Started Jan. 7 in Bahrain. Five teams participating: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine. Jan. 7 Bahrain 3 - Lebanon 2 Jordan 4 - United Arab Emirates 1 Jan. 9 Bahrain vs. Palestine Lebanon vs. United Arab Emirates Jan. 11 Lebanon vs. Jordan Palestine vs. United Arab Emirates Jan. 13 Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates Palestine vs. Jordan Jan. 15 Bahrain vs. Jordan Palestine vs. Lebanon
Full coverage of the hosts' first game here: Bahrain vs Lebanon - mycujoo.tv/video/waff?id=32815 - (Match report by the AFC / Archived)
^ Bahrain in the red kits btw Previous WAFF threads - 2005 Jordan / 2011 Abu Dhabi - with @jonny63, @mcruic, @Kutsuit & @Mani These are the competing teams' Fifa rankings: 52 Jordan (JOR) 92 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 106 Palestine (PLE) 134 Lebanon (LIB) 153/inactive: Bahrain (BHR) - previous rank 72 It looks like these are Lebanon's first senior internationals since 2015. Only their youth teams have been active. Palestine haven't played since 2017, reaching their best ranking in 2013 (84th). The other 3 teams met each other in the Asian Cup qualifiers in 2017 (see the Middle East thread). Jordan topped the group. The 2019 hosts, Bahrain, tuned up by playing Sri Lanka in a trio of games in December 2018, all 3 won by Bahrain.
Match video from day 2 (Kickoff @14:00 mins): Bahrain (white) v Palestine (red) - mycujoo.tv/video/waff?id=32817 - (Match report by the AFC / Archived)
So, today it's the big one The tournament decider: Bahrain v Jordan Stream: mycujoo.tv/video/waff?id=32826 Kickoff 16:00 GMT The home team Bahrain must win, while Jordan need a draw to take the title. The support for the tournament in Bahrain has been good to see. There's also a contest for the golden boot, which will be won by Hessa Alisa (BHR) or Raya Hina (JOR), currently level on goals. Also on matchday 5, in the earlier game, Palestine will play Lebanon (13:00 GMT). Day 3 match reports - AFC (Archived) // Day 4 reports (Archived)