# 2019 WAFF U-18 Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2019_WAFF_U-18_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2019_WAFF_U-18_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_WAFF_U-18_Championship > Source revision: 1256255331 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2019 WAFF U-18 Championship Tournament details Host country Palestine City Ramallah Dates 22–30 August Teams 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) Venue 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) 2021 → International football competition **2019 WAFF U-18 Championship** was the first edition of the [WAFF U-18 Championship](/source/WAFF_U-18_Championship). A [WAFF youth football](/source/WAFF_Championship#Under-23,_Under_18_&_Under_15) championship organised by the [West Asian Football Federation](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation) (WAFF) for the men's under-18 national teams of West Asia. It was held in [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah), [Palestine](/source/Palestinian_territories) 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.[1] Jordan Palestine (hosts) Qatar Iraq United Arab Emirates Bahrain ## Officials Referees[2] Murad Al Zawahreh (Jordan) Isa Abdulla Ali (Bahrain) Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq) Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine) Khaled Al-Shaqsi (Oman) Abdullah Al-Kanderi (Kuwait) Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Assistant Referees Hamza Abu Obied (Jordan) Sayed Faisal Al Alawi (Bahrain) Akram Jabbar (Iraq) Farooq Assi (Palestine) Abdulla Al-Jardani (Oman) Ali Jaraq (Kuwait) Masoud Hassan Fard (United Arab Emirates) ## 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 Source: WAFF 22 August 2019 (2019-08-22) 19:00 Jordan 2–0 Palestine AlQeisi 31' Abu Rahal 39' Report [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 16:00 Qatar 1–5 Jordan Tombari 28' Report AlQeisi 29' Al-Riyalat 39', 82' Semreen 78' ElBashabsheh 90' [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association)) 26 August 2019 (2019-08-26) 19:00 Palestine 2–2 Qatar Baniowda 40', 65' Report Altairi 6' Alhadhrami 89' [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Isa Abdulla Ali ([Bahrain](/source/Bahrain_Football_Association)) ### 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 Source: WAFF 22 August 2019 (2019-08-22) 16:00 United Arab Emirates 0–0 Bahrain Report [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Murad Al Zawahreh ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association)) 24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 19:00 Iraq 2–4 United Arab Emirates Kadah 37' Tareq 69' Report Mubarak 22' Alhammadi 59', 63' Almaazmi 80' [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Khaled Al-Shaqsi ([Oman](/source/Oman_Football_Association)) 26 August 2019 (2019-08-26) 16:00 Bahrain 1–2 Iraq Mohamed 90' Report Khudhair 36' Chitheer 84' [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha ([Palestine](/source/Palestinian_Football_Association)) ## 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 28 August 2019 16:00 Jordan 1–1 Iraq Penalties 2–4 [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 28 August 2019 19:30 United Arab Emirates 0–0 Palestine Penalties 4–1 [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Abdullah Al-Kanderi ([Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_Football_Association)) ### Fifth place 29 August 2019 17:00 Qatar 2–3 Bahrain Report [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association)) ### Third place 30 August 2019 16:00 Palestine 0–3 Jordan [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Abdullah Al-Kanderi ([Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_Football_Association)) ### Final 30 August 2019 19:30 Iraq 0–0 United Arab Emirates Report Penalties Ali Abdljalel Mohammed Hadi Maknzi 4–2 Alhammadi Aljneibi Almaazmi Albeshr [Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Ramallah](/source/Ramallah) Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha ([Palestine](/source/Palestinian_Football_Association)) ## Champion 2019 WAFF U-17 Championship champion Iraq First title ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Championships"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190825143352/http://www.the-waff.com/en/championships/33.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.the-waff.com/en/championships/33.html) on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-calendar_2-0)** ["Pictures of the officials during 2019 WAFF U18 in Palestine"](https://www.facebook.com/fifa.referee.7/media_set?set=a.1701522016650076&type=3). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019. ## External links - [WAFF official website](http://www.the-waff.com/en/index.php) 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 [2019 WAFF U-18 Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_WAFF_U-18_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_WAFF_U-18_Championship?action=history)). 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