2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

Last updated October 11, 2021

2015 WAFF U-23 Olympic Teams Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Qatar
Dates	30 September – 14 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
Attendance	7,550 (472 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Akram Afif (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Amir Arsalan Motahari
2021 →

The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 30 September 30 to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015.^[1] Iran won the title after they defeated Syria in the final. This was Iran's last WAFF competition before joining the Central Asian Football Association.

Contents

Teams
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Champion
Final standing
Player awards
Goalscorers
References

The competition was used as a warm up for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship which is also to be held in Qatar. This competition in turn is used as qualification for the Olympics football tournament of which these sides participating in the WAFF championship were eligible for.

Teams

Squads

Each team had to register a squad of up to 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to the semifinals

All times listed are (UTC+3)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Yemen	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Palestine	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Jordan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

30 September 2015

16:30

Jordan	3–1	Yemen
Faisal 71' Hisham 74', 77'	report	Al-Hubaishi 90+3'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 150

Referee: Safwan Othman (Syria)

30 September 2015

19:30

Qatar	3–0	Palestine
Ali 22' Sanhaji 58' Afif 90+3' (pen.)	report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 700

Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)

3 October 2015

16:30

Palestine	1–3	Yemen
Batran 88'	report	Al-Hubaishi 15', 44' Abdullah 24'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mihail Litvinov (Turkmenistan)

3 October 2015

19:30

Qatar	2–1	Jordan
Afif 21', 28' (pen.)	report	Hisham 29'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)

6 October 2015

16:30

Jordan	0–1	Palestine
	report	Batran 22'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 200

Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

6 October 2015

19:30

Qatar	0–0	Yemen
	report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 800

Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
Bahrain	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

1 October 2015

16:30

Iran	2–0	Bahrain
Cheshmi 29' Fazeli 41'	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 700

Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

4 October 2015

16:30

Iran	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Motahari 8', 16'	Report	Madou 18' (pen.) Al-Sulayhem 79'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Referee: Jawad Assi (Palestine)

7 October 2015

16:30

Saudi Arabia	3–2	Bahrain
Al-Ghamdi 34' Al-Sulayhem 80' Madou 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Abdulrasool 83' (pen.) Hasan 90+3'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
Oman	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

1 October 2015

19:30

Syria	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Nakdali 17' Al Bahr 23'	Report	Mubarak 58'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)

4 October 2015

19:30

United Arab Emirates	4–3	Oman
Khameis 15' Khalfan 22' Saif 86' Rabee 90+6'	Report	Saleem 1' Al Hamdani 82' (pen.) Taaib 90+4'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 300

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

7 October 2015

19:30

Oman	1–2	Syria
Al Siyabi 33'	Report	Nakdali 52', 53'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up across all groups advance to semifinal. The results against the fourth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up team.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yemen	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

10 October 2015

16:30

Qatar	0–2	Syria
	Report	Mobayed 47' Al Shami 90+5'

Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)

10 October 2015

20:15

Iran	2–1	Yemen
Mohammadi 9' Daneshgar 47'	Report	Al-Jarshi 52'

Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Jawad Assi (Palestine)

Third place

14 October 2015

16:30

Qatar	3–0	Yemen
Alaa 19' Afif 68' Sanhaji 90+1'	Report

Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 700

Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

Final

14 October 2015

20:00

Syria	0–2	Iran
	Report	Naghizadeh 58' Motahari 81'

Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Champion

2015 WAFF U-23 Championship Champion
Iran First title

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	Syria
	Qatar
4	Yemen
5	Saudi Arabia
6	United Arab Emirates
7	Palestine
8	Jordan
9	Oman
10	Bahrain

Player awards

Best Player: Amir Arsalan Motahari
Top Scorer: Akram Afif
Best Goalkeeper: Mohammadreza Akhbari

Related Research Articles

The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.

2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was the qualification for the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship football competition. The matches were held from 1 October to 7 November 2007.

The group stage of the AFC Cup matches took place between 10 March and 19 May 2009.

Iran national football team results (2000–2009)

This is a list of official football games played by Iran national football team between 2000 and 2009.

Iran national football team results (2010–2019)

This is a list of official football games played by Iran national football team between 2010 and 2019.

This page provides the summaries of the AFC Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

This page provides the summaries of the AFC Third Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The 2012 AFC Champions League group stage was contested by a total of 32 teams. They included:

The group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 26 February to 1 May 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.

The knock-out stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 14 May to 9 November 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.

2014 WAFF Championship 8th WAFF Championship, held in Qatar between 2013 and 2014

The 2013-2014 West Asian Football Federation Championship was the 8th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. The tournament was hosted by Qatar from 25 December 2013 to 7 January 2014 and the host country won the tournament for the first time. The 2012 champions, Syria, did not defend their title.

The qualifying play-off of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 29 January to 15 February 2014, to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage.

The group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 25 February to 23 April 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.

2016 AFC U-23 Championship International football competition

The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Qatar between 12–30 January 2016. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".

The 2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 19 May to 21 November 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 AFC Champions League.

The 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Doha, Qatar on 23–28 March 2015. This was the second consecutive time that the AFC Beach Soccer Championship was held in Doha. All matches were played at the Katara Beach.

24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 football competition held in Qatar

The 24th Arabian Gulf Cup was the 24th edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. Eight teams participated in the tournament.

The 2019 AFC Cup group stage was played from 25 February to 26 June 2019. A total of 36 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.

The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship.

The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification is an international men's under-19 football competition which will decide the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship.

References

↑ "Doha to conduct WAFF Olympic Championship draw in September". QFA. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

WAFF Championship

Senior

Tournaments	Jordan 2000 Syria 2002 Iran 2004 Jordan 2007 Iran 2008 Jordan 2010 Kuwait 2012 Qatar 2014 Iraq 2019 United Arab Emirates 2023
Squads	2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2019 2023

Under 23

Tournaments	Qatar 2015 Saudi Arabia 2021
Squads	2015 2021

Under 18

Under 15

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.