Saudi Arabia won the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U23 Championship for the first time after defeating Qatar 3-1 in the final of the competition at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah last night.
Saudi took a two-goal lead in the first 20 minutes thanks to goals from Ahmed Al Ghamdi and Saad Al Nasser.
Qatar hit back four minutes into the second half with a penalty from Diyab Taha to half the deficit, but Musab Al Juwayr added Saudi’s third after 67 minutes to calm his side’s nerves.
Saudi had reached the final after beating Oman 2-1 in Saturday’s semi-final, while Qatar had confirmed their place in the showpiece with a 6-5 penalty shootout win over Syria after the match had finished 1-1.
Syria beat Oman 1-0 earlier yesterday to take third place in the tournament, while on Sunday Bahrain beat Lebanon by the same score in the play-off between the fifth and sixth-placed teams.
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