{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = WAFF U-18 Championship | year = 2019 | other_titles = | image = | size = <!-- in pixels; just enter an integer--> | alt = | caption = | city = [[Ramallah]] | country = Palestine | dates = 22–30 August | num_teams = 6 | sub-confederations = 1 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion_other = {{fbu|20|IRQ}} | count = 1 | second_other = {{fbu|20|UAE}} | third_other = {{fbu|20|JOR}} | fourth_other = {{fbu|20|PLE}} | matches = 11 | goals = 31 | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | young_player = | goalkeeper = | fair_play = | prevseason = | nextseason = [[2021 WAFF U-18 Championship|2021]] }} '''2019 WAFF U-18 Championship''' was the first edition of the [[WAFF U-18 Championship]]. A [[WAFF Championship#Under-23, Under 18 & Under 15|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]], [[Palestinian territories|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-waff.com/en/championships/33.html |title=Championships |access-date=25 August 2019 |archive-date=25 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825143352/http://www.the-waff.com/en/championships/33.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| width=60% |width=50%| * {{fbu|17|JOR}} * {{fbu|17|PLE}} <small>(hosts)</small> * {{fbu|17|QAT}} |width=50%| * {{fbu|17|IRQ}} * {{fbu|17|UAE}} * {{fbu|17|BHR}} |}
==Officials==
{{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} '''Referees'''<ref name=calendar>{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/fifa.referee.7/media_set?set=a.1701522016650076&type=3|title= Pictures of the officials during 2019 WAFF U18 in Palestine |date=22 August 2019 |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JOR}} Murad Al Zawahreh ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) *{{flagicon|BHR}} Isa Abdulla Ali ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]]) *{{flagicon|IRQ}} Yousif Saeed Hasan ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]]) *{{flagicon|PLE}} Baraa Abu Aisha ([[Palestinian Football Association|Palestine]]) *{{flagicon|OMA}} Khaled Al-Shaqsi ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]]) *{{flagicon|KUW}} Abdullah Al-Kanderi ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) *{{flagicon|UAE}} Yaqoub Al-Hammadi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) {{Col-2}}
'''Assistant Referees''' *{{flagicon|JOR}} Hamza Abu Obied ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) *{{flagicon|BHR}} Sayed Faisal Al Alawi ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]]) *{{flagicon|IRQ}} Akram Jabbar ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]]) *{{flagicon|PLE}} Farooq Assi ([[Palestinian Football Association|Palestine]]) *{{flagicon|OMA}} Abdulla Al-Jardani ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]]) *{{flagicon|KUW}} Ali Jaraq ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) *{{flagicon|UAE}} Masoud Hassan Fard ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) {{Col-end}}
==Group stage== ===Group A=== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=WAFF |name_JOR={{fbu|17|JOR}} |name_PLE={{fbu|17|PLE}} |name_QAT={{fbu|17|QAT}}
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{{Football box |date = {{Start date|2019|8|22|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|JOR}} |score = 2–0 |team2 = {{fbu|17|PLE}} |goals1 = *[[Mohammad AlQeisi|AlQeisi]] {{goal|31}} *[[Laith Abu Rahal|Abu Rahal]] {{goal|39}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] |attendance = |referee = Yaqoub Al-Hammadi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) |report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/510_match.pdf }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|2019|8|24|df=y}} |time = 16:00 |team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|QAT}} |score = 1–5 |team2 = {{fbu|17|JOR}} |goals1 = *[[Mekki Tombari|Tombari]] {{goal|28}} |goals2 = *[[Mohammad AlQeisi|AlQeisi]] {{goal|29}} *[[Waseem Al-Riyalat|Al-Riyalat]] {{goal|39||82}} *[[Mohannad Semreen|Semreen]] {{goal|78}} *[[Sief Addeen ElBashabsheh|ElBashabsheh]] {{goal|90}} |stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] |attendance = |referee = Yousif Saeed Hasan ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]]) |report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/511_match.pdf }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|2019|8|26|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|PLE}} |score = 2–2 |team2 = {{fbu|17|QAT}} |goals1 = *[[Anas Baniowda|Baniowda]] {{goal|40||65}} |goals2 = *[[Osama Altairi|Altairi]] {{goal|6}} *[[Naif Alhadhrami|Alhadhrami]] {{goal|89}} |stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] |attendance = |referee = Isa Abdulla Ali ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]]) |report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/512_match.pdf }}
===Group B=== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=WAFF |name_UAE={{fbu|17|UAE}} |name_BHR={{fbu|17|BHR}} |name_IRQ={{fbu|17|IRQ}}
