2024 WAFF U-19 Championship

2024 WAFF U-19 Championship
بطولة الديار العربية غرب آسيا للشباب السعودية 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityTaif
Dates25 June – 5 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored55 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Mansoori ( 4 goals )
← 2021
International football competition

The 2024 WAFF U-19 Championship, also known as 2024 Al-Dyar Al-Arbiya WAFF U-19 Championship (Arabic: بطولة الديار العربية غرب آسيا للشباب) for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the third edition of the WAFF U-19 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by West Asian Football Federation for the men's under-19 national teams of West Asia. Saudi Arabia is hosting the tournament in Taif from 25 June to 5 July 2024. A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

Iraq were the two-time defending champions, having won the title in every edition so far.[2]

Participating teams

11 (out of 12) WAFF member nations competed in the tournament.[3] Albania was invited to participate as a guest nation.[4]

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Albania 1st Debut
 Bahrain 3rd 2021 (Group stage) Group stage (2019, 2021)
 Iraq 3rd 2021 (Champions) Champions (2019, 2021)
 Jordan 3rd 2021 (Group stage) Third place (2019)
 Kuwait 2nd 2021 (Group stage) Group stage (2021)
 Lebanon 2nd 2021 (Runners-up) Runners-up (2021)
 Oman 1st Debut
 Palestine 3rd 2021 (Group stage) Fourth place (2019)
 Saudi Arabia 1st Debut
 Syria 2nd 2021 (Group stage) Group stage (2021)
 United Arab Emirates 3rd 2021 (Group stage) Runners-up (2019)
 Yemen 2nd 2021 (Group stage) Group stage (2021)
Did not enter

Draw

The draw was held on 18 June 2024 at the Federation's headquarters.[5][6]

Match officials

Referees

  • Bahrain Mohammed Al-Dalawar
  • Iraq Ali Hussein
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shehri
  • Syria Shadi Al-Shahf
  • United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Harmoudi[7]
  • Yemen Mukhtar Al-Arami
  • Yemen Khaled Basaleh

Assistant referees

  • Bahrain Hussein Mohammed Jaafar
  • Iraq Karrar Abbas
  • Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Al-Dakhil
  • United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Mazmi[7]
  • Yemen Fahd Al-Bujairi

Group stage

The times are according to Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia (H) 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5 Knockout stage
2  Yemen 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3  Oman 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Kuwait 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Oman 2–1 Kuwait
  • Al Saadi 44'
  • Al Masroori 47'
 Report (WAFF)
  • M. Suleiman 33' (pen.)
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Yemen
  • R. Al-Ghamdi 36'
  • Hazazi 64'
 Report (WAFF)
  • Al-Brwani 40'
  • Aman 84' (o.g.)
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Yemen 3–1 Oman
  • Masnom 5', 65'
  • Radman 46' (pen.)
 Report (WAFF)
  • Al Masroori 10'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Kuwait 0–3 Saudi Arabia
Report (WAFF)
  • Haqawi 33'
  • Haji 37', 45+1'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Kuwait 1–1 Yemen
  • Al-Shammari 25'
 Report (WAFF)
  • Masnom 29'
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Referee: Ali Hussein (Iraq)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Oman
Report (WAFF)
  • Al Shabibi 89'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3  Albania 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq 0–0 Jordan
Report (JFA)
Report (WAFF)
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Lebanon 0–2 Albania
Report (LFA)
Report (FSHF)
Report (WAFF)
  • Krasniqi 45+3'
  • Jaku 69'
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Albania 1–1 Iraq
  • Sulejmani 69'
 Report (FSHF)
Report (WAFF)
  • H. Adnan 56'
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Jordan 2–0 Lebanon
  • Sabra 31', 64'
 Report (JFA)
Report (LFA)
Report (WAFF)
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Jordan 3–0 Albania
  • Sabra 22', 76'
  • Al-Khob 90+2'
 Report (JFA)
Report (FSHF)
Report (WAFF)
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Referee: Mohammed Al-Harmoudi (United Arab Emirates)
Lebanon 0–2 Iraq
Report (WAFF)
  • Jaafar 45'
  • Nori 69'
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Syria 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3  Palestine 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Bahrain 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: WAFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bahrain 1–3 United Arab Emirates
  • Al-Isa 36'
 Report (UAEFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Al-Mansoori 38', 47'
  • Bader 45'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Syria 4–2 Palestine
  • Ramadan 17', 57'
  • Al-Omar 90+1'
  • Dahan 90+4'
 Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Badran 5'
  • Daraghmeh 42'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Palestine 1–1 Bahrain
  • S. Ali 31'
 Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • S. Awdi 61'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Referee: Khaled Basaleh (Yemen)
United Arab Emirates 3–0 Syria
  • H. Abbas 21'
  • Al-Mansoori 27'
  • Al-Hammadi 73'
 Report (UAEFA)
Report (WAFF)
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Palestine
Report (UAEFA)
Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Daraghmeh 73'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Referee: Sami Al-Jurais (Saudi Arabia)
Syria 3–1 Bahrain
  • Dahan 45+3'
  • Mustafa 54', 83'
 Report (WAFF)
  • Ali 69'
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif

Ranking of best runners-up

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Syria 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Knockout stage
2 A  Yemen 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3 B  Iraq 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
Source: WAFF

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Jordan 1–2 United Arab Emirates
  • Sabra 45'
 Report (JFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Al-Hammadi 57'
  • Al-Mansoori 78'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Syria
  • S. Harun 35'
  • Haqawi 50'
 Report (WAFF)
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif

Final

United Arab Emirates 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Talal Haji 43'
King Fahd Sports City Stadium, Taif

Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

4 goals

  • United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Mansoori

3 goals

2 goals

  • Oman Ghassan Al Masroori
  • Syria Zakaria Ramadan
  • United Arab Emirates Eid Al-Hammadi

1 goal

  • Albania Erald Krasniqi
  • Albania Jordi Jaku
  • Albania Flavio Sulejmani
  • Bahrain Isa Al-Isa
  • Bahrain Sami Awdi
  • Iraq Hussein Fahim Adnan
  • Kuwait Montaser Suleiman
  • Oman Muhannad Al Saadi
  • State of Palestine Ahmad Badran
  • State of Palestine Aysam Daraghmeh
  • State of Palestine Suhaib Ali
  • Saudi Arabia Rakan Al-Ghamdi
  • Saudi Arabia Bassam Hazazi
  • Saudi Arabia Saad Haqawi
  • Syria Mahmoud Al-Omar
  • Syria Anas Dahan
  • United Arab Emirates Ghaith Bader
  • United Arab Emirates Hazem Abbas
  • Yemen Mohammad Al-Brwani
  • Yemen Essam Radman

1 own goal

  • Saudi Arabia Awad Aman (against Yemen)

References

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  6. ^ "«أبيض الشباب» يستهل «غرب آسيا» بمواجهة البحرين 26 يونيو" [The 'Youth Whites' kick off the 'West Asia' tournament with a match against Bahrain on June 26]. aletihad.ae (in Arabic). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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