2024 WAFF U-19 Championship

2024 WAFF U-19 Championship
بطولة الديار العربية غرب آسيا للشباب السعودية 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityTaif
Dates25 June – 5 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored55 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Mansoori ( 4 goals )
2021

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]

  1. ^ ""الديار العربية" راعياً لبطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا للشباب" [Al-Diyar Al-Arabiya" is the sponsor of the West Asian Youth Championship]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ^ "رحلة بطولة الديار العربية غرب آسيا للشباب على وشك الانطلاق" [The journey of the Al-Dyar Al-Arbiya West Asian Youth Championship is about to begin.]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). West Asian Football Federation. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.