Hosted by Turkish Football Federation, the final matches of Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup 2025 were played today at TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities in Riva.

Turkish Women's U18 National Team, coached by Nazlı Ceylan Demirbağ, faced Lebanon in the 5th place match. With a 4-1 victory, Turkey secured 5th place in the tournament. Our national team had started the tournament with a 1-0 win over Thailand, followed by losses to Zambia (3-0) and Colombia (1-0).

Stadium: TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities

Referees: Gülhan Terlikli, Semra Bulut, Gamze Altınova, Emine Öz (Türkiye)

Türkiye: Esra Yarım, Büşra Coşar, Rüveyda Gürbüz, Rabia Çakır, Mevlüde Melek Okuyan (70. min - Ceren Güzelhan), Sana Coşkun (80. min - Ceren Özkan), Merve Nur Taşucu, Sude Ngozi Öztaş, Yaren Ersen (80. min. - Elif Çetin), Zeliya Nur Şengül (57. min. - Sibel Köksal), Açelya Nomak

Lebanon: Marcelle Skaiki, Ayana Rezkallah, Lea El Hage Ali (54. min. - Caren Serhal), Tatiana Kanaan (54. min. - Chloe Maalouf), Lynn Moutrann, Celine Bitar (57. min. - Cecile Iskandar), Elissa Hariri, Sherin Hasno (77. min. - Mariam Hamaoui), Sherren Karnib (77. min. - Luna Khazem), Maryam Mounzer (45. min. - Remi Meli), Paula Karam

Goals: Sherren Karnib (9. min.), Yaren Ersen (32. and 40. mins.),  Zeliya Nur Şengül (56. min.), Açelya Numan (86. min.)

Yellow Cards: Mevlüde Melek Okuyan (67. min.), Merve Nur Taşucu (90. min.)

Colombia crowned champions of the tournament

The final match of WU18 UEFA Friendship Cup 2025 was contested between Colombia and Finland. After a goalless draw in regular time, Colombia defeated Finland 3-1 in the penalty shootout to claim the championship title.

In the 3rd place match, Tanzania prevailed over Zambia in a dramatic penalty shootout, winning 6-5 after a 1-1 draw in regular time.

In the 7th place match, Thailand and Jamaica drew 3-3 after 90 minutes. Jamaica then won 5-4 on penalties to secure 7th place.

Colombia took their championship trophy and medals from TFF Board Member Responsible for Amateur Football, Women's Football and Disabled Football Ural Aküzüm. The awards and medals for the participating teams were presented by UEFA Head of International Relations Chris Milnes, along with UEFA Technical Observers Rita Guarino and Anja Milenkovic.

Date - Time	Group	1st Team	Score	2nd Team	Stadium / Venue
31.03.2025 - 11.30	A	Thailand	0-1	Türkiye	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
31.03.2025 - 16.00	A	Zambia	4-5 P.	Colombia	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
31.03.2025 - 12.00	B	Jamaica	0-4	Finland	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
31.03.2025 - 16.30	B	Lebanon	0-1	Tanzania	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
03.04.2025 - 12.00	A	Türkiye	0-3	Zambia	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
03.04.2025 - 16.30	A	Colombia	4-1 P.	Thailand	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
03.04.2025 - 11.30	B	Finland	4-0	Lebanon	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
03.04.2025 - 16.00	B	Tanzania	1-0	Jamaica	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
06.04.2025 - 11.30	A	Thailand	3-1	Zambia	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
06.04.2025 - 16.00	A	Türkiye	0-1	Colombia	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
06.04.2025 - 12.00	B	Jamaica	1-4	Lebanon	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
06.04.2025 - 16.30	B	Finland	3-1	Tanzania	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
09.04.2025 - 10.30	7th Place	Thailand	3-3 4-5 P.	Jamaica	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
09.04.2025 - 11.00	5th Place	Türkiye	4-1	Lebanon	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
09.04.2025 - 14.00	3rd Place	Zambia	1-1 5-6 P.	Tanzania	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities
09.04.2025 - 16.00	Final	Colombia	0-0 3-1 P.	Finland	TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities

 

 

Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup 2025 brought together talented young female players from across the world to form new communities and gain invaluable experience of international football.

Eight teams of young footballers gathered in Türkiye recently for Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup 2025, a competition concept involving youth international teams from all over the globe coming together to compete.

Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup aims to provide young players - many of whom have never played at this level or even been abroad - with fresh opportunities to gain exposure to international football. In doing so, UEFA is hoping to help players not only develop their technical skills, but also broaden their horizons, experience new cultures and make lifelong friendships.

Eight teams played across Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup held in Riva in Türkiye over the past ten days.

Encouraging technical development

Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup offers players a rare opportunity to gain exposure to different playing styles and teams from other football confederations and are a development opportunity for coaches and referees too.

To facilitate knowledge sharing, UEFA also appointed technical observers for the tournament, whose role was to share analysis and insights with the coaching teams.

Dedicated technical reports will be written for the tournament, providing detailed analysis for both the participating teams and others to learn from and further develop their technical understanding.

How Women's U18 UEFA Friendship Cup works

The tournament comprised two groups of four teams. Round robins were followed by play-offs between the two groups to determine the final tournament positions, with the first-place team in group A playing first-place team in group B and so on.

Turkish Football Federation played an invaluable role as host, providing accommodation, match and training venues, appointing referees and organising transport for teams and officials.