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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 30 September – 14 October |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Iran (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Syria |
| Third place |  Qatar |
| Fourth place |  Yemen |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 49 (3.06 per match) |
| Attendance | 7,550 (472 per match) |
| Top scorer | Akram Afif(4 goals) |
| Best player | Amir Arsalan Motahari |
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The2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place inDoha,Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Qatar from 30 September to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015.[1]Iran won the title after they defeatedSyria in the final. This was Iran's last WAFF competition before joining theCentral Asian Football Association.
The competition was used as a warm up for the2016 AFC U-23 Championship which is also to be held in Qatar. This competition in turn is used as qualification for the Olympics football tournament of which these sides participating in the WAFF championship were eligible for.
Each team had to register a squad of up to 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.
| Doha | Location of the host cities of the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship. |
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| Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (Lekhwiya SC stadium) | |
| Capacity:12,000 | |
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| Legend |
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| Advanced to thesemifinals |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Palestine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
 Jordan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
 Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| Iran | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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Motahari 8',16' | Report | Madou 18' (pen.) Al-Sulayhem 79' |
| Saudi Arabia | 3–2 | Bahrain |
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| Al-Ghamdi 34' Al-Sulayhem 80'Madou 90+1' (pen.) | Report | Abdulrasool 83' (pen.) Hasan 90+3' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
 United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
 Oman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4–3 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
| Khameis 15' Khalfan 22'Saif 86'Rabee 90+6' | Report | Saleem 1' Al Hamdani 82' (pen.)Taaib 90+4' |
The best runner-up across all groups advance to semifinal. The results against the fourth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up team.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Yemen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Syria | 0–2 | Iran |
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| Report | Naghizadeh 58' Motahari 81' |
| 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship winners |
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 Iran 1st title |
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