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<!--UPDATE positions below (check tiebreakers)--> |team1=UAE |team3=BHR |team2=IRQ |class_rules=
|res_col_header=Q |result1=FS |result2=FS |col_FS=green1 |text_FS=[[#Final stage|Final stage]] }}
{{Football box |date = {{Start date|2019|8|22|df=y}} |time = 16:00 |team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}} |score = 0–0 |team2 = {{fbu|17|BHR}} |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] |attendance = |referee = Murad Al Zawahreh ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) |report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/507_match.pdf }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|2019|8|24|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}} |score = 2–4 |team2 = {{fbu|17|UAE}} |goals1 = *[[Abdulrazzaq Kadah|Kadah]] {{goal|37}} *[[Hussein Zeyad Tareq|Tareq]] {{goal|69}} |goals2 = *[[Mohammad Mubarak|Mubarak]] {{goal|22}} *[[Ahmed Alhammadi|Alhammadi]] {{goal|59||63}} *[[Harib Almaazmi|Almaazmi]] {{goal|80}} |stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] |attendance = |referee = Khaled Al-Shaqsi ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]]) |report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/508_match.pdf }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|2019|8|26|df=y}} |time = 16:00 |team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BHR}} |score = 1–2 |team2 = {{fbu|17|IRQ}} |goals1 = *[[Abdulrahman Mohamed (footballer, born 1998)|Mohamed]] {{goal|90}} |goals2 = *[[Hussein Khudhair|Khudhair]] {{goal|36}} *[[Zainulabdeen Chitheer|Chitheer]] {{goal|84}} |stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] |attendance = |referee = Baraa Abu Aisha ([[Palestinian Football Association|Palestine]]) |report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/509_match.pdf }}
==Knockout stage== ===Bracket=== {{#invoke:RoundN|N4 |3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes <!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2--> <!--Semi-finals--> |28 August|{{fbu|17|JOR}}|1 (2)|{{fbu|17|IRQ}} {{pso}}|1 (4) |28 August|{{fbu|17|UAE}}{{pso}}|0 (4)|{{fbu|17|PLE}}|0 (1) <!--Final--> |30 August|{{fbu|17|IRQ}}{{pso}}|0 (4)|{{fbu|17|UAE}}|0 (2) <!--Third Place--> |30 August|{{fbu|17|PLE}}|0|{{fbu|17|JOR}}|3 }} ----
===Semi-finals=== {{football box | date = 28 August 2019 | time = 16:00 | team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|JOR}} | score = 1–1 | penaltyscore = 2–4 | report = | team2 = {{fbu|17|IRQ}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =[[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] | attendance = | referee =Yaqoub Al-Hammadi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) }}
{{football box | date = 28 August 2019 | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}} | score = 0–0 | penaltyscore = 4–1 | report = | team2 = {{fbu|17|PLE}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =[[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] | attendance = | referee =Abdullah Al-Kanderi ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }} ----
===Fifth place=== {{football box | date = 29 August 2019 | time = 17:00 | team1 ={{fbu-rt|17|QAT}} | score = 2–3 | report =https://twitter.com/waffootball/status/1167153308928237568 | team2 = {{fbu |17|BHR}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =[[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] | attendance = | referee =Yousif Saeed Hasan ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]]) }} ----
===Third place=== {{football box | date = 30 August 2019 | time = 16:00 | team1 ={{fbu-rt|17|PLE}} | score =0–3 | report = | team2 ={{fbu|17|JOR}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =[[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] | attendance = | referee =Abdullah Al-Kanderi ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }} ----
===Final=== {{football box | date = 30 August 2019 | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}} | score = 0–0 | penaltyscore = 4–2 | report = http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/573_match.pdf | team2 = {{fbu|17|UAE}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | penalties1 = *[[Karrar Hussein Ali|Ali]] {{pengoal}} *[[Abdllah Abdljalel|Abdljalel]] {{pengoal}} *[[Hussein Mohammed (footballer)|Mohammed]] {{pengoal}} *[[Muntadher Hadi|Hadi]] {{pengoal}} *[[Ahmed Hasan Maknzi|Maknzi]] {{penmiss}} | penalties2 = *{{pengoal}} [[Ahmed Alhammadi|Alhammadi]] *{{penmiss}} [[Hazza Aljneibi|Aljneibi]] *{{pengoal}} [[Harib Almaazmi|Almaazmi]] *{{penmiss}} [[Hamdan Albeshr|Albeshr]] | stadium = [[Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium]], [[Ramallah]] | attendance = | referee = Baraa Abu Aisha ([[Palestinian Football Association|Palestine]]) }}
==Champion== {{winners|fbu|18|2019 WAFF U-17 Championship champion|IRQ|First}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.the-waff.com/en/index.php WAFF official website]
{{West Asian Football Federation Championship}}
[[Category:2019 in Asian football|WAFF U-18 Championship]]