2024 WAFF U-23 Championship

2024 WAFF U-23 Championship
بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم تحت 23 عاما
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates20–26 March
Teams8 (from 2 confederations) (from 4 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored29 (2.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Alou Kuol (3 goals)
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The 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship was the fifth edition of the WAFF U-23 Championship, the international age-restricted football championship organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) for the men's under-23 national teams of West Asia. Eight teams competed in the tournament, with four WAFF teams and four other invitees.[1]

Iraq were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the tournament at the group stages. South Korea won their first WAFF title, beating Australia 4–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.

Teams

Eight teams took part in the competition, with four from the WAFF and four other invitees. Iraq participated with its under-19 national team.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Australia (invitee) 1st Debut
 Egypt (invitee) 1st Debut
 Iraq 3rd Winners (2023)
 Jordan 4th Winners (2021)
 Saudi Arabia 4th Winners (2022)
 South Korea (invitee) 1st Debut
 Thailand (invitee) 1st Debut
 United Arab Emirates 4th Group stage (2015, 2021, 2023)

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 3 March 2024 at the WAFF headquarters in Amman, Jordan. Teams from the same group of the upcoming 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup could not be drawn into the same group. Host Saudi Arabia were automatically placed in position A1.[3]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Saudi Arabia (H)
A2  Jordan
Group B
Pos Team
B1  South Korea
B2  Thailand
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Egypt
C2  United Arab Emirates
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Australia
D2  Iraq

Squads

Main article: 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship squads

Match officials

Venues

Saudi Arabia Hofuf Saudi Arabia Al-Mubarraz
Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Al Fateh Stadium
Capacity: 19,550 Capacity: 11,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia (H) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1[a] Knockout stage
2  Jordan 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1[a]
Source: WAFF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Saudi Arabia won 2–1 on penalty shootouts
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Jordan
  • Al-Faraj 52' (pen.)
Penalties
  • S. Al-Zaid soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Faraj soccer ball with red X
  • A. Zaid soccer ball with red X
  • Barnawi soccer ball with check mark
 2–1
Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Knockout stage
2  Thailand 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Source: WAFF
South Korea 1–0 Thailand
Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Source: WAFF
Egypt 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
Source: WAFF
Australia 2–1 Iraq
 Report
  • H. Jaafar 49'

Classification matches

Classification semi-finals

Iraq 1–1 United Arab Emirates
  • Sadiq 53'
  • Al-Mansoori 34'
Penalties
 4–3
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Maazmi
  • soccer ball with check mark Bader
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Kass
  • soccer ball with red X Ahmed
  • soccer ball with red X Al-Balooshi
Thailand 1–3 Jordan
  • Thanadol 23'
Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz

Seventh place play-off

United Arab Emirates 0–1 Thailand

Fifth place play-off

Iraq 1–3 Jordan

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 March – Hofuf
 
 
 Australia (p)1 (2)
 
26 March – Al Mubarraz
 
 Egypt1 (1)
 
 Australia2 (3)
 
23 March – Al Mubarraz
 
 South Korea (p)2 (4)
 
 South Korea1
 
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
Third place
 
 
26 March – Al Mubarraz
 
 
 Egypt2 (2)
 
 
 Saudi Arabia (p)2 (4)

Semi-finals

Australia 1–1 Egypt
Penalties
 2–1
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
South Korea 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz

Third place play-off

Egypt 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Penalties
 2–4
  • soccer ball with check mark S. Al-Zaid
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Julaydan
  • soccer ball with check mark Barnawi
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Nemer
Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz
Referee: Shiekh Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)

Final

Australia 2–2 South Korea
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Al Fateh Stadium, Al Mubarraz

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.42 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Ranking

Rank Team M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
2  Australia 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
4  Egypt 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
5  Jordan 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
6  Iraq 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1
7  Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
8  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1

References

  1. ^ "The 5th Edition of the under-23 championship will host 4 teams from outside the region". WAFF. 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ "الشباب بدلا عن الأولمبي في غرب آسيا". Iraq News Agency. 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ "٨ منتخبات تترقب قرعة بطولة تحت ٢٣ عاماً الخامسة" [Drawing the draw for the fifth Under-23 Championship] (in Arabic). WAFF. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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