2025 Saudi Women's Premier Challenge Cup – Winter edition
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 10–20 December 2025 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Al-Nassr (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Al-Hilal |
| Third place | Al-Ittihad |
| Fourth place | Al-Ahli |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 78 (5.57 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Clara Luvanga (NSR) (8 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Andreia Faria (NSR) |
| Best goalkeeper | Mona Abdulrahman (NSR) |
The 2025 Saudi Women's Premier Challenge Cup – Winter edition was the inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Premier Challenge Cup, the annual Premier's league cup competition.
Format
The competition adopts a regional group-and-knockout format for its inaugural edition.[1] The competition features clubs from the Saudi Women's Premier League, divided into two groups representing the Eastern and Western regions:
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
The group stage is played as a single round-robin, with each team playing two matches. The first and second-seeded teams in each group are paired against the third and fourth-seeded sides. Matches drawn after 90 minutes proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. Teams earn 3 points for a win in normal time, 2 points for a shoot-out win, and 1 point for a shoot-out loss.[2]
The top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage, while the bottom two advance to the Regional Challenge. The semi-final winners qualify for the final, with the losing teams contesting the third-place match.[3]
Group stage
- Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win in normal time, 2 points for a penalty shoot-out win, 1 point for a penalty shoot-out loss, 0 points for a loss in normal time). If two or more teams are equal on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given:[4]
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point; red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points; direct red card = 3 points; yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points). The team with the lower total ranks higher;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Nassr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Al-Qadsiah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to the Regional Challenge |
| 4 | Eastern Flames | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
| Al-Nassr | 9–1 | Eastern Flames |
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| Al-Hilal | 3–5 | Al-Qadsiah |
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| Al-Qadsiah | 0–2 | Al-Nassr |
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| Eastern Flames | 0–5 | Al-Hilal |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Ahli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Al-Ula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | Advanced to the Regional Challenge |
| 4 | NEOM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
| Al-Ittihad | 1–0 | Al-Ula |
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| NEOM | 1–6 | Al-Ittihad |
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Regional Challenge
| Al-Qadsiah | 4–3 | Eastern Flames |
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| Al-Ula | 6–0 | NEOM |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| 17 December | ||||||||
| Al-Nassr | 5 | |||||||
| 20 December | ||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 0 | |||||||
| Al-Nassr | 2 | |||||||
| 17 December | ||||||||
| Al-Hilal | 0 | |||||||
| Al-Ahli | 2 | |||||||
| Al-Hilal | 6 | |||||||
| Third place | ||||||||
| 20 December | ||||||||
| Al-Ittihad (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||
| Al-Ahli | 2 (1) | |||||||
Semi-finals
| Al-Nassr | 5–0 | Al-Ittihad |
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Third place play-off
| Al-Ittihad | 2–2 | Al-Ahli |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–1 | ||
Final
Goalscorers
There were 78 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 5.57 goals per match.
8 goals
Clara Luvanga (NSR)
6 goals
Asisat Oshoala (HIL)
5 goals
Naomie Kaba Kaba (AHL)
Ibtissam Jraïdi (AHL)
4 goals
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Jéssica Silva (HIL)
3 goals
Lina Boussaha (ITI)
Rayanne Machado (QAD)
Dalia Abu-Laban (AHL)
2 goals
- Duda Francelino (NSR)
- Tuani Lemos (ULA)
- Letícia Nunes (ITI)
- Ruth Kipoyi (NSR)
Nesrine Bahlouli (NSR)
Dzsenifer Marozsán (QAD)- Andreia Faria (NSR)
- Shuruq Al-Hwsawi (NSR)
- Nawras Al-Khaldi (ULA)
- Lamar Balkhudher (ITI)
- Noura Ibrahim (QAD)
1 goal
Selma Kapetanović (ULA)
Rose Bella (ULA)- Charlène Meyong (AHL)
- Ajara Nchout (QAD)
- Kheira Hamraoui (HIL)
- Francisca Ordega (ITI)
- Munirah Al-Ali (EFL)
- Areej Al-Anzi (NEO)
- Leen Al-Blehid (HIL)
- Yara Al-Faris (QAD)
- Majd Al-Otaibi (ULA)
- Abeer Al-Shammari (HIL)
- Atheer Al-Subaie (EFL)
- Al-Adda Fahad (HIL)
- Safa Zedadka (ULA)
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Oriana Altuve (EFL)
1 own goal
- Kholoud Al-Harthi (NEO, against Al-Ittihad)
- Reema Al-Qadhibi (ULA; against Al-Ahli)
See also
References
- ^ "انطلاق تحدي الشتاء لأندية الدوري الممتاز للسيدات" [Kick-off of the Women’s Premier League Winter Challenge]. alyaum.com (in Arabic). Qatif. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ Al-Ajami, Shawk (3 December 2025). "«تحدي الشتاء».. عاشر البطولات النسائية" [Winter Challenge'… the tenth women's competition.]. arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). Riyadh. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ Al-Jidani, Riyan (3 December 2025). "السعودية تطلق بطولة جديدة لأندية الممتاز للسيدات" [Saudi Arabia launches a new competition for Women’s Premier League clubs.]. goal.com (in Arabic). Jeddah: INDIVISA. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "2025 Saudi Women's Premier Challenge Cup Regulation" (PDF) (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2025.