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. The competition features clubs from the Saudi Women's Premier League, divided into two groups representing the Eastern and Western regions: Group AGroup 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.
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. 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:
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
Group B
Regional Challenge
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers
See also 2025–26 Saudi Women's Cup 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League
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