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2019 WAFF U-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Palestine
City	Ramallah
Dates	22–30 August
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	United Arab Emirates
Third place	Jordan
Fourth place	Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	31 (2.82 per match)
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2019 WAFF U-18 Championship was the first edition of the WAFF U-18 Championship. A WAFF youth football championship organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the men's under-18 national teams of West Asia. It was held in Ramallah, Palestine from 22 August to 30 August 2019.

Format

The group winner and the second-placed team of the two groups in the first round played in a single round-robin format, qualified for the semi-finals.

Participating nations

6 West Asian Federation teams entered the competition.

Officials

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Final stage
2	Palestine	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
3	Qatar	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	1

Jordan	2–0	Palestine
AlQeisi 31' Abu Rahal 39'	Report

Qatar	1–5	Jordan
Tombari 28'	Report	AlQeisi 29' Al-Riyalat 39', 82' Semreen 78' ElBashabsheh 90'

Palestine	2–2	Qatar
Baniowda 40', 65'	Report	Altairi 6' Alhadhrami 89'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Final stage
2	Iraq	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Bahrain	1	0	1	0	1	2	−1	1

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Iraq	2–4	United Arab Emirates
Kadah 37' Tareq 69'	Report	Mubarak 22' Alhammadi 59', 63' Almaazmi 80'

Bahrain	1–2	Iraq
Mohamed 90'	Report	Khudhair 36' Chitheer 84'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 August
	Jordan	1 (2)
					30 August
	Iraq (p)	1 (4)
					Iraq(p)	0 (4)
	28 August
					United Arab Emirates	0 (2)
	United Arab Emirates(p)	0 (4)
	Palestine	0 (1)
					Third place
					30 August
					Palestine	0
					Jordan	3

Semi-finals

Jordan	1–1	Iraq
Penalties
	2–4

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Palestine
Penalties
	4–1

Fifth place

Qatar	2–3	Bahrain
	Report

Third place

Palestine	0–3	Jordan

Final

Iraq	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report
Penalties
Ali Abdljalel Mohammed Hadi Maknzi	4–2	Alhammadi Aljneibi Almaazmi Albeshr

Champion

2019 WAFF U-17 Championship champion
Iraq First title

References

1. "Championships". Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. "Pictures of the officials during 2019 WAFF U18 in Palestine". 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links

• WAFF official website

• 2019 in Asian football