2018 WAFF Championship

2018 WAFF Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم 2018
Tournament details
Host country Iraq
Dates November 2018
Teams 11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2018 West Asian Football Federation Championship will be the 9th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. The tournament will be hosted in Basra, Iraq for the first time. It was meant to be held from 8 December to 17 December 2017 in Amman, Jordan,[1] but was postponed to a later date,[2] and subsequently moved to Iraq on 21 May 2018.[3]

Teams

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahrain 4th Third place
 Iraq 8th Winners
 Jordan 9th Runners-up
 Kuwait 4th Winners
 Lebanon 7th Group stage
 Oman 5th Third place
 Palestine 9th Group stage
 Saudi Arabia 3rd Group stage
 Syria 8th Winners
 United Arab Emirates 1st N/A
 Yemen 3rd Semi-finals

Draw

The draw for the group stage was originally going to be made on 7 December 2017 in Amman, Jordan,[4] before the tournament was postponed.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "7 منتخبات تؤكد المشاركة في غرب آسيـا ومنتخبنـا يرسل قائمته الأوليـة". shabiba.com (in Arabic). 7 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "تأجيل بطولة غرب آسيا لكرة القدم". Alrai. 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Iraq to host first international football tournament". AFP.com. 21 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "أنهى معسكره دون تجارب ودية «الأولمبي»يُفاجأ بموعد قرعة «غرب آسيا»" (in Arabic). 15 November 2017.
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