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2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Qatar from 30 September 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.

2015 WAFF U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates30 September – 14 October
Teams10 (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 played16
Goals scored49 (3.06 per match)
Attendance7,550 (472 per match)
Top scorer(s)Qatar Akram Afif (4 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari
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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

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Squads

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Main article: 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship squads

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

Venues

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Doha
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Location of the host cities of the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship.
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
(Lekhwiya SC stadium)
Capacity: 12,000
 

Group stage

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Legend
Advanced to the semifinals
  • All times listed are (UTC+3)

Group A

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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]
Jordan  3–1  Yemen
Faisal   71'
Hisham   74', 77'		 report Al-Hubaishi   90+3'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Safwan Othman (Syria)
Qatar  3–0  Palestine
Ali   22'
Sanhaji   58'
Afif   90+3' (pen.)		 report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
Palestine  1–3  Yemen
Batran   88' report Al-Hubaishi   15', 44'
Abdullah   24'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mihail Litvinov (Turkmenistan)
Qatar  2–1  Jordan
Afif   21', 28' (pen.) report Hisham   29'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)
Jordan  0–1  Palestine
report Batran   22'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
Qatar  0–0  Yemen
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Attendance: 800
Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)

Group B

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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]
Iran  2–0  Bahrain
Cheshmi   29'
Fazeli   41'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Iran  2–2  Saudi Arabia
Motahari   8', 16' Report Madou   18' (pen.)
Al-Sulayhem   79'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jawad Assi (Palestine)
Saudi Arabia  3–2  Bahrain
Al-Ghamdi   34'
Al-Sulayhem   80'
Madou   90+1' (pen.)		 Report Abdulrasool   83' (pen.)
Hasan   90+3'
Attendance: 500

Group C

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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]
Syria  2–1  United Arab Emirates
Nakdali   17'
Al Bahr   23'		 Report Mubarak   58'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)
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'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Oman  1–2  Syria
Al Siyabi   33' Report Nakdali   52', 53'
Attendance: 500

Ranking of second-placed teams

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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

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Semi-finals

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Qatar  0–2  Syria
Report Mobayed   47'
Al Shami   90+5'
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)
Iran  2–1  Yemen
Mohammadi   9'
Daneshgar   47'		 Report Al-Jarshi   52'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jawad Assi (Palestine)

Third place

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Qatar  3–0  Yemen
Alaa   19'
Afif   68'
Sanhaji   90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

Final

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Syria  0–2  Iran
Report Naghizadeh   58'
Motahari   81'
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Winners

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 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship winners 
 
Iran
1st title

Final standing

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Player awards

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Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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