2023 WAFF Championship

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2025 WAFF Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم 2025
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
DatesTBA
Teams12 (from 2 sub-confederations)
← 2019

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).

Contents

The tournament was set to take place from 2 to 15 January 2021, [1] but was initially postponed to a later date that year. [2] On 29 July 2021, the WAFF announced that the tournament will take place between 20 March and 2 April 2023 in the United Arab Emirates. [3] However, on 6 February 2023, the WAFF announced that the UAE had withdrawn from hosting the tournament. [4] On 26 February 2023, the WAFF announced that the tournament would be postponed to a later date. [5] Later on Kuwait became the front runner to host the 10th edition moving it to 2025.

In addition to 11 teams from the WAFF, Thailand from the ASEAN Football Federation were invited as guests. [6]

Teams

Participants

Initially, all 11 WAFF nations had agreed to participate for the first time in the competition's history. [7] However, Qatar were later replaced by Thailand in January 2023. [6]

TeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 5th 2019 Champions (2019)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 9th 2019 Champions (2002)
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 10th 2019 Runners-up (2002, 2008, 2014)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 5th 2019 Champions (2010)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 8th 2019 Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2019)
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 5th 2014 Third place (2012)
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 10th 2019 Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4th 2019 Group stage (2012, 2014, 2019)
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria 9th 2019 Champions (2012)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1st——
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 4th 2019 Semi-finals (2010)

Squads

Each team must register a squad of 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.

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References

  1. ↑ Nabil, Marwa (18 March 2020). اتحاد غرب آسيا يُحدد موعد النسخة العاشرة [The West Asian Federation sets the date for the tenth edition]. Almowaten (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "WAFF Championship 2021 postponed". Boxscore. AFC. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ↑ تحديد موعد بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم [The date of the WAFF Championship has been determined]. Kooora (in Arabic). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "الاتحاد الإماراتي يعتذر عن استضافة بطولة الرجال العاشرة". West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "تأجيل بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا العاشرة للرجال". West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 26 February 2023.
  6. 1 2 المنتخب التايلندي.. ضيفاً على بطولة الرجال العاشرة [The Thai national team is a guest in the 10th men's championship]. West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 12 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ↑ عقد منتخبات غرب آسيا يكتمل لأول مرة في الإمارات [All West Asian teams will compete in the WAFF Championship for the first time in the UAE]. Kooora (in Arabic). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.


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