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2023 WAFF U-15 Championship

بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا العاشرة للناشئين
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	Yemen (2nd title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	28 (1.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zain Al-Abidin Jassim (4 goals)
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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.

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Iraq	10th	2022	Champions (2013, 2015)
Jordan	10th	2022	Champions (2022)
Lebanon	6th	2022	Runners-up (2022)
Oman	3rd	2022	Fifth place (2019)
Saudi Arabia	4th	2021	Champions (2019)
Syria	7th	2022	Champions (2007)
United Arab Emirates	5th	2021	Runners-up (2013)
Yemen	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
1	Yemen	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Oman (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Lebanon	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Iraq	1–2	Yemen
Waheed 26' (pen.)		Al-Khader 3' (pen.) Shamseddin 5'

Oman	1–0	Lebanon
Al-Braidaei 53' (pen.)

Lebanon	0–3	Iraq
		Abdulridha 34' Jassim 51', 72'

Yemen	1–0	Oman
Abdulnabi 26'

Yemen	2–0	Lebanon
Al-Ward 73' Atwi 75'

Oman	1–1	Iraq
Al-Amiri 67' (o.g.)		Jassim 54'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Jordan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Syria	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

1. ^ Head-to-head points: United Arab Emirates 3, Jordan 0.

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Syria
Sufyani 8' Al-Awfi 45+4' (pen.)

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Jordan
Bin Mahdi 41'

Jordan	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Al-Tameezi 20', 32'		Al-Awfi 47' Hazazi 90+7'

Syria	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Dinawi 83'

Syria	0–1	Jordan
		Al-Masry 34'

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Saudi Arabia

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Yemen	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Qasem 54', 87'

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Iraq
Ahmed 28' Saeed 39'		Jassim 60'

Final

Yemen	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Al-Khader 11'		Al-Dawood 77'
Penalties
Al-Khader Qasem Al-Nasheri Rahman Al-Ahmed	3–2	Al-Awfi Asiri Barnawi Hazazi Al-Fawaz

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 1.87 goals per match.

4 goals

• Zain Al-Abidin Jassim

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

1. "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.

• WAFF Championship tournaments
• December 2023 sports events in Asia
• International association football competitions hosted by Oman