2013 WAFF Championship

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. On 4 December, it was announced that the Suheim bin Hamad Stadium would not feature in the tournament anymore.

Participants 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.


 * Did not enter
 * 🇮🇷 iran


 * Withdrew
 * 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic
 * 🇾🇪 yemen

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 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.

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.

Player awards

 * Best Player: 🇶🇦 Ali Assadalla
 * Top Scorer: 🇶🇦 Boualem Khoukhi
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇧🇭 Sayed Mohammed Jaffer

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
Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.