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]
Organising body | WAFF |
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Founded | 2015 |
Region | West Asia |
Number of teams | 11 |
Current champions | ![]() (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (1 title each) |
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Results
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
1 | 2015 | ![]() |
![]() Iran[2] |
2–0 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha |
![]() Syria |
![]() Qatar |
3–0 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha |
![]() Yemen | ||
2 | 2021 | ![]() |
![]() Jordan[3] |
3–1 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam |
![]() Saudi Arabia |
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3 | 2022 | ![]() |
![]() Saudi Arabia |
3–1 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah |
![]() Qatar |
![]() Syria |
1–0 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah |
![]() Oman | ||
4 | 2023 | ![]() |
![]() Iraq |
1–1 (5–4 p) Al-Madina Stadium, Baghdad |
![]() Iran |
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Teams reaching the top four
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Total (Top 4) |
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1 (2015) | 1 (2023) | – | – | – | 2 |
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1 (2022) | 1 (2021) | – | – | – | 2 |
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1 (2021) | – | – | – | 1 (2023) | 2 |
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1 (2023) | – | – | – | 1 (2021) | 2 |
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– | 1 (2015) | 1 (2022) | – | 1 (2021) | 3 |
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– | 1 (2022) | 1 (2015) | – | – | 2 |
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– | – | – | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 2 |
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– | – | – | 1 (2015) | – | 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![]() (6) |
2023![]() (9) |
Total |
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GS | GS | GS | × | 3 |
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1st | 2nd | 2 | ||
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× | SF | × | 1st | 2 |
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GS | 1st | × | SF | 3 |
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× | GS | × | × | 1 |
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× | GS | GS | GS | 3 |
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GS | GS | 4th | SF | 4 |
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GS | GS | × | GS | 3 |
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3rd | × | 2nd | × | 2 |
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GS | 2nd | 1st | × | 3 |
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2nd | SF | 3rd | GS | 4 |
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GS | GS | × | GS | 3 |
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4th | GS | × | GS | 3 |
Awards
Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Best goalkeeper |
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4 | ![]() | |
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2 | ![]() | |
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3 | ![]() |
Winning coaches
Year | Team | Coach |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2021 | ![]() |
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2022 | ![]() |
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2023 | ![]() |
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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 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 22 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | –2 | 19 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 16 |
5 | ![]() |
2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 |
6 | ![]() |
2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 15 |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 13 |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 13 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 11 |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 6 |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | –9 | 6 |
12 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | –10 | 2 |
See also
References
- "بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا الثانية تحت سن ٢٣".
- "Iran win inaugural WAFF U-23 Championship".
- "Jordan beats Saudi Arabia in WAFF U-23 final". 12 October 2021.
- @waffootball (22 September 2022). "نقل بطولة تحت ٢٣ عاماً.. والعراق يحتفظ بحق استضافة النسخة الرابعة" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
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