2023 WAFF Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم 2023 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United Arab Emirates |
Dates | 20 March – 2 April |
Teams | 12 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
The 2023 West Asian Football Federation Championship will be the 10th edition of the WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates for the first time, with its team also making its debut in the competition.
The tournament was scheduled to take place from 2 to 15 January 2021,[1] but was initially postponed to a later date that year.[2] On 29 July, the WAFF announced that the tournament will take place between 20 March and 2 April 2023, before the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[3]
Teams[]
Participants[]
All 12 WAFF nations agreed to participate, for the first time in the competition's history.[4]
Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Bahrain | 5th | 2019 | Champions (2019) |
Iraq | 9th | 2019 | Champions (2002) |
Jordan | 10th | 2019 | Runners-up (2002, 2008, 2014) |
Kuwait | 5th | 2019 | Champions (2010) |
Lebanon | 8th | 2019 | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2019) |
Oman | 5th | 2014 | Third place (2012) |
Palestine | 10th | 2019 | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019) |
Qatar | 3rd | 2014 | Champions (2014) |
Saudi Arabia | 4th | 2019 | Group stage (2012, 2014, 2019) |
Syria | 9th | 2019 | Champions (2012) |
United Arab Emirates | 1st | N/A | N/A |
Yemen | 4th | 2019 | Semi-finals (2010) |
Squads[]
Each team must register a squad of 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.
References[]
- ^ "اتحاد غرب آسيا يُحدد موعد النسخة العاشرة". Almowaten (in Arabic). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "WAFF Championship 2021 postponed". Boxscore. AFC. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "تحديد موعد بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم". Kooora (in Arabic). 29 July 2021.
- ^ "عقد منتخبات غرب آسيا يكتمل لأول مرة في الإمارات". Kooora (in Arabic). 17 April 2020.
External links[]
- 2023 WAFF Championship
- WAFF Championship tournaments
- 2022–23 in Emirati football
- 2023 in Asian football
- International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates
- Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- April 2023 sports events in the United Arab Emirates
- March 2023 sports events in the United Arab Emirates
- Emirati sport stubs
- West Asian football competition stubs
- Asian football competition stubs