2015 WAFF U-23 Championship

WAFF U-23 Championship 2015 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship.png 200px Qatar 30 September – 14 October 10 1 1 1 23 IRN 1 23 SYR 1980 23 QAT 23 YEM 16 49 7550 QAT Akram Afif (4 goals) IRN Amir Arsalan Motahari 2021 The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Qatar from 30 September to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015.http://www.qfa.com.qa/doha-to-conduct-waff-olympic-championship-draw-in-september/ Doha to conduct WAFF Olympic Championship draw in September QFA 11 July 2015 11 July 2015 Iran won the title after they defeated Syria in the final. This was Iran's last WAFF competition before joining the Central Asian Football Association. The competition was used as a warm up for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship which is also to be held in Qatar. This competition in turn is used as qualification for the Olympics football tournament of which these sides participating in the WAFF championship were eligible for. Teams Squads 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship squads Each team had to register a squad of up to 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. Venues DohaQatar center 300 Location of the host cities of the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship. Qatar 25.286667 51.533333 Doha right Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium(Lekhwiya SC stadium) Capacity: 12,000211x211px Group stage Legend Advanced to the semifinals All times listed are (UTC+3) Group A main WDL Group A Q n QAT 23 QAT YEM 23 YEM PLE 23 PLE JOR 23 JOR 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 2 4 4 #ccffcc A A complete 30 September 2015 16:30 23 JOR 3–1 report 23 YEM Faisal 71Hisham 74 77 Al-Hubaishi 90+3 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 150 Safwan Othman (Syria) 30 September 2015 19:30 23 QAT 3–0 report 23 PLE Ali 22Sanhaji 58Afif 90+3 pen. Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 700 Payam Heidari (Iran) 3 October 2015 16:30 23 PLE 1–3 report 23 YEM Batran 88 Al-Hubaishi 15 44Abdullah 24 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 500 Mihail Litvinov (Turkmenistan) 3 October 2015 19:30 23 QAT 2–1 report 23 JOR Afif 21 28 pen. Hisham 29 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 500 Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq) 6 October 2015 16:30 23 JOR 0–1 report 23 PLE Batran 22 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 200 Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan) 6 October 2015 19:30 23 QAT 0–0 report 23 YEM Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 800 Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia) Group B main WDL Group B Q n IRI 23 IRI KSA 23 KSA BHR 23 BHR 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 2 2 5 #ccffcc A complete 1 October 2015 16:30 23 IRI 2–0 Report 23 BHR Cheshmi 29Fazeli 41 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 700 Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates) 4 October 2015 16:30 23 IRI 2–2 Report 23 KSA Motahari 8 16 Madou 18 pen.Al-Sulayhem 79 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 500 Jawad Assi (Palestine) 7 October 2015 16:30 23 KSA 3–2 Report 23 BHR Al-Ghamdi 34Al-Sulayhem 80Madou 90+1 pen. Abdulrasool 83 pen.Hasan 90+3 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 500 Group C main WDL Group C Q n SYR 23 SYR 1980 UAE 23 UAE OMA 23 OMA 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 2 4 6 #ccffcc A complete 1 October 2015 19:30 23 SYR 1980 2–1 Report 23 UAE Nakdali 17Al Bahr 23 Mubarak 58 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 500 Saleh Al-Hetlol (Saudi Arabia) 4 October 2015 19:30 23 UAE 4–3 Report 23 OMA Khameis 15Khalfan 22Saif 86Rabee 90+6 Saleem 1Al Hamdani 82 pen.Taaib 90+4 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 300 Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) 7 October 2015 19:30 23 OMA 1–2 Report 23 SYR 1980 Al Siyabi 33 Nakdali 52 53 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 500 Ranking of second-placed teams The best runner-up across all groups advance to semifinal. The results against the fourth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up team. main WDL Q n YEM 23 YEM KSA 23 KSA UAE 23 UAE 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 5 5 #ccffcc A complete Knockout stage Semi-finals 10 October 2015 16:30 23 QAT 0–2 Report 23 SYR 1980 Mobayed 47Al Shami 90+5 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 1,700 Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq) 10 October 2015 20:15 23 IRN 2–1 Report 23 YEM Mohammadi 9Daneshgar 47 Al-Jarshi 52 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 1,000 Jawad Assi (Palestine) Third place 14 October 2015 16:30 23 QAT 3–0 23 YEM Report Alaa 19Afif 68Sanhaji 90+1 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 700 Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan) Final 14 October 2015 20:00 23 SYR 1980 0–2 23 IRN Report Naghizadeh 58Motahari 81 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 1,700 Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) Winners fbu 23 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship winners IRN 1st Final standing RankTeam23 Iran23 Syria 198023 QAT423 Yemen523 KSA623 UAE723 Palestine823 Jordan923 Oman1023 Bahrain Player awards Best Player: IRN Amir Arsalan Motahari Top Scorer: QAT Akram Afif Best Goalkeeper: IRN Mohammadreza Akhbari Goalscorers 4 goals 22em QAT Akram Afif 3 goals 22em IRN Amir Arsalan Motahari JOR Ahmed Hisham SYR 1980 Nasouh Al Nakdali YEM Waleed Al-Hubaishi 2 goals 22em PLE Islam Batran QAT Hamza Sanhaji KSA Abdulla Madou KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem 1 goal 22em BHR Abdula Ali Hasan BHR Ali Abdulrasool IRN Hossein Fazeli IRN Mehrdad Mohammadi IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi IRN Alireza Naghizadeh IRN Mohammad Daneshgar JOR Baha' Faisal OMA Marwan Taaib OMA Khalid Al Hamdani OMA Jameel Saleem OMA Ahmed Al Siyabi QAT Almoez Ali QAT Ahmed Alaaeldin KSA Raed Al-Ghamdi SYR 1980 Mahmoud Al Bahr SYR 1980 Abdullah Al Shami SYR 1980 Khaled Mobayed UAE Khalifa Mubarak UAE Ebraheim Khameis UAE Saif Khalfan UAE Ahmed Rabee UAE Sultan Saif YEM Ahmed Abdullah YEM Abdulmuain Al-Jarshi References U23 2015 2015 Category:2015 in Qatari sport Category:2015 in Asian football