2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

2015 WAFF U-23 Olympic Teams Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Qatar
Dates 30 September – 14 October
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (1st title)
Runners-up  Syria
Third place  Qatar
Fourth place  Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 49 (3.06 per match)
Attendance 7,550 (472 per match)
Top scorer(s) Qatar Akram Afif (4 goals)
Best player Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari

The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Up to ten nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 30 September 30 to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015.[1] Iran won the title after they defeated Syria in the final. This was Iran's last WAFF competition before joining the Central Asian Football Association.

The competition was used as a warm up for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship which is also to be held in Qatar. This competition in turn is used as qualification for the Olympics football tournament of which these sides participating in the WAFF championship were eligible for.

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Qatar 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Yemen 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Palestine 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 3
 Jordan 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3

30 September 2015
16:30
Jordan  3–1  Yemen
Faisal  71'
Hisham  74', 77'
report Al-Hubaishi  90+3'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 150
Referee: Safwan Othman (Syria)

30 September 2015
19:30
Qatar  3–0  Palestine
Al-Moez  22'
Sanhaji  58'
Afif  90+3' (pen.)
report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 700
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)

3 October 2015
16:30
Palestine  1–3  Yemen
Batran  88' report Al-Hubaishi  15', 44'
Abdullah  24'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mihail Litvinov (Turkmenistan)

3 October 2015
19:30
Qatar  2–1  Jordan
Afif  21', 28' (pen.) report Hisham  29'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 500
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)

6 October 2015
16:30
Jordan  0–1  Palestine
report Batran  22'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

6 October 2015
19:30
Qatar  0–0  Yemen
report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 800
Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Iran 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
 Bahrain 2 0 0 2 2 5 3 0

1 October 2015
16:30
Iran  2–0  Bahrain
Cheshmi  29'
Fazeli  41'
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 700
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

4 October 2015
16:30
Iran  2–2  Saudi Arabia
Motahari  8', 16' Report Madou  18' (pen.)
Alsulayhim  79'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jawad Assi (Palestine)

7 October 2015
16:30
Saudi Arabia  3–2  Bahrain
Alghamdi  34'
Alsulayhim  80'
Madou  90+1' (pen.)
Report Abdulrasool  83' (pen.)
Hasan  90+3'

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Syria 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
 Oman 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0

1 October 2015
19:30
Syria  2–1  United Arab Emirates
Nakdali  17'
Al Bahr  23'
Report Mubarak  58'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 500
Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)

4 October 2015
19:30
United Arab Emirates  4–3  Oman
Khameis  15'
Khalfan  22'
Sultan  86'
Rabia  90+6'
Report Saleem  1'
Al Hamdani  82' (pen.)
Taaib  90+4'
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

7 October 2015
19:30
Oman  1–2  Syria
Al Siyabi  33' Report Nakdali  52', 53'

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up across all groups advance to semifinal. The results against the fourth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up team.

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Yemen 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

10 October 2015
16:30
Qatar  0–2  Syria
Report Al Mbayed  47'
Al Shami  90+5'
Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)

10 October 2015
20:15
Iran  2–1  Yemen
Mohammadi  9'
Daneshgar  47'
Report Abdulmuain  52'
Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jawad Assi (Palestine)

Third place

14 October 2015
16:30
Qatar  3–0  Yemen
Alaa  19'
Afif  68'
Sanhaji  90+1'
Report
Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 700
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

Final

14 October 2015
20:00
Syria  0–2  Iran
Report Naghizadeh  58'
Motahari  81'
Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Champion

 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship Champion 

Iran
First title

Final standing

Rank Team
1st  Iran
2nd  Syria
3rd  Qatar
4  Yemen
5  Saudi Arabia
6  United Arab Emirates
7  Palestine
8  Jordan
9  Oman
10  Bahrain

Player awards

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. "Doha to conduct WAFF Olympic Championship draw in September". QFA. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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