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2018 WAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
City	Amman
Dates	1–9 August
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	Jordan
Fourth place	Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	36 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Reziq Banihani (6 goals)
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The 2018 WAFF U-16 Championship is the sixth edition of the WAFF Youth Competition. The previous edition was an Under-16 age group competition held in Jordan in 2015.

Participating nations

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
India	1st	—	—
Iraq	6th	2015	Champions (2013, 2015)
Japan	1st	—	—
Jordan	6th	2015	Third place (2007, 2013)
Yemen	2nd	2009	Group stage (2009)

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	4	0	0	9	4	+5	12
India	4	3	0	1	9	2	+7	9
Jordan	4	2	0	2	11	9	+2	6
Yemen	4	1	0	3	5	4	+1	3
Iraq	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0

Jordan	0–4	India
	Report	V. P. Singh 43', 61', 73' Oram 84'

Yemen	0–1	Japan
	Report	Nakano 63'

Yemen	2–0	Iraq
Ali 62', 85'	Report

Japan	2–1	India
Kondo 57' Toyama 64'	Report	V. P. Singh 26'

Japan	3–2	Jordan
Kondo 31' Handa 54' Aoki 64'	Report	Banihani 8' Alruzi 90+4'

India	1–0	Iraq
Shendre 90+3'	Report

India	3–0	Yemen
H. Singh 39' Demello 47' Danu 49'	Report

Iraq	1–7	Jordan
Mohammad 57'	Report	Banihani 16', 33', 50', 53', 85' Alhanahneh 37' Al Shanaineh 90+3'

Iraq	1–3	Japan
Abed 65'	Report	Toyama 49' Nakano 88', 90'

Jordan	2–1	Yemen
Smreen 71', 80'	Report	Ali 81'

Champion

2018 WAFF U-16 Championship champion
Japan First title

References

1. "WAFF U16 Championship". Retrieved 2018-07-01.

External links

• Official website

• WAFF Championship tournaments
• August 2018 sports events in Asia
• International association football competitions hosted by Jordan
• 2018 in Asian football
• 2018–19 in Jordanian football