2015 WAFF U-16 Championship

2015 WAFF U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityAmman
Dates29 July – 6 August
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq (2nd title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place United Arab Emirates
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored34 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Mohanad Ali (5 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Abdan
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International football competition

The 2015 WAFF U-16 Championship is the fifth edition of the WAFF Youth Competition. The previous edition was an Under-16 age group competition held in Palestine in 2013.[1]

Participating nations

5 West Asian Federation teams entered the competition.

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Iraq 5th 2013 Champions (2013)
 Jordan 5th 2013 Third place (2007, 2013)
 Palestine 4th 2013 Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013)
 Saudi Arabia 1st
 United Arab Emirates 3rd 2013 Runners-up (2013)

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 4 4 0 0 12 1 +11 12
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 7
 United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6
 Palestine 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3
 Jordan 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
Source: WAFF
Jordan 0–5 Iraq
Report
  • Ali 4', 45', 64'
  • Shayyal 58'
  • Abed 66'
Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
Palestine 2–3 United Arab Emirates
  • Rashid 12'
  • Alhourani 80'
Report
  • Alhammadi 10'
  • Rashid 67' (o.g.)
  • Almehrzi 90+3' (pen.)
Referee: Falah Saad (Iraq)

Saudi Arabia 4–0 Palestine
  • Almas 11'
  • Alshaikhi 18'
  • Alabdan 82'
  • Alassaf 87' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Jordan
  • Amro 70' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Shukri Alhunfush (Saudi Arabia)

Palestine 1–0 Jordan
  • Alatawna 4'
Report
Referee: Shukri Alhunfush (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Iraq
Report
  • Ali 29' (pen.)
  • Al-Elayawi 76'
Referee: Ahmed Faisal (Jordan)

United Arab Emirates 2–4 Saudi Arabia
  • Alruwais 54'
  • Amro 90+4'
Report
  • Alabdan 12', 87'
  • Mahboob 22' (o.g.)
  • Mali 90+3'
Referee: Falah Saad (Iraq)
Iraq 3–0 Palestine
  • Mukhlif 35', 90+3'
  • Abed 40'
Report
Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Ali 90+3' Report
Jordan 2–2 Saudi Arabia

Champion

 2015 WAFF U-16 Championship champion 

Iraq
Second title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[2] Best player[2] Fair Play award
Iraq Mohanad Ali Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Abdan  Saudi Arabia

References

  1. ^ "قرعة اتحاد غرب اسيا الخامسة للناشئين".
  2. ^ a b "اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم العراق بطلاً للنسخة الخامسة للناشئين". Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

External links

  • Official website