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2014 WAFF Championship

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Host country
  
Qatar

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Runners-up
  
Jordan

Teams
  
9

Champions
  
Qatar (1st title)

Dates
  
25 December 2013 – 7 January 2014

The 2013-2014 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.

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Venues

It was announced in October 2013 that three venues would be used. On the 4th December, it was announced that the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium would not feature in the tournament anymore.

Draw

The draw took place on 11 November 2013 in Doha, Qatar. The ten teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. Two groups include three teams and one group had four teams.

Participants
Did not enter
  •  Iran
  •  United Arab Emirates
    • Withdrew
  •  Syria
  •  Yemen

    • Match officials

    The following is the list of referees the West Asian Football Federation appointed for the tournament.

    Referees
    Assistant referees

    Group stage

  • All times listed are (UTC+3)
  • Drawing of lots was used to determine the group winners. The draw was conducted after the final game in Group C. Second and third places are listed here by alphabetical criteria, as no determination was made by the organisers.

    • 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.

  • *: Iraq U23 and Oman finished group B with an identical record, and equal claim on second place in the group. When the group winner was determined by a draw, the identity of second place was irrelevant, as qualification for the team coming second in this group was impossible, so no draw for second place took place.

    • Player awards

  • Best Player: Ali Asad
  • Top Scorer: Boualem Khoukhi
  • Best Goalkeeper: Said Mohamed

    • 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.

    References

    2014 WAFF Championship Wikipedia
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