2023 WAFF Championship

2023 WAFF Championship
بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم 2023
Tournament details
Host countryTBA
DatesTBA
Teams12 (from 2 sub-confederations)
← 2019

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).

The tournament was set to take place from 2 to 15 January 2021,[1] but was initially postponed to a later date that year.[2] On 29 July 2021, the WAFF announced that the tournament will take place between 20 March and 2 April 2023 in the United Arab Emirates.[3] However, on 6 February 2023, the WAFF announced that the UAE had withdrawn from hosting the tournament.[4] On 26 February 2023, the WAFF announced that the tournament would be postponed to a later date.[5]

In addition to 11 teams from the WAFF, Thailand from the ASEAN Football Federation were invited as guests.[6]

  1. ^ Nabil, Marwa (18 March 2020). اتحاد غرب آسيا يُحدد موعد النسخة العاشرة [The West Asian Federation sets the date for the tenth edition]. Almowaten (in Arabic). 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 [The date of the WAFF Championship has been determined]. Kooora (in Arabic). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "الاتحاد الإماراتي يعتذر عن استضافة بطولة الرجال العاشرة". West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. ^ "تأجيل بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا العاشرة للرجال". West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 26 February 2023.
  6. ^ المنتخب التايلندي.. ضيفاً على بطولة الرجال العاشرة [The Thai national team is a guest in the 10th men's championship]. West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 12 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.