# 2024 WAFF U-19 Championship

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, 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.

## Participating teams

11 (out of 12) WAFF member nations competed in the tournament. Albania was invited to participate as a guest nation.
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Albania | 1st | Debut | 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 | Debut |
| Palestine | 3rd | 2021 (Group stage) | Fourth place (2019) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1st | Debut | 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

* Qatar

### Draw

The draw was held on 18 June 2024 at the Federation's headquarters.

## Match officials

Referees
* Mohammed Al-Dalawar
* Ali Hussein
* Abdullah Al-Shehri
* Shadi Al-Shahf
* Mohammed Al-Harmoudi
* Mukhtar Al-Arami
* Khaled Basaleh
Assistant referees
* Hussein Mohammed Jaafar
* Karrar Abbas
* Ibrahim Al-Dakhil
* Mohammed Al-Mazmi
* Fahd Al-Bujairi

## 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 |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Syria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Palestine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |

### Ranking of best runners-up

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.
4 goals
* Mohammed Al-Mansoori
3 goals
* Abdulaziz Masnom
* Talal Haji
* Ibrahim Sabra
2 goals
* Ghassan Al Masroori
* Zakaria Ramadan
* Eid Al-Hammadi
1 goal
* Erald Krasniqi
* Jordi Jaku
* Flavio Sulejmani
* Isa Al-Isa
* Sami Awdi
* Hussein Fahim Adnan
* Montaser Suleiman
* Muhannad Al Saadi
* Ahmad Badran
* Aysam Daraghmeh
* Suhaib Ali
* Rakan Al-Ghamdi
* Bassam Hazazi
* Saad Haqawi
* Mahmoud Al-Omar
* Anas Dahan
* Ghaith Bader
* Hazem Abbas
* Mohammad Al-Brwani
* Essam Radman
1 own goal
* Awad Aman (against Yemen)