2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

2015 WAFF U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	30 September – 14 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
Attendance	7,550 (472 per match)
Top scorer	Akram Afif (4 goals)
Best player	Amir Arsalan Motahari
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The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Qatar from 30 September 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.

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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.

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Doha	Doha Location of the host cities of the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship.
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (Lekhwiya SC stadium)
Capacity: 12,000

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

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

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	5	5	0	3
Oman	2	0	2	4	6	−2	0

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

2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

Teams

Squads

Venues

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place

Final

Winners

Final standing

Player awards

Goalscorers

References

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