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2024 WAFF U-16 Championship

بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الحادية عشرة للناشئين 2024
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	2–11 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Syria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	33 (2.75 per match)
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The 2024 WAFF U-16 Championship was the 11th edition of the WAFF U-16 Championship organised by the WAFF. It was held in Zarqa, Jordan from 2 to 11 September. Nine member teams participated in the competition. The title holder was Yemen.

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible to participate.

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 7 August 2024, and the nine teams were divided into three groups. Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE were absent from the tournament. Teams in the same group in the AFC U-17 qualifiers have been guaranteed not to be in the same group in this tournament.

Match officials

• Hussein Al-Shuwaikh
• Abdullah Yaqoub (assistant)
• Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
• Muath Owfi
• Kenan Al-Bajawi (assistant)
• Mohammed Basaleh
• Ibrahim Al-Hasani (assistant)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan (H)	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
3	Iraq	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Lebanon	0–1	Jordan
	Report	Mahmoud 77'

Iraq	0–3 Awarded	Lebanon
Jassim 4', 34'	Report	Sa'ad 58' Fawaz 73'

Jordan	3–0 Awarded	Iraq
Al-Tamizi 5'	Report	Jassim 45+1' Ridha 56'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3	Knockout stage
2	Yemen	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Oman	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3

Oman	1–3	Yemen
Al-Amrani 52'	Report	Hamdi 10', 80' Delio 38'

Saudi Arabia	2–3	Oman
Al-Fawaz 34' Al-Sufyani 49'	Report	Al-Amrani 8' Al-Rashdi 90+3' Al-Kharousi 90+6'

Yemen	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Hamdi 83'	Report	Ahmed 13' Matari 38' Al-Sufyani 75'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palestine	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Knockout stage
2	Syria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Bahrain	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Palestine	3–0 Awarded	Bahrain
	Report

Syria	1–1	Palestine
Al-Sarraj 24'	Report	Al-Izza 78'

Bahrain	1–2	Syria
Zuhair 13'	Report	Al-Hassan 70' Dinawi 90+2'

Ranking of best runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Syria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	A	Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
3	B	Yemen	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Palestine

Jordan	1–1	Syria
Penalties
	4–5

Final

Saudi Arabia	2–2	Syria
Penalties
	9–10

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match (as of 6 September 2024).

3 goals

• Zain Al-Abidin Jassim
• Karim Hamdi

2 goals

• Ahmed Al-Amrani
• Abdul-Rahman Al-Sufyani

1 goal

• Ali Ridha
• Mohanad Mahmoud
• Mahmoud Al-Tameezi
• Mohammed Fawaz
• Mohammed Sa'ad
• Sulaiman Al-Kharousi
• Al-Waleed Al-Rashdi
• Ayham Al-Izza
• Thari Ahmed
• Abdul-Aziz Al-Fawaz
• Abdul-Hadi matari
• Abdul-Rahman Al-Sarraj
• Ali Delio

Notes

1. ^ Iraq forfeited the match due to fielding the ineligible player Ahmed Ali Abdullah among other penalties.
2. Bahrain forfeited the match due to fielding the ineligible player Mihran Mohammed Yousef among other penalties.

References

1. "Participation is now open for the WAFF U-16 Championship - Jordan 2024". the-waff.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2024.
2. "Jordan hosts the WAFF U-16 Championship with the participation of "9" teams". wataniq.com (in Arabic). 4 August 2024.
3. "إعلان قرعة بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئين" [WAFF U-16 Championship Draw Announced]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 7 August 2024.
4. ^ "اعتبار العراق والبحرين خاسرين أمام لبنان وفلسطين". كووورة. 7 September 2024.
5. "منتخب العراق للناشئين يواجه عقوبات صارمة من اتحاد غرب آسيا | إرم نيوز". eremnews.com.

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