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 Zinedine Al-Rubaie (4 goals)
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International football competition

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.

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.)
  • Al-Khader 3' (pen.)
  • Shamseddin 5'
Oman 1–0 Lebanon
  • Al-Braidaei 53' (pen.)
Lebanon 0–3 Iraq
  • Abdulridha 34'
  • Al-Rubaie 51', 72'
Yemen 1–0 Oman
  • Abdulnabi 26'
Yemen 2–0 Lebanon
  • Al-Ward 73'
  • Atwi 75'
Oman 1–1 Iraq
  • Al-Amiri 67' (o.g.)
  • Al-Rubaie 54'

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
  • Sufyani 8'
  • Al-Awfi 45+4' (pen.)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Jordan
  • Bin Mahdi 41'
Jordan 2–2 Saudi Arabia
  • Al-Tameezi 20', 32'
  • Al-Awfi 47'
  • Hazazi 90+7'
Syria 1–0 United Arab Emirates
  • Dinawi 83'
Syria 0–1 Jordan
  • Al-Masry 34'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Yemen 2–0 United Arab Emirates
  • Qasem 54', 87'
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Iraq
  • Ahmed 28'
  • Saeed 39'
  • Al-Rubaie 60'

Final

Yemen 1–1 Saudi Arabia
  • Al-Khader 11'
  • Al-Dawood 77'
Penalties
  • Al-Khader soccer ball with red X
  • Qasem soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Nasheri soccer ball with red X
  • Rahman soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Ahmed soccer ball with check mark
 3–2
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Awfi
  • soccer ball with red X Asiri
  • soccer ball with red X Barnawi
  • soccer ball with check mark Hazazi
  • soccer ball with red X Al-Fawaz

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

  • Iraq Zinedine Al-Rubaie

2 goals

  • Jordan Mahmoud Al-Tameezi
  • Saudi Arabia Al-Waleed Al-Awfi
  • Yemen Abdulrahman Al-Khader
  • Yemen Adel Abbas Qasem

1 goal

  • Iraq Ahmed Abdulridha
  • Iraq Alaa Waheed
  • Jordan Azzedine Al-Masry
  • Oman Al-Walid Al-Braidaei
  • Saudi Arabia Thari Ahmed
  • Saudi Arabia Meshal Al-Dawood
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Hazazi
  • Saudi Arabia Abubakr Saeed
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Sufyani
  • Syria Abdelrahman Dinawi
  • United Arab Emirates Hazza Bin Mahdi
  • Yemen Abdulrahman Abdulnabi
  • Yemen Omar Atwi
  • Yemen Mohammed Shamseddin
  • Yemen Mardan Al-Ward

1 own goal

  • Iraq Ali Al-Amiri (against Oman)

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.