2024–25 SAFF Women's Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 17 October – TBC[1] |
| Teams | 16 |
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. | |
the 2024–25 SAFF Women's Cup will be the second season of the annual Saudi women's football cup competition. Sixteen teams participated in the competition. Al-Ahli are the defending champions, having beaten Al-Shabab 3–2 in the 2024 final on 28 March 2024.
Participating clubs
[edit]The following clubs qualified for the competition:[2]
| Saudi Women's Premier League the 10 clubs of the 2024–25 based on their 2023–24 league position |
Saudi Women's First Division League the best 6 clubs of the 2023–24 based on their 2023–24 league position |
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- Notes
- † Despite originally qualifying for the cup, Al-Taqadom did not confirm its participation in the cup within the specified timeframe set by the Competitions Committee. Therefore they were replaced by Al-Shoulla.[3]
Seeding
[edit]Clubs were seeded first based on their league tier (Premier and First Division), and subsequently based on their positions in their respective leagues from the 2023–24 season.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 19 October – Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Shabab | ||||||||||||||
| Phoenix | ||||||||||||||
| 18 October – Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| Al Hilal | ||||||||||||||
| Abha | ||||||||||||||
| 19 October – Jeddah | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hmmah | ||||||||||||||
| 18 October – Medina | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ula | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| 18 October – Khobar | ||||||||||||||
| Al Qadsiah | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Amal | ||||||||||||||
| 19 October – Al Kharj | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Shoulla | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Flames | ||||||||||||||
| 18 October – Jeddah | ||||||||||||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||
| Jeddah | ||||||||||||||
| 19 October – Qatif | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Taraji | ||||||||||||||
| Al Nassr | ||||||||||||||
Round of 16
[edit]| 18 October 2024 | Al Qadsiah | Match 5 | Al-Amal | khobar |
| 17:45 | Report | Stadium: Al Qadsiah Club Stadium |
| 18 October 2024 | Al-Ittihad | Match 7 | Jeddah | Jeddah |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Al-Ittihad Club Stadium |
| 19 October 2024 | Al-Shabab | Match 1 | Phoenix | Riyadh |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium |
| 19 October 2024 | Al-Shoulla | Match 6 | Eastern Flames | Al Kharj |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
| 19 October 2024 | Al-Ahli | Match 3 | Al-Hmmah | Jeddah |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Al-Ahli Club Stadium |
| 19 October 2024 | Al-Taraji | Math 8 | Al Nassr | Qatif |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Al-Taraji Club Stadium |
Quarter-finals
[edit]| TBC 2024 | Winner 1 | Match 9 | Winner 2 | Riyadh or Taif |
| TBC 2024 | Winner 3 | Match 10 | Winner 4 | Medina or Riyadh |
| TBC 2024 | Winner 5 | Match 11 | Winner 6 | Qatif or Dammam |
| TBC 2024 | Winner 7 | Match 12 | Winner 8 | Jeddah |
Semi-finals
[edit]| TBC 2025 | Winner 9 | Match 13 | Winner 10 | Abha or Riyadh or Taif |
| TBC 2025 | Winner 11 | Match 14 | Winner 12 | Jeddah or Qatif or Riyadh |
Third place play-off
[edit]| TBC 2025 | v |
Final
[edit]| TBC 2025 | v |
Prize money
[edit]The Saudi Football Federation has raised the prize for the winner from 750,000 to 1 million Saudi Riyals, while maintaining the second-place prize at 500,000 Saudi Riyals and the third-place prize at 200,000 Saudi Riyals.
| Place | Teams | Amount (in riyal) |
|---|---|---|
| Champions | 1 | 1,000,000 SAR |
| Runners-up | 1 | 500,000 SAR |
| Third place | 1 | 200,000 SAR |
| Total | 3 | 1,700,000 SAR |
References
[edit]- ^ "الكشف عن موعد انطلاق الدوري السعودي للسيدات" [Revealing the start date of the Saudi Women's League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
SAFF has set the start date for the second edition of the SAFF Women's Cup 2024/2025, which will be on October 17th, but the end date has not been determined.
- ^ "تحديد الأندية المشاركة في الدرجة الأولى وكأس السعودية للسيدات" [Determining the clubs participating in the Women's First Division and the Saudi Women's Cup]. 12 July 2024 (in Arabic). 11 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "اعتماد مشاركة الوحدة والشعلة في دوري الدرجة الأولى وكأس الاتحاد للسيدات" [Approval of Al Wehda and Al-Shoulla participation in the Women's First Division League and SAFF Women's Cup]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.