West Asian Football Federation

West Asian Football Federation
	WAFF logo
	WAFF members
Formation	15 May 2001[1]
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Amman, Jordan
Membership	12 member associations
President	Prince Ali bin Al Hussein
Website	the-waff.com

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), founded in 2001, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia. Its founding members are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations joined the federation: Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Four other nations of Western Asia: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia joined in 2010.^[2] Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of Central Asian Football Federation.

They organize the West Asian Football Federation Championship. Some nations were invited to participate in the competition from outside the region. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, which are not members, were invited to participate in the first edition of the tournament in 2000. The Secretary General is the Jordanian Khalil Al Salem.

Member associations

WAFF has 12 member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Association	Joining year	Men's team	Women's team
Bahrain	2010	Bahrain	Bahrain
Iraq	2001 (Founding Member)	Iraq	Iraq
Jordan	2001 (Founding Member)	Jordan	Jordan
Kuwait	2010	Kuwait	Kuwait
Lebanon	2001 (Founding Member)	Lebanon	Lebanon
Oman	2010	Oman	–
Palestine	2001 (Founding Member)	Palestine	Palestine
Qatar	2009	Qatar	Qatar
Saudi Arabia	2010	Saudi Arabia	–
Syria	2001 (Founding Member)	Syria	Syria
United Arab Emirates	2009	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Yemen	2009	Yemen	–

Former members

Iran (Founding Member) 2001–2014; created the Central Asian Football Federation.^[3]

International competitions participation

FIFA World Cup participation

Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	8	37
Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
Saudi Arabia											•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	5	10
UAE													•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	8
Iraq										•		•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	9
Kuwait										•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1	10

Legend

1st – Champion
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986)
GS – Group Stage (1930 and since 1950)
1R – First Round (1934 and 1938)

q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• — Did not qualify
— Did not enter
— Withdrew
— Banned
— Hosts

FIFA Confederations Cup participation

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	Years
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6

AFC Asian Cup participation

Total	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	6	3	5	5	8	6	8	9	11	63
Team	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2007	2011	2015	2019	Total appearances
Kuwait					GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS		4th	QF	GS		GS	GS		10
Saudi Arabia								1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	q	10
UAE							GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd		GS	GS	GS	3rd	q	10
Qatar							GS	GS	GS	GS		QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	q	10
Iraq					GS	4th					QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th	q	9
Syria							GS	GS	GS		GS				GS		q	6
Bahrain									GS				4th	GS	GS	GS	q	6
Oman													GS	GS		GS	q	4
Jordan													QF		QF	GS	q	4
Palestine																GS	q	2
Lebanon												GS					q	2
Yemen																	q	1

Legend

1st – Champion
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
GS – Group Stage

q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Did not enter/qualify
— Withdrew
— Banned
— Hosts

Summer Olympics participation

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify / enter
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1900 to 1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Iraq	•	QF	GS	GS	•	•	•	4th	•	•	GS	5
Kuwait	•	QF	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	3
Qatar	•	•	GS	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Saudi Arabia	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Syria	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	13

Competitions

WAFF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Competition	Holders	Most recent event
Men's Football Championship	Qatar	2014
U-23 Men's Football Championship	Iran	2015
U-16 Men's Football Championship	Japan	2018
Men's Futsal Championship	Iran	2012
Men's Beach Soccer	Iran	2013
Women's Football Championship	Jordan	2014
WAFF U18 Girls Championship	Jordan	2018
WAFF U15 Girls Championship	Jordan	2018
Women's Futsal Championship	Iran	2012

Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[4]

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
5	71	Saudi Arabia	1337	-1
6	74	Syria	1322	-1
8	77	Lebanon	1308	+2
9	77	United Arab Emirates	1308
10	85	Oman	1287	-1
11	89	Iraq	1272
13	94	Qatar	1247	+4
16	100	Palestine	1225	-1
19	110	Jordan	1189
20	112	Bahrain	1181	+1
26	133	Yemen	1112
31	159	Kuwait	1014

Last updated 20 September 2018

Leading Men's team:

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[5]

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
11	57	Jordan	1413
18	83	Bahrain	1278	-3
20	91	United Arab Emirates	1230	-3
21	99	Palestine	1181	-3
26	128	Syria	921	-7
28	135	Iraq	873	-8
36	—^[6]	Lebanon	949	-7
38	—^[6]	Kuwait	870	-7
39	—^[6]	Qatar	864	-7

Last updated September 28, 2018

Leading Women's team:

Presidents

Prince Ali has in fact founded the WAFF.^[7]

President	Years
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein	2001 -

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President	Years
Hassan Ghaffari	2001 - 2011
Ali Kafashian	2011 - 2014
Jibril Al Rajoub	2014 -

General Secretary

President	Years
Khalil Al Salem	2017 -

Controversy

On 29 January 2015, after the defeat of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, West Asian Football Federation members reportedly sought to remove Australia from the AFC primarily due to "Australia benefiting hugely from Asian involvement without giving much in return".^[8]

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221456/http://www.the-waff.com/assets/attach/53_400.doc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "WAFF Articles and Definitions". The-waff.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
↑ "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 4 February 2016.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
1 2 3 Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked
↑ "FIFA elections: Factbox for presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein". dna. 21 February 2016.
↑ "Angry Gulf nations leading charge to kick Australia out of Asian Football Confederation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

External links

Official website

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[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111004221456/http://www.the-waff.com/assets/attach/53_400.doc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "WAFF Articles and Definitions". The-waff.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

[3] "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[4] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 4 February 2016.

[5] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

[inactive-6] 1 2 3 Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked

[7] "FIFA elections: Factbox for presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein". dna. 21 February 2016.

[8] "Angry Gulf nations leading charge to kick Australia out of Asian Football Confederation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA