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Founded | 2005 |
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Region | West Asia (WAFF) |
Number of teams | 8 (as of 2022) |
Current champions | Yemen (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Iran Iraq Yemen (2 titles each) |
2024 WAFF U-16 Championship |
The WAFF U-16 Championship is an international football competition contested by the West Asian men's under-16 national teams of the WAFF member associations. [1] [2] The competition began in 2005, with Iran winning the inaugural competition. [3]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Total |
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Syria | 2 (2007 * , 2024) | 2 (2005, 2009) | 1 (2019) | 2 (2021, 2022) | 7 | |
Iran | 2 (2005 * , 2009) | 1 (2007) | 3 | |||
Iraq | 2 (2013, 2015) | 2 (2005, 2009) | 2 (2007, 2019) | 2 (2022, 2023) | 8 | |
Yemen | 2 (2021, 2023) | 1 (2018) | 3 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 1 (2019) | 4 (2015, 2021 * , 2023, 2024) | 5 | |||
Jordan | 1 (2022 * ) | 1 (2019 * ) | 3 (2007, 2013, 2018 * ) | 1 (2009 * ) | 1 (2024 * ) | 7 |
Japan | 1 (2018) | 1 | ||||
United Arab Emirates | 1 (2013) | 1 (2015) | 2 (2021, 2023) | 4 | ||
Lebanon | 1 (2022) | 1 (2005) | 2 | |||
India | 1 (2018) | 1 | ||||
Palestine | 2 (2013 * , 2015) | 1 (2024) | 3 |
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