2023 WAFF Championship

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.

2023 WAFF Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم 2023
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates20 March – 2 April
Teams12 (from 1 sub-confederation)

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
 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
Main article: 2023 WAFF Championship squads

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

References
  1. "اتحاد غرب آسيا يُحدد موعد النسخة العاشرة". Almowaten (in Arabic). 18 March 2020. 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". Kooora (in Arabic). 29 July 2021.
  4. "عقد منتخبات غرب آسيا يكتمل لأول مرة في الإمارات". Kooora (in Arabic). 17 April 2020.


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