2009 WAFF U-15 Championship
# 2009 WAFF U-15 Championship

The 2009 WAFF U-15 Championship was the third edition of the WAFF U-15 Championship, an under-15 international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It took place in Amman, Jordan from 13 to 18 August 2009, featuring 9 teams.

## Participating nations

9 West Asian Federation teams entered the competition.

| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bahrain | 1st | — | — |
| Iran | 3rd | 2007 | Champions (2005) |
| Iraq | 3rd | 2007 | Third place (2005) |
| Jordan | 3rd | 2007 | Third place (2007) |
| Kuwait | 1st | — | — |
| Palestine | 2nd | 2005 | Group stage (2005) |
| Syria | 3rd | 2007 | Champions (2007) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1st | — | — |
| Yemen | 1st | — | — |

## Venues

The competition was played in two venues in the city of Amman.

| Amman | King Abdullah II StadiumPetra Stadium | Amman |
| - | - | - |
| King Abdullah II Stadium | King Abdullah II StadiumPetra Stadium | Petra Stadium |
| Capacity: 13,265 | King Abdullah II StadiumPetra Stadium | Capacity: 6,000 |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Syria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Yemen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Palestine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up team from the three groups advanced to the semi-finals along with the three group winners.

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Syria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | B | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |

* ↑ Syria and Bahrain finished with an identical record, and equal claim on second place in their respective groups. Therefore, a draw was held to determine the qualified team and it was Syria that was drawn as the best runner-up team.

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 17 August | 17 August |
| Iraq | 3 (3) |
| Iraq | 3 (3) | 18 August | 18 August |
| Iran (p) | 3 (4) | 18 August | 18 August |
| Iran (p) | 3 (4) | Iran | 3 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Iran | 3 |
| 17 August | 17 August | Syria | 2 |
| Jordan | 0 | Syria | 2 |
| Syria | 2 | | |
| Syria | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 18 August | 18 August |
| | | Iraq | 3 |
| | | Jordan | 1 |

## Champion

* 2009 WAFF U-15 Championship champion
* Iran Second title

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

There have been 47 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match.

7 goals

* Hussein Abdullah Alfuadi

6 goals

* Ali Fathian

3 goals

* Adnan Taqi
* Ihab Al-Hussny

2 goals

* Nawaf Al-Khaldy
* Amir Abbas Aeinehchi
* Laith Al Bashtawi
* Mahdi Kamel Shiltagh
* Ali Weli
* Rasoul Ali

1 goal

* Ayad Subait
* Mubarak Salim
* Fahad Najafi
* Hussam Haitham
* Muntadher Abdul Kareem
* Abdul-Rahman Ghaith
* Sameer Suleiman
* Abdullah Al-Subayie
* Mohammed Al Sarheed
* Ibrahim Jalayta
* Mohammed Maraaba
* Abdul Rahman Alsabouh
* Mohammed Hussam Omar
* Jawhar Ahmed
* Yousif Saeed

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