2019 WAFF U-15 Championship

2019 WAFF U-15 Championship

بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا السابعة للناشئين
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
City	Zarqa
Dates	1–11 July
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Syria
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Muhannad Barah (3 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Bilal Al-Dawa
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2019 WAFF U-15 Championship was the seventh edition of the WAFF U-16 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the men's under-15 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Zarqa, Jordan from 1 to 11 July 2019. The draw of the competition was held on 9 June 2019. Saudi Arabia won the championship title for the first time in its history after winning all its matches.

Format

The groups winners of the three groups in the first round played in a single round-robin format, in order to determine the top three in the tournament. The second-placed teams played in the same way on the 4–6 positions, while the third-placed teams in their groups played on the 7–9 positions.

Participating nations

All West Asian Federation teams entered the competition except Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Bahrain	2nd	2009	Group stage (2009)
Iraq	7th	2018	Champions (2013, 2015)
Jordan	7th	2018	Third place (2007, 2013, 2018)
Kuwait	2nd	2009	Group stage (2009)
Lebanon	3rd	2007	Fourth place (2005)
Oman	1st	—	—
Palestine	5th	2015	Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013, 2015)
Saudi Arabia	2nd	2015	Runners-up (2015)
Syria	4th	2009	Champions (2007)

Officials

Referees

• Mohammed Salman Al-Noori (Iraq)
• Mohammed Bunafoor (Bahrain)
• Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)
• Jamil Ramadan (Lebanon)
• Taher Bakkar (Syria)
• Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)
• Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)
• Adel Al-Naqbi (UAE)
• Emad Bojeh (Palestine)
• Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Assistant Referees

• Ahmed Sabah Al-Baghadi (Iraq)
• Salman Tlasi (Bahrain)
• Hamza Saadeh (Jordan)
• Mohammad Rammal (Lebanon)
• Rami Taan (Syria)
• Faisal Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia)
• Sayed Ali (Kuwait)
• Zayed Dawood Kamal (UAE)
• Ashraf Abuzubaida (Palestine)

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Final stage
2	Bahrain	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Lebanon	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: WAFF

1 July 2019 (2019-07-01)

16:00

Syria	1–0	Lebanon
Kassem File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Mohammad Shebeeb (Iraq)

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3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)

16:00

Syria	1–1	Bahrain
Alsarakbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'	Report	Alhaja File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (o.g.)

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

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5 July 2019 (2019-07-05)

16:00

Lebanon	0–1	Bahrain
	Report	Albadawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Emad Bojeh (Palestine)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Final stage
2	Oman	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
3	Palestine	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Source: WAFF

1 July 2019 (2019-07-01)

22:00

Oman	0–2	Jordan
	Report	Azazmeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Marar File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Jamil Ramadan (Lebanon)

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3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)

16:00

Palestine	1–1	Oman
Awayssa File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	Report	Alrawahi File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)

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5 July 2019 (2019-07-05)

19:00

Jordan	4–1	Palestine
Alrefa'i File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Obeidat File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Alalem File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Mohammad File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Report	Shreiteh File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Taher Bakkar (Syria)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Final stage
2	Iraq	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
3	Kuwait	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1

Source: WAFF

1 July 2019 (2019-07-01)

22:00

Iraq	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Barrah File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)

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3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)

16:00

Kuwait	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Mohammad Bonfour (Bahrain)

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5 July 2019 (2019-07-05)

22:00

Saudi Arabia	6–1	Kuwait
Barrah File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 20' Al-Aliwa File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Majrashi File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Bin Hibah File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Alabdrbalnab File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Report	Alrashidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Second round

7th–9th classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
2	Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Palestine	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: WAFF

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)

22:00

Kuwait	2–1	Lebanon
Alheleeli File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Alsulaili File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report	Alkandari File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' (o.g.)

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Mohammed Shabeeb (Iraq)

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9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

22:00

Palestine	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Alheleeli File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Alsulaili File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Mohammad Bonfour (Bahrain)

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11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)

22:30

Lebanon	2–1	Palestine
Nasserddine File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Al Awad File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Shreiteh File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)

4th–6th classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
2	Oman	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Bahrain	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

Source: WAFF

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)

19:00

Iraq	3–1	Bahrain
Rahem File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Neamah File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Kadhim File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Tarada File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

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9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

19:00

Oman	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Taher Bakkar (Syria)

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11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)

19:30

Bahrain	1–1	Oman
Helal File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Alruzaiqi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Mohammad Mofeed (Jordan)

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
2	Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Syria	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: WAFF

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)

16:00

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Syria
Ayyash File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Bernawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Al-Mutairi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Adel Alnaqbi (Oman)

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9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

16:00

Jordan	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Alrefai File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Report	Bernawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Al-Aliwa File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Abdulraoof File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Qassim Al Hatemi (Oman)

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11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)

16:00

Syria	1–2	Jordan
Samarah File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (o.g.)	Report	Alalem File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 70'

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Champion

2019 WAFF U-16 Championship champion
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia First title

Final standing

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Saudi Arabia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Jordan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Syria
4	Iraq
5	Oman
6	Bahrain
7	Kuwait
8	Lebanon
9	Palestine