# 2013 WAFF U-16 Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2013_WAFF_U-16_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2013_WAFF_U-16_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_WAFF_U-16_Championship > Source revision: 1346830921 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2013 WAFF U-16 Championship Tournament details Host country Palestine Dates 18–21 August Teams 4 (from 1 sub-confederation) Venues 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 Ameer Sabah (3 goals) ← 2009 2015 → International football competition The **2013 WAFF U-16 Championship** is the fourth edition of the [WAFF Youth Competition](/source/WAFF_Championship). 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](/source/Faisal_Al-Husseini_International_Stadium).[1] Initially, players and staff had been denied entry to the West Bank by Israeli authorities.[2] Israel issued entry visas following an intervention from Jordanian prince and FIFA Vice-President [Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein](/source/Prince_Ali_Bin_Al-Hussein).[3] 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 Source: [WAFF](http://www.the-waff.com/eng/results.php?id=25) 18 August 2013 16:05 Palestine 2–2 Jordan Dahla 42', 61' Report Alzu'bi 45+1' Alja'afreh 82' [Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_Al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Al-Ram](/source/Al-Ram) Referee: Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Ajeel Al-Zaabi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 18 August 2013 19:00 United Arab Emirates 2–2 Iraq Lafi 16' Al-Matroushi 80' Report Sabah 26' Jassim 63' [Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_Al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Al-Ram](/source/Al-Ram) Referee: Jawad Assi ([Palestine](/source/Palestinian_Football_Association)) 19 August 2013 17:00 Jordan 1–2 United Arab Emirates Tannous 10' Report Al Otaiba 7', 72' [Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium](/source/Faisal_Al-Husseini_International_Stadium), [Al-Ram](/source/Al-Ram) Referee: Falah Abid Saad ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association)) 19 August 2013 19:00 Iraq 4–0 Palestine Jassim 21' Kadhim 59' Sabah 88' Mahmood 90+2' (pen.) Report [Hussein Bin Ali Stadium](/source/Hussein_Bin_Ali_Stadium), [Hebron](/source/Hebron) Referee: Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Ajeel Al-Zaabi ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 21 August 2013 16:00 Palestine 0–4 United Arab Emirates Report Al-Matroushi 45+1' Malalla 48' Al Hammadi 53' Saleh 62' [Dura International Stadium](/source/Dura_International_Stadium), [Dura](/source/Dura%2C_Hebron) Referee: Falah Abid Saad ([Iraq](/source/Iraq_Football_Association)) 21 August 2013 19:00 Jordan 0–4 Iraq Report Sabah 18' Hadi 43' Mahmood 57' Tuaimah 62' [Dura International Stadium](/source/Dura_International_Stadium), [Dura](/source/Dura%2C_Hebron) Referee: Marwan Wazwaz ([Palestine](/source/Palestinian_Football_Association)) ## 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ameer_Sabah_(footballer,_born_1998)&action=edit&redlink=1) **2 goals** - [Husam Mahmood](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Husam_Mahmood&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sajjad Jassim](/source/Sajjad_Jassim) - [Raed Dahla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raed_Dahla&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Faisel Al-Matroushi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faisel_Al-Matroushi&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Eissa Al Otaiba](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eissa_Al_Otaiba&action=edit&redlink=1) **1 goal** - [Hayder Ali Abboodi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hayder_Ali_Abboodi&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Mohammed Hadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohammed_Hadi&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Ali Tuaimah](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali_Tuaimah&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Baha'Aldeen Alja'afreh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baha%27Aldeen_Alja%27afreh&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Ahmad Tannous](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ahmad_Tannous&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Abdel Shokri Alzu'bi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdel_Shokri_Alzu%27bi&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Khamis Saleh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khamis_Saleh&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Hammadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohamed_Al_Hammadi&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Majd Lafi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Majd_Lafi&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Abdulla Malalla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdulla_Malalla&action=edit&redlink=1)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [أربع منتخبات في بطولة غرب آسيا للناشئين](https://web.archive.org/web/20130820111415/http://www.the-waff.com/more.asp?newsid=762&catid=5&lang=arb) (in Arabic). the-waff.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.the-waff.com/more.asp?newsid=762&catid=5&lang=arb) on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Palestinians demand FIFA action after Israelis refuse entry for WAFF teams"](http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/13082-palestinians-demand-fifa-action-after-israelis-refuse-entry-for-waff-tournament). Inside World Football. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Israel backs down and issues entry permits for WAFF championship in Palestine"](http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/13084-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](http://www.the-waff.com/teams.asp?competID=25&pageID=3&Lang=eng) v t e WAFF Championship Senior Tournaments Jordan 2000 Syria 2002 Iran 2004 Jordan 2007 Iran 2008 Jordan 2010 Kuwait 2012 Qatar 2013 Iraq 2019 Oman 2026 Squads 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2019 2026 Under-23 Tournaments Qatar 2015 Saudi Arabia 2021 Saudi Arabia 2022 Iraq 2023 Saudi Arabia 2024 Oman 2025 Squads 2015 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Under-20 Palestine 2019 Iraq 2021 Saudi Arabia 2024 Kuwait 2026 Under-17 Iran 2005 Syria 2007 Jordan 2009 Palestine 2013 Jordan 2015 Jordan 2018 Jordan 2019 Saudi Arabia 2021 Jordan 2022 Oman 2023 Jordan 2024 Jordan 2025 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2013 WAFF U-16 Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_WAFF_U-16_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_WAFF_U-16_Championship?action=history)). 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