WAFF U-23 Championship

the WAFF U-23 Championship (Arabic: بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم تحت 23 عام) is an international football competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the men's under-23 national teams of West Asia.[1]

WAFF U-23 Championship
Organising bodyWAFF
Founded2015
RegionWest Asia
Number of teams11
Current champions Saudi Arabia
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Iran
 Jordan
 Saudi Arabia
(1 title each)
2022 WAFF U-23 Championship

Results
Edition Year Host Final Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2015  Qatar
Iran[2]		 2–0
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Syria
Qatar		 3–0
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Yemen
2 2021  Saudi Arabia
Jordan[3]		 3–1
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Saudi Arabia		  Iraq and  Syria
3 2022  Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia		 3–1
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Qatar
Syria		 1–0
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Oman
4  Iraq[4] TBD TBD TBD TBD

Teams reaching the top four
Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finalist Total (Top 4)
 Saudi Arabia 1 (2022) 1 (2021) – – – 2
 Jordan 1 (2021) – – – – 1
 Iran 1 (2015) – – – – 1
 Syria – 1 (2015) 1 (2022) – 1 (2021) 3
 Qatar – 1 (2022) 1 (2015) – – 2
 Yemen – – – 1 (2015) – 1
 Oman – – – 1 (2022) – 1
 Iraq – – – – 1 (2021) 1
  • Results from host teams shown in bold

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place (not determined after 2015)
  • 4th – Fourth place (not determined after 2015)
  • SF – Semi-finals (since 2021)
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts
  •   No longer WAFF member

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2015

(10)		 2021

(11)		 2022

(6)		 Total
 Bahrain GS GS GS 3
 Iran 1st 1
 Iraq × SF × 1
 Jordan GS 1st × 2
 Kuwait × GS × 1
 Lebanon × GS GS 2
 Oman GS GS 4th 3
 Palestine GS GS × 2
 Qatar 3rd × 2nd 2
 Saudi Arabia GS 2nd 1st 3
 Syria 2nd SF 3rd 3
 United Arab Emirates GS GS × 2
 Yemen 4th GS × 2

Awards
Tournament Most Valuable Player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Best goalkeeper
2015
 Amir Arsalan Motahari Akram Afif 4 Mohammad Reza Akhbari
2021
 Yazan Al-Naimat Mohammad Aburiziq Nawaf Al-Aqidi
2022
 Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Al Faraj Al Kiyumi
Nasser Al Rawahi
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
Ziyad Al-Johani
Mohammed Maran
Mohamad Rihanieh		 2 Waseem Ayoub

Winning coaches
YearTeamCoach
2015  Iran Mohammad Khakpour
2021  Jordan Ahmad Hayel
2022  Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Shehri

Overall team records

Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 3107122011+922
2  Syria 3116141716+119
3  Jordan 285031610+615
4  Qatar 29432117+415
5  Iran 1431083+510
6  Palestine 2630379–29
7  Yemen 28224812–48
8  Iraq 1421153+37
9  Oman 392161114–37
10  United Arab Emirates 252038806
11  Bahrain 37205615–96
12  Kuwait 1302134–12
13  Lebanon 26024614–82

See also

References
  1. "بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثانية تحت سن ٢٣".
  2. "Iran win inaugural WAFF U-23 Championship".
  3. "Jordan beats Saudi Arabia in WAFF U-23 final". 12 October 2021.
  4. https://twitter.com/waffootball/status/1572916869086212098
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