بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم تحت 23 عاما | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Saudi Arabia |
Dates | 4–12 October |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Jordan (1st title) |
Runners-up | Saudi Arabia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 51 (2.83 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mohammad Aburiziq (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Yazan Al-Naimat [1] |
Best goalkeeper | Nawaf Al-Aqidi [2] |
The 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship was the second edition of the WAFF U-23 Championship, an under-23 international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It took place in Saudi Arabia from 4 to 12 October 2021, featuring 11 teams. [3] Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate. Iran were the defending champions; however, they couldn't defend the title after they joined CAFA.
Jordan won their first tournament, beating hosts Saudi Arabia 3–1 in the final. [4]
A total of eleven teams participated in the competition. All WAFF members, other than Qatar, agreed to take part in the tournament. [5]
Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Bahrain | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage |
Iraq | 1st | Debut | – |
Jordan | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage |
Kuwait | 1st | Debut | – |
Lebanon | 1st | Debut | – |
Oman | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage |
Palestine | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage |
Saudi Arabia | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage |
Syria | 2nd | 2015 | Runners-up |
United Arab Emirates | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage |
Yemen | 2nd | 2015 | Semi-finals |
The eleven teams were drawn into three groups on 12 September 2021: Group A and B with four teams and Group C with three. [6] [7] The three group winners, alongside the best group runner-up, directly advanced to the knock-out stage.
Each team had to register a squad of up to 23 players, three of whom goalkeepers.
Khobar | Dammam | |
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Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium | |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | |
The three group winners and the best group runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, AST (UTC+3). [8] [9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Jordan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Yemen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Jordan | 0–1 | Oman |
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Yemen | 1–1 | Kuwait |
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Oman | 0–1 | Yemen |
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Kuwait | 1–2 | Jordan |
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Jordan | 2–1 | Yemen |
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Kuwait | 1–1 | Oman |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Palestine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
Palestine | 0–1 | Iraq |
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United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | Lebanon |
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Iraq | 2–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Palestine | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Lebanon | 2–2 | Iraq |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Syria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Syria | 0–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | Bahrain |
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The best runner-up team from the three groups advanced to the semi-finals along with the three group winners. Group C contained only three teams compared to four teams in the other two groups. Therefore, the results against the fourth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | Syria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
2 | A | Yemen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | B | Palestine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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Jordan | 5 | |||||
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Syria | 2 | |||||
Jordan | 3 | |||||
10 October – Dammam | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||
Iraq | 0 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||
Jordan | 5–2 | Syria |
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Iraq | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Jordan | 3–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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There have been 51 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
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