West Asian Football Federation

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.

West Asian Football Federation
WAFF logo
WAFF members
Formation15 May 2001[1]
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersAmman, Jordan
Membership
12 member associations
President
 Prince Ali bin Al Hussein
WebsiteThe-WAFFF.com

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.

History

Presidents

Prince Ali has in fact founded the WAFF.[3]

President Years
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein 2001 – present

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

General Secretary
President Years
Khalil Al Salem 2017 – present

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

Competitions

WAFF competitions

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

Current title holders
CompetitionChampionsTitleRunners-upLast edition
Men
Men's Football Championship Bahrain2019
U-23 Men's Football Championship Iran2015
U-18 Men's Football Championship Iraq2019
U-15 Men's Football Championship Saudi Arabia2019
Men's Futsal Championship Iran2012
Men's Beach Soccer Iran2013
Women
Women's Football Championship Jordan2019
Women's Clubs Championship Shabab Al-Ordon2019
U-18 Girls Championship Lebanon2019
U-15 Girls Championship Lebanon2019
Women's Futsal Championship Iran2012

Major tournaments

FIFA World Cup
See also: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Team
1930
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022		 Total inclusive
WC Qual.
 Saudi Arabia••••R16GSGSGS••GS510
 UAE•GS•••••••18
 Iraq••GS••••••••19
 Kuwait••GS••••••••110
 Qatar•••••••••••q110
Total0000000000011111110011837
Legend

AFC Asian Cup
See also: AFC Asian Cup
Team
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004



2007
2011
2015
2019		 Total appearances
 KuwaitGS2nd1st3rdGS4thQFGSGSGS10
 Saudi Arabia1st1st2nd1st2ndGS2ndGSGSR1610
 UAEGSGSGS4th2ndGSGSGS3rdSF10
 QatarGSGSGSGSQFGSGSQFGS1st10
 IraqGS4thQFQFQF1stQF4thR169
 SyriaGSGSGSGSGSGS6
 BahrainGS4thGSGSGSR166
 OmanGSGSGSR164
 JordanQFQFGSR164
 PalestineGSGS2
 LebanonGSGS2
 YemenGS1
Total00002245635586891163
Legend

FIFA Confederations Cup
Team
1992
1995
1997
1999

2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017		 Years
 Saudi Arabia2ndGSGS4th••••••4
 Iraq•••••••GS••1
 United Arab Emirates••GS•••••••1
Total11210001006

Summer Olympics
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
2020		 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
Total0331211101113

Rankings

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]

See also

References
  1. "Chapter 1". Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  2. "WAFF Articles and Definitions". The-waff.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  3. "FIFA elections: Factbox for presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein |". dna. 21 February 2016.
  4. "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 25 July 2019.
  6. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  7. Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked
  8. "Angry Gulf nations leading charge to kick Australia out of Asian Football Confederation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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