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2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament (Khobar)

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2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament
البطولة الودية الدولية للسيدات - السعودية 2023
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityKhobar
Dates11–19 January
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Third place Mauritius
Fourth place Comoros
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored12 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Comoros Anlaouia Hadhirami Ali
(2 Goals)
Best player(s)Pakistan Maria Khan
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Sara Khalid
All statistics correct as of 19 January 2023.

The 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament was the first edition of the SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in Saudi Arabia from 11 to 19 January 2023. It consisted of a single match round-robin tournament. It featured four teams, Namely Comoros, Mauritius, Pakistan and hosts Saudi Arabia.[1][2][3][4]

Format

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The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. In the event two teams were tied in points, tie-breakers would be applied in the order of goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head result, and a fair play score based on the number of yellow and red cards.

Venue

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The stadium chosen by SAFF to host the 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament is located in Khobar a city in the Eastern Province.

Khobar
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Teams

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The following four teams participated in the tournament:

Team Confederation Appearance FIFA ranking
(December 2022)
 Comoros
1st
182
 Mauritius
1st
187
 Pakistan
1st
160
 Saudi Arabia
1st
NR

Squads

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Match officials

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The following official were appointed by SAFF to officiate the tournament:

Referees
  • Egypt Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi
  • Saudi Arabia Anoud Alasmari
  • Uzbekistan Edita Mirabidova
Assistant referees
  • Egypt Yara Abdelfattah
  • Jordan Heba Saadieh
  • Uzbekistan Kristina Sereda

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mauritius 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Comoros 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(H) Hosts

Results

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All times are local, SAST (UTC+3:00).

Pakistan 1–0 Comoros
  • Anmol 89'
Report
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Mauritius
Report
Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi (Egypt)
Mauritius 2–1 Pakistan
Report
Comoros 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report
Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi (Egypt)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 15 January 2023

There were 7 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.75 goals per match.

1 goal

Source: SAFF

Discipline

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In the tournament, a player will be suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Media coverage

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2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament broadcasters in Participating countries
Country Broadcast network Television Radio Live streaming
 Saudi Arabia SSC SSC Sport SSC Sport 1
2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament international broadcasters
Rest of world Eleven Sports 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament
FIFA+ 2023 SAFF Women's International Friendly Tournament

References

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  1. ^ "SAFF hosts the international friendly tournament for women". www.saff.com.sa. Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF). 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ Shaikh, Afreen (30 December 2022). "Saudi Arabia to host an international friendly tournament for women". me.mashable.com. Afreen Shaikh.
  3. ^ "Saudi Arabia To Host Women's Football Tournament". asiaone.co.in. 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Saudi Arabia to host maiden four-nation women's international friendly tournament – watch live!". FIFA. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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