Football West Asian Cup 2013

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Football West Asian Championship 2013
8th Waff Championship, Qatar 2013
Number of nations 9 finalists
venue QatarQatar Qatar
West Asian Champion QatarQatar Qatar
opening December 25, 2013
Endgame January 7, 2014
Games 13
Gates 17 (ø 1.31 per game)
Top scorer QatarQatar Boualem Khoukhi (6 goals)

The 2013 West Asian Football Championship (officially: 8th Waff Championship, Qatar 2013 ) was held in Doha from December 25, 2013 to January 7, 2014 . A total of nine teams competed in the final round organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) to determine the West Asian champions.

Attendees

The nine participating teams were divided into three groups, each group being filled with three teams. In the group stage, the teams played against each other once in the league system . The group winner and the best runner-up made it to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played the final.

The preliminary round draw took place on November 11, 2013 in Doha. The following groups emerged:

Group A Group B Group C
QatarQatar Qatar OmanOman Oman JordanJordan Jordan
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia IraqIraq Iraq KuwaitKuwait Kuwait
Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine BahrainBahrain Bahrain LebanonLebanon Lebanon

Games and results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. QatarQatar Qatar  2  2  0  0 005: 100  +4 06th
 2. Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine  2  0  1  1 000: 100  −1 01
 3. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  2  0  1  1 001: 400  −3 01
December 25, 2013
Qatar - Palestine 1: 0 (0: 0)
December 28, 2013
Palestine - Saudi Arabia 0-0
December 31 2013
Saudi Arabia - Qatar 1: 4 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BahrainBahrain Bahrain  2  0  2  0 000-000  ± 0 02
 2. IraqIraq Iraq  2  0  2  0 000-000  ± 0 02
 3. OmanOman Oman  2  0  2  0 000-000  ± 0 02
Bahrain won the group by drawing lots.
December 25, 2013
Oman - Bahrain 0-0
December 28, 2013
Bahrain - Iraq 0-0
December 31 2013
Iraq - Oman 0-0

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. JordanJordan Jordan  2  1  1  0 002: 100  +1 04th
 2. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait  2  1  0  1 003: 200  +1 03
 3. LebanonLebanon Lebanon  2  0  1  1 000: 200  −2 01
December 26, 2013
Jordan - Lebanon 0-0
December 29, 2013
Lebanon - Kuwait 0: 2 (0: 1)
1st of January 2014
Kuwait - Jordan 1: 2 (1: 1)

Group Determination of the best runner-up in the group

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait  2  1  0  1 003: 200  +1 03
 2. IraqIraq Iraq  2  0  2  0 000-000  ± 0 02
 3. Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine  2  0  1  1 000: 100  −1 01

Semifinals

4th January 2014
QatarQatar Qatar - KuwaitKuwait Kuwait 3: 0 a.d.
4th January 2014
BahrainBahrain Bahrain - JordanJordan Jordan 0: 1 (0: 0)

Game for third place

January 7, 2014
KuwaitKuwait Kuwait - BahrainBahrain Bahrain 0: 0 n.v., 2: 3 i. E.

final

January 7, 2014
QatarQatar Qatar - JordanJordan Jordan 2: 0 (0: 0)

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