2023 WAFF U-15 Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا العاشرة للناشئين | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Oman |
City | Salalah |
Dates | 11–20 December |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 28 (1.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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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 |
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![]() | 10th | 2022 | Champions (2013, 2015) |
![]() | 10th | 2022 | Champions (2022) |
![]() | 6th | 2022 | Runners-up (2022) |
![]() | 3rd | 2022 | Fifth place (2019) |
![]() | 4th | 2021 | Champions (2019) |
![]() | 7th | 2022 | Champions (2007) |
![]() | 5th | 2021 | Runners-up (2013) |
![]() | 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 |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: United Arab Emirates 3, Jordan 0.
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Jordan ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Syria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Yemen ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Final
Yemen ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
| 3–2 |
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Goalscorers
There were 28 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 1.87 goals per match.
4 goals
Zinedine Al-Rubaie
2 goals
Mahmoud Al-Tameezi
Al-Waleed Al-Awfi
Abdulrahman Al-Khader
Adel Abbas Qasem
1 goal
Ahmed Abdulridha
Alaa Waheed
Azzedine Al-Masry
Al-Walid Al-Braidaei
Thari Ahmed
Meshal Al-Dawood
Abdullah Hazazi
Abubakr Saeed
Abdulrahman Sufyani
Abdelrahman Dinawi
Hazza Bin Mahdi
Abdulrahman Abdulnabi
Omar Atwi
Mohammed Shamseddin
Mardan Al-Ward
1 own goal
Ali Al-Amiri (against Oman)
References
- ^ "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.
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