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2013 WAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Palestine
Dates	18–21 August
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	United Arab Emirates
Third place	Jordan
Fourth place	Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ameer Sabah (3 goals)
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The 2013 WAFF U-16 Championship is the fourth edition of the WAFF Youth Competition. The previous edition was an Under-15 age group competition held in Jordan in 2009.

Participating nations

4 West Asian Federation teams entered the competition.

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Iraq	4th	2009	Third place (2005, 2009)
Jordan	4th	2009	Third place (2007)
Palestine	3rd	2009	Group stage (2005, 2009)
United Arab Emirates	2nd	2009	Group stage (2009)

Tournament information

All games were hosted at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium. Initially, players and staff had been denied entry to the West Bank by Israeli authorities. Israel issued entry visas following an intervention from Jordanian prince and FIFA Vice-President Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. The competition has been temporarily postponed due to the issue.

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Jordan	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
Palestine	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

Palestine	2–2	Jordan
Dahla 42', 61'	Report	Alzu'bi 45+1' Alja'afreh 82'

United Arab Emirates	2–2	Iraq
Lafi 16' Al-Matroushi 80'	Report	Sabah 26' Jassim 63'

Jordan	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Tannous 10'	Report	Al Otaiba 7', 72'

Iraq	4–0	Palestine
Jassim 21' Kadhim 59' Sabah 88' Mahmood 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Palestine	0–4	United Arab Emirates
	Report	Al-Matroushi 45+1' Malalla 48' Al Hammadi 53' Saleh 62'

Jordan	0–4	Iraq
	Report	Sabah 18' Hadi 43' Mahmood 57' Tuaimah 62'

Champion

2013 WAFF U-16 Championship champion
Iraq First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 23 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

3 goals

• Ameer Sabah

2 goals

• Husam Mahmood
• Sajjad Jassim
• Raed Dahla
• Faisel Al-Matroushi
• Eissa Al Otaiba

1 goal

• Hayder Ali Abboodi
• Mohammed Hadi
• Ali Tuaimah
• Baha'Aldeen Alja'afreh
• Ahmad Tannous
• Abdel Shokri Alzu'bi
• Khamis Saleh
• Hammadi
• Majd Lafi
• Abdulla Malalla

References

1. أربع منتخبات في بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئين (in Arabic). the-waff.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
2. "Palestinians demand FIFA action after Israelis refuse entry for WAFF teams". Inside World Football. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
3. "Israel backs down and issues entry permits for WAFF championship in Palestine". Inside World Football. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links

• Official website

• WAFF Championship tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by the State of Palestine
• 2013–14 in Palestinian football
• 2013 in Asian football