The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time.

[1] Iran won the title after they defeated Syria in the final.

This was Iran's last WAFF competition before joining the Central Asian Football Association.

The competition was used as a warm up for the 2016 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.