2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship

2008 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates 1 – 15 August
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (4th title)
Runners-up  Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 26 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iran Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals)

The 2008 WAFF Championship was the fifth West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Iran.

Teams

Six teams entered the tournament.

  •  Iran (Hosts)
  •  Jordan
  •  Palestine
  •  Syria
  •  Oman (Invited Nation)
  •  Qatar (Invited Nation)
  •  Iraq Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.[1]
  •  Bahrain Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
  •  Lebanon the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.

Draw

The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.

Venues

Tehran Tehran
Azadi Stadium Takhti Stadium
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 6220091+8
 Qatar 3210126−4
 Palestine 0200204−4
Iran  3–0  Palestine
K. Rahmati  29' (pen.)
Rezaei  40'
Rafkhaei  86'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria)
Palestine  0–1  Qatar
Al Shammari  72'
Qatar  1–6  Iran
Abdullah  52' Meydavoudi  10', 90'
Alenemeh  33'
Aghili  49' (pen.)
Hajsafi  61'
Rafkhaei  80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jordan 4211031+2
 Syria 4211021+1
 Oman 0200225−3
Syria  0–0  Jordan
Oman  1–2  Syria
Saleh  47' Ibrahim  11'
Abadi  71'
Jordan  3–1  Oman
Abdel-Fattah  6'
Al-Nawateer  71', 84'		 Katkoot  26' (pen.)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Iran  2–0  Syria
K. Rahmati  6' (pen.)
Rezaei  52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)
Jordan  3–0  Qatar
Al-Sheikh  45'
Amer Deeb  71'
Al-Saify  90'

Final

Iran  2–1  Jordan
Aghili  21' (pen.)
K. Rahmati  85'		 Amer Deeb  82'
Attendance: 10,000

Champion

 2008 WAFF Championship Winners 

Iran
Fourth title

References

  1. ↑ The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship
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