2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Up to ten nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 30 September 30 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 Olympic Teams Championship
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
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) Akram Afif (4 goals)
Best player(s) Amir Arsalan Motahari

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.

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

Group A
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:
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
report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia)

Group B
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:
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
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:
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

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:

Knockout stage

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

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

Champion
 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship Champion 

Iran
First title

Final standing
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