2013 WAFF Championship


The 2013 West Asian Football Federation Championship was the 8th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. The tournament was hosted by Qatar from 25 December 2013 to 7 January 2014 and the host country won the tournament for the first time. The 2012 champions, Syria, did not defend their title.

Venues

It was announced in October 2013 that three venues would be used, one in Al Rayyan and two in the capital Doha. On 4 December, it was announced that the Suheim bin Hamad Stadium would not feature in the tournament anymore.
Al RayyanDoha
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 10,000

Participating teams and Draw

The draw took place on 11 November 2013 in Doha, Qatar. The nine teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. All groups included three teams each.
CountryAppearancePrevious best performance
3rdFourth place
7thChampions
8thRunners-up
3rdChampions
6thGroup stage
4thThird place
8thGroup stage
2ndSemi-finals
2ndGroup stage

;Did not enter
;Withdrew

Squads

Match officials

The following is the list of referees the West Asian Football Federation appointed for the tournament.
;Referees
;Assistant referees
  • Mu Yuxin
  • Issa Al-Amawe
  • Yaser Marad
  • Samer Badr
  • Mohd Kamil Tumin
  • Amin Halabi
  • Lee Jung-Min
  • Rafael Ilyasov

    Group stage

  • All times listed are

    Group A

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Group B

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  • Drawing of lots was used to determine the group winners. The draw was conducted after the final game in Group C. No determination was made by the organisers for second and third place.

    Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

At the end of the group stage, a comparison will be made between the second-placed teams of each group. The best second-placed team advance to the semifinals.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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3rd Place Match

Final

Winners

Player awards

Goalscorers

;6 goals
  • Boualem Khoukhi
;2 goals
;1 goal
;Own goal