# 2015 WAFF U-16 Championship

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2015 WAFF U-16 Championship Tournament details Host country Jordan City Amman Dates 29 July – 6 August Teams 5 (from 1 sub-confederation) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Iraq (2nd title) Runners-up Saudi Arabia Third place United Arab Emirates Fourth place Palestine Tournament statistics Matches played 10 Goals scored 34 (3.4 per match) Top scorer Mohanad Ali (5 goals) Best player Hamad Al-Abdan ← 2013 2018 →

International football competition

The **2015 WAFF U-16 Championship** is the fifth edition of the [WAFF Youth Competition](/source/WAFF_Championship). The previous edition was an Under-16 age group competition held in Palestine in 2013.[1]

## Participating nations

5 West Asian Federation teams entered the competition.

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance Iraq 5th 2013 Champions (2013) Jordan 5th 2013 Third place (2007, 2013) Palestine 4th 2013 Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013) Saudi Arabia 1st —N/a —N/a United Arab Emirates 3rd 2013 Runners-up (2013)

## Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iraq 4 4 0 0 12 1 +11 12 Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 7 United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6 Palestine 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3 Jordan 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1

Source: [WAFF](http://www.the-waff.com/eng/results.php?id=28)

29 July 2015

Jordan 0–5 Iraq Report Ali 4', 45', 64' Shayyal 58' Abed 66'

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association))

29 July 2015

20:15

Palestine 2–3 United Arab Emirates Rashid 12' Alhourani 80' Report Alhammadi 10' Rashid 67' (o.g.) Almehrzi 90+3' (pen.)

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Falah Saad ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association))

31 July 2015

17:00

Saudi Arabia 4–0 Palestine Almas 11' Alshaikhi 18' Alabdan 82' Alassaf 87' (pen.) Report

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association))

31 July 2015

20:15

United Arab Emirates 1–0 Jordan Amro 70' (pen.) Report

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Shukri Alhunfush ([Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabian_Football_Federation))

2 August 2015

17:00

Palestine 1–0 Jordan Alatawna 4' Report

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Shukri Alhunfush ([Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabian_Football_Federation))

2 August 2015

20:45

Saudi Arabia 0–2 Iraq Report Ali 29' (pen.) Al-Elayawi 76'

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Ahmed Faisal ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association))

4 August 2015

17:00

United Arab Emirates 2–4 Saudi Arabia Alruwais 54' Amro 90+4' Report Alabdan 12', 87' Mahboob 22' (o.g.) Mali 90+3'

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Falah Saad ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association))

4 August 2015

20:15

Iraq 3–0 Palestine Mukhlif 35', 90+3' Abed 40' Report

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Referee: Sultan Almarzooqi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association))

6 August 2015

Iraq 2–1 United Arab Emirates Ali 90+3' Report

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

6 August 2015

Jordan 2–2 Saudi Arabia

[Petra Stadium](/source/Petra_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

## Champion

2015 WAFF U-16 Championship champion Iraq Second title

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[2] Best player[2] Fair Play award Mohanad Ali Hamad Al-Abdan Saudi Arabia

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["قرعة اتحاد غرب اسيا الخامسة للناشئين"](http://www.the-waff.com/waff-news/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-955/).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-U16_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-U16_2-1) ["اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم العراق بطلاً للنسخة الخامسة للناشئين"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181224080619/http://www.the-waff.com/waff-news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-960/). Archived from [the original](http://www.the-waff.com/waff-news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-960/) on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.the-waff.com/teams.asp?competID=25&pageID=3&Lang=eng)

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