WAFF U-23 Championship
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| Organising body | WAFF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Region | West Asia |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Current champions |  Jordan(1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Iran Jordan(1 title each) |
 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship | |
the WAFF U-23 Championship (Arabic: بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم تحت 23 عام) is an international football competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the men's under-23 national teams of West Asia.[1]
Results
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2015 |  Qatar
|
 Iran[2] |
2–0 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha |
 Syria |
 Qatar |
3–0 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha |
 Yemen | ||
| 2 | 2021 |  Saudi Arabia
|
 Jordan[3] |
3–1 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam |
 Saudi Arabia |
 Iraq and Syria
| ||||
| 3 | 2022 | Saudi Arabia
|
TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||
| 4 |  Iraq[4]
|
TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Total (Top 4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan
|
1 (2021) | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Iran
|
1 (2015) | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Syria
|
– | 1 (2015) | – | – | 1 (2021) | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia
|
– | 1 (2021) | – | – | – | 1 |
| Qatar
|
– | – | 1 (2015) | – | – | 1 |
 Yemen
|
– | – | – | 1 (2015) | – | 1 |
| Iraq
|
– | – | – | – | 1 (2021) | 1 |
- Results from host teams shown in bold
Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place (not determined after 2015)
- 4th – Fourth place (not determined after 2015)
- SF – Semi-finals (since 2021)
- QF – Quarter-finals
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
- – Hosts
- No longer WAFF member
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2015 (10) |
2021 (11) |
2022 (9) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahrain
|
GS | GS | Q | 3 |
| Iran
|
1st | 2 | ||
| Iraq
|
× | SF | Q | 2 |
| Jordan
|
GS | 1st | × | 2 |
 Kuwait
|
× | GS | Q | 2 |
 Lebanon
|
× | GS | Q | 2 |
 Oman
|
GS | GS | Q | 3 |
 Palestine
|
GS | GS | × | 2 |
| Qatar
|
3rd | × | Q | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia
|
GS | 2nd | Q | 3 |
| Syria
|
2nd | SF | Q | 3 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
GS | GS | × | 2 |
| Yemen
|
4th | GS | Q | 3 |
Overall team records
Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan
|
2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 15 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia
|
2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Syria
|
2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Iran
|
1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| 5 | Qatar
|
1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| 6 | Palestine
|
2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Yemen
|
2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 8 |
| 8 | Iraq
|
1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates
|
2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Oman
|
2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Kuwait
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Lebanon
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 1 |
| 13 | Bahrain
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0 |
See also
References
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