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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

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

Syria	1–0	Lebanon
Kassem 80'	Report

Syria	1–1	Bahrain
Alsarakbi 21'	Report	Alhaja 86' (o.g.)

Lebanon	0–1	Bahrain
	Report	Albadawi 12'

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

Oman	0–2	Jordan
	Report	Azazmeh 67' Marar 84'

Palestine	1–1	Oman
Awayssa 90+5'	Report	Alrawahi 13'

Jordan	4–1	Palestine
Alrefa'i 12' Obeidat 18' Alalem 37' Mohammad 52'	Report	Shreiteh 21'

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

Iraq	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Barrah 14'

Kuwait	0–0	Iraq
	Report

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

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

Kuwait	2–1	Lebanon
Alheleeli 21' Alsulaili 39'	Report	Alkandari 90+2' (o.g.)

Palestine	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Alheleeli 61' Alsulaili 73'

Lebanon	2–1	Palestine
Nasserddine 54' Al Awad 79'	Report	Shreiteh 23'

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

Iraq	3–1	Bahrain
Rahem 49' Neamah 66' Kadhim 86'	Report	Tarada 72'

Oman	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Bahrain	1–1	Oman
Helal 86'	Report	Alruzaiqi 90+4'

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

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Syria
Ayyash 14' Bernawi 63' Al-Mutairi 89'	Report

Jordan	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Alrefai 23'	Report	Bernawi 34' Al-Aliwa 55' Abdulraoof 63'

Syria	1–2	Jordan
Samarah 38' (o.g.)	Report	Alalem 9', 70'

Champion

2019 WAFF U-16 Championship champion
Saudi Arabia First title

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Saudi Arabia
	Jordan
	Syria
4	Iraq
5	Oman
6	Bahrain
7	Kuwait
8	Lebanon
9	Palestine

References

1. للأنباء, السعودية (11 July 2019). "حارس #المنتخب_السعودي "بلال الدواء" أفضل حارس في بطولة #غرب_آسيا_للناشئين_2019pic.twitter.com/2rj78cbJaG".
2. ^ "تحديد موعد قرعة بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئين". كووورة. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
3. "أخضر الناشئين يفوز بلقب بطولة غرب آسيا". نبض لبنان. 9 July 2019.
4. "مدرب ناشئي سوريا يكشف هدفه الأهم في بطولة غرب آسيا". كووورة. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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