2019 WAFF U-18 Championship

2019 WAFF U-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Palestine
City	Ramallah
Dates	22–30 August
Teams	6 (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 played	11
Goals scored	31 (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.

The group 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.

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

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

22 August 2019 (2019-08-22)

19:00

Jordan	2–0	Palestine
AlQeisi 31' Abu Rahal 39'	Report

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)

16:00

Qatar	1–5	Jordan
Tombari 28'	Report	AlQeisi 29' Al-Riyalat 39', 82' Semreen 78' ElBashabsheh 90'

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)

26 August 2019 (2019-08-26)

19:00

Palestine	2–2	Qatar
Baniowda 40', 65'	Report	Altairi 6' Alhadhrami 89'

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Isa Abdulla Ali (Bahrain)

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

22 August 2019 (2019-08-22)

16:00

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Murad Al Zawahreh (Jordan)

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)

19:00

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)

26 August 2019 (2019-08-26)

16:00

Bahrain	1–2	Iraq
Mohamed 90'	Report	Khudhair 36' Chitheer 84'

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 August
	Jordan	1 (2)
					30 August
	Iraq (p)	1 (4)
					Iraq(p)	0 (4)
	28 August
					United Arab Emirates	0 (2)
	United Arab Emirates(p)	0 (4)
	Palestine	0 (1)
					Third place
					30 August
					Palestine	0
					Jordan	3

28 August 2019

16:00

Jordan	1–1	Iraq
Penalties
	2–4

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

28 August 2019

19:30

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Palestine
Penalties
	4–1

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Abdullah Al-Kanderi (Kuwait)

29 August 2019

17:00

Qatar	2–3	Bahrain
	Report

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)

30 August 2019

16:00

Palestine	0–3	Jordan

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Abdullah Al-Kanderi (Kuwait)

30 August 2019

19:30

Iraq	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report
Penalties
Ali Abdljalel Mohammed Hadi Maknzi	4–2	Alhammadi Aljneibi Almaazmi Albeshr

Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, Ramallah

Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

2019 WAFF U-17 Championship champion
Iraq First title

• WAFF official website