2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship

2010 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Jordan
Dates 24 September - 3 October
Teams 9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up  Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 36 (3 per match)
Attendance 92,000 (7,667 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ali Al-Nono (4 goals)
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The 2010 WAFF Championship was the 6th West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for selected West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Jordan, after Lebanon was deemed not capable of hosting.[1] The competition was eventually won for the first time by Kuwait, after beating defending champions, Iran.

Contents

Draw

Nine teams entered the tournament and were drawn into three groups of three nations. The draw for the competition was made on Thursday July 1, 2010.[2]

Group A Group B Group C

 Iran (Holders)
 Bahrain
 Oman

 Jordan (Hosts)
 Syria
 Kuwait

 Iraq
 Yemen
 Palestine

Squads

Squads were submitted to FIFA by July 28, 2010

Main article: 2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
 Oman 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
September 24, 2010
19:00 GMT
 Iran  3 – 0  Bahrain King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Nasser Darwish
Aghili  36', 38'
Oladi  47'		 Report
September 26, 2010
15:00 GMT
 Bahrain  2 – 0  Oman King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 1,000
Abdullatif  63', 67' Report
September 28, 2010
15:00 GMT
 Oman  2 – 2  Iran King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 4,000
Hadid  40'
Abdul-Karim  45'		 Report Meydavoudi  17'
Teymourian  53'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
 Jordan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
 Syria 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
September 24, 2010
15:00 GMT
 Jordan  1 – 1  Syria King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000
Abdullah Deeb  13' Report Al-Zino  82'
September 26, 2010
19:00 GMT
 Syria  1 – 2  Kuwait King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 5,000
Al-Omaier  83' Report Rashed  53'
Al-Moussawi  71'
September 28, 2010
19:00 GMT
 Kuwait  2 – 2  Jordan King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000
Nasser  60'
Al-Majmed  78'		 Report Abdel-Fattah  38', 51'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
 Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
September 25, 2010
17:00 GMT
 Iraq  2 – 1  Yemen King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 8,000
Samal  49'
Hawar  72'		 Report Al-Nono  10'
September 27, 2010
17:00 GMT
 Yemen  3 – 1  Palestine King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nasser Darwish
Al-Nono  43' (pen.), 83'
Thabit  63'		 Report Obeid  79'
September 29, 2010
17:00 GMT
 Palestine  0 – 3  Iraq King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 14,000
Karim  15', 76'
Akram  86' (pen.)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
 Jordan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

October 1, 2010
13:00 GMT
 Iran  2 – 1  Iraq King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 12,000
Hosseini  58'
Gholami  84'		 Karim  71'
October 1, 2010
18:00 GMT
 Kuwait  1 – 1  Yemen King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 3,000
Al-Rashidi  73' Al-Nono  55'
  Penalties  
4 – 3

Final

October 3, 2010
18:00 GMT
 Iran  1 – 2  Kuwait King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 15,000
Meydavoudi  90+5' Al-Mashaan  10'
Nasser  40'

Champion

 2010 WAFF Championship Champion 

Kuwait
First title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Sponsors

References

  1. ^ "نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان". WAFF Official Website. 2010-03-31. http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=142&Lang=arb. Retrieved 2010-06-30. 
  2. ^ "WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw". WAFF Official Website. 2010-07-01. http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=153&Lang=eng. Retrieved 2010-07-01. 

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