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)	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	6	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Qatar	3	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4
Palestine	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4

Iran  v  Palestine

7 August 2008

Iran	3–0	Palestine
K. Rahmati  29' (pen.) Rezaei  40' Rafkhaei  86'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria)

Palestine  v  Qatar

9 August 2008

Palestine	0–1	Qatar
		Al Shammari  72'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran

Qatar  v  Iran

11 August 2008

Qatar	1–6	Iran
Abdullah  52'		Meydavoudi  10'  90' Alenemeh  33' Aghili  49' (pen.) Hajsafi  61' Rafkhaei  80'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jordan	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Syria	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Oman	0	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3

Syria  v  Jordan

7 August 2008

Syria	0–0	Jordan

Takhti Stadium, Tehran

Oman  v  Syria

9 August 2008

Oman	1–2	Syria
Saleh  47'		Ibrahim  11' Abadi  71'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran

Jordan  v  Oman

11 August 2008

Jordan	3–1	Oman
Abdel-Fattah  6' Al-Nawateer  71'  84'		Katkoot  26' (pen.)

Takhti Stadium, Tehran

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Iran  v  Syria

13 August 2008

Iran	2–0	Syria
K. Rahmati  6' (pen.) Rezaei  52'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)

Jordan  v  Qatar

13 August 2008

Jordan	3–0	Qatar
Al-Sheikh  45' Amer Deeb  71' Al-Saify  90'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran

Final

Iran  v  Jordan

15 August 2008

Iran	2–1	Jordan
Aghili  21' (pen.) K. Rahmati  85'		Amer Deeb  82'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

Champion

2008 WAFF Championship Winners
Iran Fourth title

References

External links

• Rsssf.com