2013 WAFF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2013 WAFF Beach Soccer Championship will be the first beach soccer championship for West Asia, to be held from 1–5 May 2013, in Qeshm, Iran. Seven teams from the WAFF will participate in the inaugural event.

2013 WAFF Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates1–5 May
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Oman
Third place Palestine
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored100 (7.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Khalid al Araimi (9 goals)

Participants

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman (A) 3 3 0 0 17 6 +11 9
 Bahrain (A) 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6
 Lebanon 3 1 0 2 10 13 −3 3
 Qatar 3 0 0 3 7 19 −12 0
Source:
(A) Advanced to the semi-finals.
Oman 5–2Bahrain 
Lebanon 7–3 Qatar
Oman 5–3 Lebanon
Bahrain 5–3 Qatar
Qatar 1-7 Oman
Lebanon 0-5 Bahrain

Group B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran (A) 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6
 Palestine (A) 2 1 0 1 10 6 +4 3
 Iraq 2 0 0 2 4 16 −12 0
Source:
(A) Advanced to the semi-finals.
Iran 8–1 Iraq
Iraq 3–8 Palestine
Palestine 2–3 Iran

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 October 2013
 
 
 Oman 6
 
5 October 2013
 
 Palestine1
 
 Oman 3
 
4 October 2013
 
 Iran 4
 
 Iran 6
 
 
 Bahrain 2
 
Third place
 
 
5 October 2013
 
 
 Bahrain3
 
 
 Palestine 4

Semi-finals
 Oman6–1Palestine 
Iran 6–2 Bahrain

Third-place
Bahrain 3–4 Palestine

Final
Iran 4-3 Oman

Final standings
Rank Team
1 Iran
2 Oman
3 Palestine
4 Bahrain
5 Lebanon
6 Qatar
7 Iraq

References
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