# 2018 WAFF U-16 Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_WAFF_U-16_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_WAFF_U-16_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_WAFF_U-16_Championship > Source revision: 1346830922 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2018 WAFF U-16 Championship Tournament details Host country Jordan City Amman Dates 1–9 August Teams 5 (from 1 confederation) Venues 2 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Japan (1st title) Runners-up India Third place Jordan Fourth place Yemen Tournament statistics Matches played 10 Goals scored 36 (3.6 per match) Top scorer Reziq Banihani (6 goals) ← 2015 2019 → International football competition The **2018 WAFF U-16 Championship** is the sixth edition of the [WAFF Youth Competition](/source/WAFF_Championship).[1] The previous edition was an Under-16 age group competition held in Jordan in 2015. ## Participating nations Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance India 1st —N/a —N/a Iraq 6th 2015 Champions (2013, 2015) Japan 1st —N/a —N/a Jordan 6th 2015 Third place (2007, 2013) Yemen 2nd 2009 Group stage (2009) ## Results Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Japan 4 4 0 0 9 4 +5 12 India 4 3 0 1 9 2 +7 9 Jordan 4 2 0 2 11 9 +2 6 Yemen 4 1 0 3 5 4 +1 3 Iraq 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0 Source: [WAFF](http://www.the-waff.com/eng/results.php?id=39) 1 August 2018 17:00 Jordan 0–4 India Report V. P. Singh 43', 61', 73' Oram 84' [King Abdullah Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Ammar Ashkanani ([Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_Football_Association)) 1 August 2018 20:00 Yemen 0–1 Japan Report Nakano 63' [King Abdullah Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Omar Al Miani ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association)) 3 August 2018 17:00 Yemen 2–0 Iraq Ali 62', 85' Report [Amman International Stadium](/source/Amman_International_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Emad Bojeh ([Palestine](/source/Palestinian_Football_Association)) 3 August 2018 20:00 Japan 2–1 India Kondo 57' Toyama 64' Report V. P. Singh 26' [Amman International Stadium](/source/Amman_International_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Ahmad Al Ali ([Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_Football_Association)) 5 August 2018 17:00 Japan 3–2 Jordan Kondo 31' Handa 54' Aoki 64' Report Banihani 8' Alruzi 90+4' [King Abdullah Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Watheq Mohammad ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association)) 5 August 2018 20:00 India 1–0 Iraq Shendre 90+3' Report [King Abdullah Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Feras Yousef ([Yemen](/source/Yemen_Football_Association)) 7 August 2018 17:00 India 3–0 Yemen H. Singh 39' Demello 47' Danu 49' Report [Amman International Stadium](/source/Amman_International_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Watheq Mohammad ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association)) 7 August 2018 20:00 Iraq 1–7 Jordan Mohammad 57' Report Banihani 16', 33', 50', 53', 85' Alhanahneh 37' Al Shanaineh 90+3' [Amman International Stadium](/source/Amman_International_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Ahmad Al Ali ([Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_Football_Association)) 9 August 2018 17:00 Iraq 1–3 Japan Abed 65' Report Toyama 49' Nakano 88', 90' [King Abdullah Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Omar AlMaani ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association)) 9 August 2018 20:00 Jordan 2–1 Yemen Smreen 71', 80' Report Ali 81' [King Abdullah Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman) Referee: Ammar Ashkanani ([Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_Football_Association)) ## Champion 2018 WAFF U-16 Championship champion Japan First title ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["WAFF U16 Championship"](http://www.the-waff.com/waff-news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AD-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF-1011/). Retrieved 2018-07-01. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.the-waff.com/teams.asp?competID=25&pageID=3&Lang=eng) v t e WAFF Championship Senior Tournaments Jordan 2000 Syria 2002 Iran 2004 Jordan 2007 Iran 2008 Jordan 2010 Kuwait 2012 Qatar 2013 Iraq 2019 Oman 2026 Squads 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2019 2026 Under-23 Tournaments Qatar 2015 Saudi Arabia 2021 Saudi Arabia 2022 Iraq 2023 Saudi Arabia 2024 Oman 2025 Squads 2015 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Under-20 Palestine 2019 Iraq 2021 Saudi Arabia 2024 Kuwait 2026 Under-17 Iran 2005 Syria 2007 Jordan 2009 Palestine 2013 Jordan 2015 Jordan 2018 Jordan 2019 Saudi Arabia 2021 Jordan 2022 Oman 2023 Jordan 2024 Jordan 2025 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2018 WAFF U-16 Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_WAFF_U-16_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_WAFF_U-16_Championship?action=history)). 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