2021 WAFF Championship

The 2021 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 the team also making its debut in the competition. The tournament was scheduled to take place from 2 to 15 January 2021,[1] but was later postponed.[2]

2021 WAFF Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم 2021
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
DatesTBA
Teams12 (from 1 sub-confederation)

Teams

Participants

All 12 WAFF nations agreed to participate, for the first time in the competition's history.[3]

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

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". صحيفة المواطن الإلكترونية (in Arabic). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. "WAFF Championship 2021 postponed | Football News |". the-AFC. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. "عقد منتخبات غرب آسيا يكتمل لأول مرة في الإمارات". كووورة. 17 April 2020.


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