WAFF U-23 Championship
Organising body | WAFF |
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Founded | 2015 |
Region | West Asia |
Number of teams | 11 |
Current champions | ![]() (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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][2]
Results
[edit]Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
1 | 2015 | ![]() | ![]() Iran[3] | 2–0 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha | ![]() Syria | ![]() Qatar | 3–0 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha | ![]() Yemen | ||
2 | 2021 | ![]() | ![]() Jordan[4] | 3–1 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam | ![]() Saudi Arabia | ![]() ![]() | ||||
3 | 2022 | ![]() | ![]() Saudi Arabia | 3–1 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah | ![]() Qatar | ![]() Syria | 1–0 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah | ![]() Oman | ||
4 | 2023 | ![]() | ![]() Iraq | 1–1 (5–4 p) Al-Madina Stadium, Baghdad | ![]() Iran | ![]() ![]() | ||||
5 | 2024 | ![]() | ![]() South Korea | 2–2 (4–3 p) Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz | ![]() Australia | ![]() Saudi Arabia | 2–2 (4–2 p) Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz | ![]() Egypt |
Teams reaching the top four
[edit]Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Total (Top 4) |
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![]() | 1 (2022) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2024) | – | – | 3 |
![]() | 1 (2015) | 1 (2023) | – | – | – | 2 |
![]() | 1 (2021) | – | – | – | 1 (2023) | 2 |
![]() | 1 (2023) | – | – | – | 1 (2021) | 2 |
![]() | 1 (2024) | – | – | – | – | 1 |
![]() | – | 1 (2015) | 1 (2022) | – | 1 (2021) | 3 |
![]() | – | 1 (2022) | 1 (2015) | – | – | 2 |
![]() | – | 1 (2024) | – | – | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | – | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 2 |
![]() | – | – | – | 1 (2015) | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | – | 1 (2024) | – | 1 |
- Results from host teams shown in bold
Comprehensive team results by tournament
[edit]Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semi-finals (no third place match)
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
- – Hosts
- No longer or not a WAFF member
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 2015![]() (10) | 2021![]() (11) | 2022![]() (6) | 2023![]() (9) | 2024![]() (8) | Total |
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![]() | 2nd | 1 | ||||
![]() | GS | GS | GS | × | × | 3 |
![]() | 4th | 1 | ||||
![]() | 1st | 2nd | 2 | |||
![]() | × | SF | × | 1st | 6th | 3 |
![]() | GS | 1st | × | SF | 5th | 4 |
![]() | × | GS | × | × | × | 1 |
![]() | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 3 |
![]() | GS | GS | 4th | SF | × | 4 |
![]() | GS | GS | × | GS | × | 3 |
![]() | 3rd | × | 2nd | × | × | 2 |
![]() | GS | 2nd | 1st | × | 3rd | 4 |
![]() | 1st | 1 | ||||
![]() | 2nd | SF | 3rd | GS | × | 4 |
![]() | 7th | 1 | ||||
![]() | GS | GS | × | GS | 8th | 4 |
![]() | 4th | GS | × | GS | × | 3 |
Awards
[edit]Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Best goalkeeper |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | ![]() | |
![]() | ![]() | 3 | ![]() |
Winning coaches
[edit]Year | Team | Coach |
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2015 | ![]() | ![]() |
2021 | ![]() | ![]() |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() |
Overall team records
[edit]Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 27 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 24 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | –2 | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 16 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 16 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 15 |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 13 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 13 |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 11 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | –9 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –6 | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | –10 | 2 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثانية تحت سن ٢٣".
- ^ SUBWAY OLYROOS WIN OPENING WAFF U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST IRAQ
- ^ "Iran win inaugural WAFF U-23 Championship".
- ^ "Jordan beats Saudi Arabia in WAFF U-23 final". 12 October 2021.
- ^ @waffootball (22 September 2022). "نقل بطولة تحت ٢٣ عاماً.. والعراق يحتفظ بحق استضافة النسخة الرابعة" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.