Group Stage (2008, 2012) Group Stage (2008) Debut Fourth Place (2008) Debut Debut Did not enter
Draw The draw took place virtually on 25 May 2022, and was streamed on the West Asian Football Federation's YouTube channel.
The draw resulted in the following groups: + Group ATeamA1A2A3A4+ Group BTeamB1B2B3
Group stage All times are local, SAST (UTC+3). The original schedule was announced following the draw. Group A
Group B
Placement matches Fifth place match
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Champion
Player awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top GoalscorerBest playerBest Goalkeeper Shokhan Salihi Seba Tawfiq Zahra Ali
Goalscorers
Final ranking As per statistical convention in futsal, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
References
External links 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship at Futsalplanet.com WAFF Women's Futsal Championship at Kooora.com