2023 WAFF U-15 Championship

2023 WAFF U-15 Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا العاشرة للناشئين
Tournament details
Host countryOman
CitySalalah
Dates11–20 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yemen (2nd title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored28 (1.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Zain Al-Abidin Jassim (4 goals)
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The 2023 WAFF U-15 Championship was the 10th edition of the WAFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by the WAFF for the men's under-15 national teams of West Asia. It was hosted by Oman for the first time. Eight national teams took part in the tournament.

Jordan were the defending champions but were eliminated at the group stages. Yemen won the second title, beating Saudi Arabia 3–2 on penalties.

Participating nations

Eight nations from the WAFF participated in the tournament; Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Palestine did not take part.[1]

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Iraq 10th 2022 Champions (2013, 2015)
 Jordan 10th 2022 Champions (2022)
 Lebanon 6th 2022 Runners-up (2022)
 Oman 3rd 2022 Fifth place (2019)
 Saudi Arabia 4th 2021 Champions (2019)
 Syria 7th 2022 Champions (2007)
 United Arab Emirates 5th 2021 Runners-up (2013)
 Yemen 6th 2022 Champions (2021)

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, OST (UTC+4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yemen 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3  Oman (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: WAFF
(H) Hosts
Iraq 1–2 Yemen
  • Waheed 26' (pen.)
Oman 1–0 Lebanon
Lebanon 0–3 Iraq
Yemen 1–0 Oman
Yemen 2–0 Lebanon
Oman 1–1 Iraq

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4[a]
3  Jordan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
4  Syria 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source: WAFF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: United Arab Emirates 3, Jordan 0.
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Syria
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Jordan
Jordan 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Syria 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Syria 0–1 Jordan
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Saudi Arabia

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Yemen 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Iraq

Final

Yemen 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Penalties
 3–2

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 1.87 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "WAFF U-15 Championship Matches Schedule 2023: Match Dates for Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the UAE, and Others, along with Broadcasting Channels". newsy.elsob7.com (in Arabic). Reema. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.