The Iraqis, who defeated Azerbaijan in their previous match on Sunday, owed their win to midfielder Mahdi Kareem, who scored the only goal of the night after 20 minutes with a powerful header past UAE goalkeeper Majed Nasser.

UAE should have levelled the scores on 45 minutes but Ahmed Khalil's header went wide, and Theyab Awana's second-half effort was saved by Iraqi goalkeeper Mohammed Kassid.

Azerbaijan secured third place in the tournament following their 2-0 win against Czech Republic earlier in the day.

Vagif Javadov gave Azerbaijan the lead after 24 minutes before Asif Abbasov sealed the win a minute from time.