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) Mohammed Al-Mansoori ( 4 goals )
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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

  • Mohammed Al-Dalawar
  • Ali Hussein
  • Abdullah Al-Shehri
  • Shadi Al-Shahf
  • Mohammed Al-Harmoudi[7]
  • Mukhtar Al-Arami
  • Khaled Basaleh

Assistant referees

  • Hussein Mohammed Jaafar
  • Karrar Abbas
  • Ibrahim Al-Dakhil
  • Mohammed Al-Mazmi[7]
  • 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.)
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Yemen
  • R. Al-Ghamdi 36'
  • Hazazi 64'
 Report (WAFF)
  • Al-Brwani 40'
  • Aman 84' (o.g.)
Yemen 3–1 Oman
  • Masnom 5', 65'
  • Radman 46' (pen.)
 Report (WAFF)
  • Al Masroori 10'
Kuwait 0–3 Saudi Arabia
Report (WAFF)
  • Haqawi 33'
  • Haji 37', 45+1'
Kuwait 1–1 Yemen
 Report (WAFF)
  • Masnom 29'
Okaz Club Stadium, Taif
Referee: Ali Hussein (Iraq)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Oman
 Report (WAFF)
  • Al Shabibi 89'

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
 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)
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'
Syria 4–2 Palestine
  • Ramadan 17', 57'
  • Al-Omar 90+1'
  • Dahan 90+4'
 Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Badran 5'
  • Daraghmeh 42'
Palestine 1–1 Bahrain
  • S. Ali 31'
 Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • S. Awdi 61'
Referee: Khaled Basaleh (Yemen)
United Arab Emirates 3–0 Syria
  • H. Abbas 21'
  • Al-Mansoori 27'
  • Al-Hammadi 73'
 Report (UAEFA)
Report (WAFF)
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Palestine
Report (UAEFA)
Report (PFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Daraghmeh 73'
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
 Report (JFA)
Report (WAFF)
  • Al-Hammadi 57'
  • Al-Mansoori 78'
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Syria
  • S. Harun 35'
  • Haqawi 50'
 Report (WAFF)

Final

United Arab Emirates 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Talal Haji 43'

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

  • Mohammed Al-Mansoori

3 goals

2 goals

  • Ghassan Al Masroori
  • Zakaria Ramadan
  • Eid Al-Hammadi

1 goal

  • Erald Krasniqi
  • Jordi Jaku
  • Flavio Sulejmani
  • Isa Al-Isa
  • Sami Awdi
  • Hussein Fahim Adnan
  • Montaser Suleiman
  • Muhannad Al Saadi
  • Ahmad Badran
  • Aysam Daraghmeh
  • Suhaib Ali
  • Rakan Al-Ghamdi
  • Bassam Hazazi
  • Saad Haqawi
  • Mahmoud Al-Omar
  • Anas Dahan
  • Ghaith Bader
  • Hazem Abbas
  • Mohammad Al-Brwani
  • Essam Radman

1 own goal

  • Awad Aman (against Yemen)

References

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  5. ^ "نتائج قرعة كأس اتحاد غرب آسيا تحت 19 عاماً" [Results of the West Asian Football Federation Under-19 Championship draw]. akhbaar24.com (in Arabic). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  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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