2019 WAFF U-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPalestine
CityRamallah
Dates22–30 August
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Jordan
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored31 (2.82 per match)
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2019 WAFF U-18 Championship was the first edition of the WAFF U-18 Championship. A WAFF youth football championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the men's under-18 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Ramallah, Palestine from 22 August to 30 August 2019.

Format

The groups winner and the second-placed team of the two groups in the first round played in a single round-robin format, qualified for the semi-finals.

Participating nations

6 West Asian Federation teams entered the competition.[1]

Officials

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Final stage
2  Palestine 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
3  Qatar 2 0 1 1 3 7 −4 1
Source: WAFF
Jordan 2–0 Palestine
  • AlQeisi 31'
  • Abu Rahal 39'
 Report
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Qatar 1–5 Jordan
 Report
  • AlQeisi 29'
  • AlRiyalat 39', 82'
  • Semreen 78'
  • ElBashabsheh 90'
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)
Palestine 2–2 Qatar
  • Baniowda 40', 65'
 Report
  • Altairi 6'
  • Alhadhrami 89'
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Isa Abdulla Ali (Bahrain)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final stage
2  Iraq 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3  Bahrain 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 1
Source: WAFF
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Murad Al Zawahreh (Jordan)
Iraq 2–4 United Arab Emirates
  • Kadah 37'
  • Tareq 69'
 Report
  • Mubarak 22'
  • Alhammadi 59', 63'
  • Almaazmi 80'
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Khaled Al-Shaqsi (Oman)
Bahrain 1–2 Iraq
  • Mohamed 90'
 Report
  • Khudhair 36'
  • Chitheer 84'
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
 Jordan1 (2)
 
30 August
 
 Iraq (p)1 (4)
 
 Iraq(p)0 (4)
 
28 August
 
 United Arab Emirates0 (2)
 
 United Arab Emirates(p)0 (4)
 
 
 Palestine0 (1)
 
Third place
 
 
30 August
 
 
 Palestine0
 
 
 Jordan3

Semi-finals

Jordan 1–1 Iraq
Penalties
2–4
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Palestine
Penalties
4–1
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Abdullah Al-Kanderi (Kuwait)

Fifth place

Qatar 2–3 Bahrain
Report
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)

Third place

Palestine 0–3 Jordan
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Abdullah Al-Kanderi (Kuwait)

Final

Iraq 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
  • Ali soccer ball with check mark
  • Abdljalel soccer ball with check mark
  • Mohammed soccer ball with check mark
  • Hadi soccer ball with check mark
  • Maknzi soccer ball with red X
 4–2
  • soccer ball with check mark Alhammadi
  • soccer ball with red X Aljneibi
  • soccer ball with check mark Almaazmi
  • soccer ball with red X Albeshr
Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

Champion

 2019 WAFF U-17 Championship champion 

Iraq
First title

References

  1. ^ "Championships". Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Pictures of the officials during 2019 WAFF U18 in Palestine". 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links

WAFF Championship
Category