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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 (in Doha) would not feature in the tournament anymore. ==Participating teams and Draw==
Participating teams and Draw
The draw took place on 11 November 2013 in Doha, Qatar. • ;Withdrew • • ==Squads==
Match officials
The following is the list of referees the West Asian Football Federation appointed for the tournament. ;Referees • Jameel AbdulhusinWang DiAli Sabah Adday Al-QaysiNagor Amir Noor MohamedAbdullah Al HilaliBanjar Al-DosariMarai Al-AwajiKim Sang-WooValentin Kovalenko ;Assistant referees • Mu Yuxin • Issa Al-Amawe • Yaser Marad • Samer Badr • Mohd Kamil Tumin • Amin Halabi • Lee Jung-Min • Rafael Ilyasov ==Group stage==
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==
Knockout stage
Semi-finals ---- 3rd Place Match Final Winners == Player awards ==
Player awards
• Best Player: Ali Assadalla • Top Scorer: Boualem Khoukhi • Best Goalkeeper: Sayed Mohammed Jaffer ==Statistics==
Statistics
Goalscorers ;6 goals • Boualem Khoukhi ;2 goals • Fahad Al-HajeriAdel Ahmed ;1 goal • Mohammad Al-DmeiriSaeed MurjanFaisal ZaidAli AssadallaMoayad HassanMohammed Majrashi ;Own goal • Mohamed Duaij (playing against Jordan) Final standings ==References==
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