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Flying start for hosts Jordan

29 July 2008

AMMAN – Hosts Jordan made an impressive start to the inaugural WAFF (West Asian Football Federation) Women’s Futsal Championship on Monday with an 18-0 demolition of Kuwait.

Farah Al Azab started the ball rolling with five of the goals while her team-mate Maysa Jbarah, who opened the scoring in the first minute, followed close behind with four.

Stephanie Al Naber and Zaina Petro both scored hat-tricks, Mira Zakaria notched a brace and Wa’ed Al Rawashdeh got her name on the score sheet with Jordan’s 18th goal in the final minute.

Iran and Syria also recorded opening day victories, defeating Lebanon 8-2 and Iraq 8-3 respectively.



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Jordan power past Palestine

30 July 2008

AMMAN – Hosts Jordan continued their emphatic form in the inaugural (West Asian Football Federation) Women’s Futsal Championship with an emphatic 16-3 hammering of Palestine on Tuesday.

Having hit four in Jordan’s 18-0 opening day win over Kuwait Maysa Jbarah took her individual goals tally to 11 scoring four in the first period and three in the second as the ladies from the Hashemite Kingdom outlined their title credentials.

Stephanie Al Naber weighed in with four, Farah Al Azab hit a hat-trick, while individual efforts from Ala’ Al Qrani and Mira Zakaria rounded off the scoring.

Marian Al Bandak struck twice in the second period while Hammah Gorban scored Palestine’s first goal in the competition in the 11th minute when the Jordanians were only 2-0 up.

In the other matches played on Tuesday, Iran also recorded their second win of the competition by coming from two goals down to defeat Syria 6-2, while Lebanon bounced back from their opening round loss to the Iranians with a 7-0 victory over Iraq.



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Palestine cruise into semis

31 July 2008

Palestine eased into the semi-finals with an 11-0 win over Kuwait.
AMMAN – Palestine eased into the semi-finals of the inaugural (West Asian Football Federation) Women’s Futsal Championship on Wednesday with an emphatic 11-0 crushing of Kuwait.

With Jordan having already confirmed their place in the last four as the winners of three-team Group B, Palestine and Kuwait faced of to see who would join the tournament hosts in the semi-finals.

As it turned out, Palestine emerged comfortable winners with Nora Abo Shanab scoring a hat-trick in the first five minutes before a Hamamah Gorban strike and a double from Marian Al Bandak gave the Palestinians a 6-0 lead at the break.

Honey Thaljieh continued from where Palestine left off with number seven three minutes into the second period before two goals from Sarab Al Shaer, Abo Shanab’s fourth of the night, and a strike right on the final whistle from Jachline Jazrawi completed the 11-0 win.

Meanwhile, Syria scraped into the semis after coming from a goal down to defeat Lebanon 2-1.

Sara Bakri gave the ladies from Lebanon the lead 13 minutes into the final Group A match only for Manar Al Mhanna to level the game three minutes after the interval.

With ten minutes of the game left to play Eva Ghazi scored the crucial goal that saw the Syrians advance to the semi-finals along with Group A winners Iran, who had earlier made it three-out-of-three with an emphatic 16-0 victory over Iraq.





Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com