2025–26 Saudi Women's Cup
| Tournament details | |
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| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 9 October 2025 – 6 May 2026 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. | |
The 2025–26 Saudi Women's Cup, officially the 2025–26 SAFF Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس الاتحاد السعودي للسيدات لموسم 2025/26) is the upcoming third season of the annual Saudi women's football cup competition. Twelve teams will participate in the competition.
Al-Ahli are the two-time defending champions, having won all editions of the competition to date.[1]
Participating clubs
Initially, under the format regulations, 16 teams qualified for the competition, including all clubs from the Premier League, with the remaining places filled by First Division teams according to their league placement. After four of the 16 qualified teams had disbanded, the Football Federation reintroduced a new format featuring 12 teams.
| Saudi Women's Premier League the 10 clubs of the 2024–25 season |
Saudi Women's First Division League the best 6 clubs of the 2024–25 season |
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- Notes
- † Club disbanded its women's football section following the conclusion of the 2024–25 season.
Seeding
Clubs were seeded first according to their league tier (Premier League or First Division), and subsequently by their final standings in the 2024–25 season. The top four teams received a bye to the quarter-finals, while the remaining clubs competed in the qualification round.[2]
| Bye to the Quarter-finals |
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| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Draw
The final draw was held on 1 September 2025 via videoconference from the headquarters of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in Riyadh.[3]
Knockout stage
Bracket
The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
| Qualification to quarterfinals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| – Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||
| 11 October – Qatif | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Taraji | 1 | |||||||||||||
| – Jeddah | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Qadsiah | ||||||||||||||
| 10 October – Jeddah | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||
| United Eagles | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 8 | |||||||||||||
| – Tabuk | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||
| 11 October – Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| NEOM | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Amal | 0 | |||||||||||||
| NEOM | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||||||
| – Dammam | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ula | ||||||||||||||
| 10 October – Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Flames | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hmmah | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Flames | 2 | |||||||||||||
Qualification to quarterfinals
| 10 October 2025 | Al-Hmmah | 1–2 | Eastern Flames | Riyadh |
| 18:10 |
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Stadium: Al Yamamah University Staduym Referee: Naif Al-Otaibi |
| 10 October 2025 | Al-Ittihad | 8–1 | United Eagles | Jeddah |
| 18:40 |
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Stadium: Al-Ittihad Club Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Qahtani |
| 11 October 2025 | Al-Taraji | 1–7 | Al Hilal | Qatif |
| 17:55 |
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Stadium: Prince NBA Sports City Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Saadoon |
| 11 October 2025 | Al-Amal | 0–10 | NEOM | Riyadh |
| 19:00 | Stadium: Al Yamamah University Staduym Referee: Faisal Al-Saadoon |
Prize money
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation announced the tournament's prize money, unchanged from the last edition.[4]
| Place | Teams | Amount (in riyal) |
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| 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
- ^ "Back-to-Back Champions: Al-Ahli Women Win the SAFF Women's Cup Again". alahlifc.sa. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "With the participation of 12 teams, the draw for the Saudi Women's Federation Cup was conducted via videoconference". sabq.org (in Arabic). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Al-Jidani, Riyan (1 September 2025). "The draw determines the path of the third edition of the Saudi Women's Federation Cup". goal.com (in Arabic). INDIVISA. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "The draw ceremony for the Saudi Federation Women's Cup for the 2025–26 sporting season was conducted". Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.