2019 WAFF U-15 Championship

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[1]
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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.^[2] The draw of the competition was held on 9 June 2019.^[2]

Saudi Arabia won the championship title for the first time in its history after winning all its matches.^[3]

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.^[4]

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Champion

2019 WAFF U-16 Championship champion
Saudi Arabia First title

Final standing