The 2013 West Asian Football Federation Championship (marketed as Qatar 2013) 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 (in Doha) would not feature in the tournament anymore.
Al Rayyan Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium(Al Sadd SC stadium) Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium(Lekhwiya SC stadium) Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 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 performance3rdFourth place (2012)7thChampions (2002)8thRunners-up (2002, 2008) 3rdChampions (2010)6thGroup stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2012)4thThird place (2012)8th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) (hosts)2ndSemi-finals (2008)2ndGroup stage (2012)
Did not enter
Withdrew
Squads
Match officials The following is the list of referees the West Asian Football Federation appointed for the tournament.
Referees
Jameel Abdulhusin Wang Di Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed Abdullah Al Hilali Banjar Al-Dosari Marai Al-Awaji Kim Sang-Woo Valentin Kovalenko
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 (UTC+3)
Group A
Group B
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
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
3rd Place Match
Final
Winners
Player awards Best Player: Ali Assadalla Top Scorer: Boualem Khoukhi Best Goalkeeper: Sayed Mohammed Jaffer
Statistics
Goalscorers 6 goals Boualem Khoukhi
2 goals Fahad Al-Hajeri Adel Ahmed
1 goal Mohammad Al-Dmeiri Saeed Murjan Faisal Zaid Ali Assadalla Moayad Hassan Mohammed Majrashi
Own goal Mohamed Duaij (playing against Jordan)
Final standings
References
External links Official website