2024 WAFF U-19 Championship
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| بطولة الديار العربية غرب آسيا للشباب السعودية 2024 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Saudi Arabia |
| City | Taif |
| Dates | 25 June – 5 July |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Saudi Arabia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  United Arab Emirates |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Goals scored | 55 (2.62 per match) |
| Top scorer | Mohammed Al-Mansoori ( 4 goals ) |
← 2021 2026 → | |
The 2024 WAFF U-19 Championship, also known as 2024 Al-Dyar Al-Arbiya WAFF U-19 Championship (Arabic: بطولة الديار العربية غرب آسيا للشباب) for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the third edition of the WAFF U-19 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by West Asian Football Federation for the men's under-19 national teams of West Asia. Saudi Arabia is hosting the tournament in Taif from 25 June to 5 July 2024. A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
Iraq were the two-time defending champions, having won the title in every edition so far.[2]
Draw
11 (out of 12) WAFF member nations competed in the tournament.[3] Albania was invited to participate as a guest nation.[4]
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Albania | 1st | Debut | |
 Bahrain | 3rd | 2021 (Group stage) | Group stage (2019, 2021) |
 Iraq | 3rd | 2021 (Champions) | Champions (2019, 2021) |
 Jordan | 3rd | 2021 (Group stage) | Third place (2019) |
 Kuwait | 2nd | 2021 (Group stage) | Group stage (2021) |
 Lebanon | 2nd | 2021 (Runners-up) | Runners-up (2021) |
 Oman | 1st | Debut | |
 Palestine | 3rd | 2021 (Group stage) | Fourth place (2019) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1st | Debut | |
 Syria | 2nd | 2021 (Group stage) | Group stage (2021) |
| United Arab Emirates | 3rd | 2021 (Group stage) | Runners-up (2019) |
 Yemen | 2nd | 2021 (Group stage) | Group stage (2021) |
- Did not enter
The draw was held on 18 June 2024 at the Federation's headquarters.[5][6]
Match officials
Group stage
The times are according to Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Yemen |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Oman |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kuwait |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Oman | 2–1 | Kuwait |
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| Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | Yemen |
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| Yemen | 3–1 | Oman |
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| Kuwait | 1–1 | Yemen |
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| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Oman |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Iraq |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Albania |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lebanon |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Iraq | 0–0 | Jordan |
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| Lebanon | 0–2 | Albania |
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| Report (LFA) Report (FSHF) Report (WAFF) |
| Albania | 1–1 | Iraq |
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| Jordan | 2–0 | Lebanon |
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| Jordan | 3–0 | Albania |
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| Lebanon | 0–2 | Iraq |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Syria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Palestine |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Bahrain | 1–3 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Palestine | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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| United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | Syria |
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| United Arab Emirates | 0–1 | Palestine |
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Ranking of best runners-up
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | C | Syria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | A | Yemen |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | B | Iraq |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |