# 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship

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 | App. | Previous best performance |
| Bahrain | 2nd | Third Place (2012) |
| Iraq | 3rd | Group Stage (2008, 2012) |
| Kuwait | 2nd | Group Stage (2008) |
| Oman | 1st | Debut |
| Palestine | 3rd | Fourth Place (2008) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1st | Debut |
| United Arab Emirates | 1st | Debut |

#### Did not enter

* Jordan
* Lebanon
* Qatar
* Syria
* Yemen

### 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 A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Palestine A2 Iraq A3 Bahrain A4 United Arab Emirates | Group B PosTeam B1 Saudi Arabia B2 Oman B3 Kuwait |

## Group stage

All times are local, SAST (UTC+3). The original schedule was announced following the draw.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahrain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Iraq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Palestine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | Fifth place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Oman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | Fifth place match |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 June - Jeddah | 22 June - Jeddah |
| Bahrain | 0 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 24 June - Jeddah | 24 June - Jeddah |
| Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.) | 1 | 24 June - Jeddah | 24 June - Jeddah |
| Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.) | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| 22 June - Jeddah | 22 June - Jeddah | | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| 22 June - Jeddah | 22 June - Jeddah | Iraq | 4 |
| Kuwait | 0 | Iraq | 4 |
| Iraq | 12 | | |
| Iraq | 12 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 24 June - Jeddah | 24 June - Jeddah |
| | | Bahrain | 2 |
| | | Kuwait | 0 |

### Final
## Champion

* 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship champion
* Iraq First title

## Player awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorer | Best player | Best Goalkeeper |
| Shokhan Salihi | Seba Tawfiq | Zahra Ali |

## Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 5.27 goals per match.
7 goals
* Shokhan Salihi
6 goals
* Tbarek Al-Ghazawi
4 goals
* Direen Mulla Bakr
* Lana Reda
3 goals
* Hessa Al-Isa
* Al-Anood Al-Khalifa
* Lanya Salih
* Shrouq Basha
2 goals
* Manar Ebrahim
* Zainab Al-Lami
* Reem Al-Mulla
* Raghad Mukhayzin
* Leen Mohammed
1 goal
* Rawan Al-Ali
* Tiba Al-Quraishi
* Maryam Nour
* Abeer Al-Refaie
* Nehal Al-Saqabi
* Layinat Al Musallami
* Thara Al Ismaily
* Celine Thalia Khoury
* Jeniver Shattara
* Caroline Sohgian
* Laila Al-Shaikh
* Hala Sarawi
* Aline Rita Khoury
* Al Bandari Mobarak
* Sara Al-Hamad

## 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Iraq | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 9 | Champions |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Bahrain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Palestine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 | Sixth place |