2022 WAFF U-16 Championship

2022 WAFF U-16 Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا التاسعة للناشئين
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
CityAqaba
Dates21–30 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Jordan (1st title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored31 (2.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Yemen Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Nabi (4 goals)
Best player(s)Jordan Azzedine Abu-Aqoula
Best goalkeeperLebanon Jad Jawhar
2021
2023

The 2022 WAFF U-16 Championship was the 9th edition of the WAFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by the WAFF for the men's under-16 national teams of West Asia. It took place in Aqaba, Jordan, at the Aqaba Stadium. Eight teams played in the competition, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Yemen, who won the previous edition in 2021, were the title holders;[1] they were eliminated in the group stage.[2] Hosts Jordan won the competition for the first time, after defeating Lebanon 1–0 in the final.[3]

  1. ^ Khaled, Nasser; Sakair, Abdalaala (25 May 2022). قرعة قوية لبطولة غرب اسيا للناشئين [Strong draw for the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ المنتخب العراقي يحسم صدارة المجموعة الأولى ببطولة الناشئين التاسعة [The Iraqi national team wins the first group of the ninth junior championship]. West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ الأردن يظفر بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئين [Jordan wins the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in Arabic). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.