2015 WAFF U-16 Championship

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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
2013
2018

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 N/A N/A
 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 Goal 4', 45', 64'
  • Goal 58'
  • Goal 66'
Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
Palestine 2–3 United Arab Emirates
  • Goal 12'
  • Goal 80'
Report
  • Goal 10'
  • Goal 67' (o.g.)
  • Goal 90+3' (pen.)
Referee: Falah Saad (Iraq)

Saudi Arabia 4–0 Palestine
Report
Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Jordan
Report
Referee: Shukri Alhunfush (Saudi Arabia)

Palestine 1–0 Jordan
  • Goal 4'
Report
Referee: Shukri Alhunfush (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Iraq
Report
Referee: Ahmed Faisal (Jordan)

United Arab Emirates 2–4 Saudi Arabia
  • Goal 54'
  • Goal 90+4'
Report
  • Goal 12', 87'
  • Goal 22' (o.g.)
  • Goal 90+3'
Referee: Falah Saad (Iraq)
Iraq 3��0 Palestine
  • Goal 35', 90+3'
  • Goal 40'
Report
Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Ali Goal 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".

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