WAFF Championship

WAFF Championship
Founded	2000 (2000)
Region	Western Asia (WAFF)
Number of teams	9
Current champions	Qatar (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (4 titles)
2014 WAFF Championship

The WAFF Championship or West Asian Football Federation Championship is a football competition consisting mainly of West Asian countries and territories. The event is organized by West Asian Football Federation. It is usually held every two years, but at occasionally longer intervals.

Senior tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2000	Amman	Iran	1 – 0	Syria	Iraq	4 – 1	Jordan
2002	Damascus	Iraq	3 – 2 aet	Jordan	Iran	2 – 2 (4-2) ps	Syria
2004	Tehran	Iran	4 – 1	Syria	Jordan	3 – 1	Iraq
2007	Amman	Iran	2 – 1	Iraq	Syria	n/a⁽¹⁾	Jordan
2008	Tehran	Iran	2 – 1	Jordan	Syria	n/a⁽¹⁾	Qatar
2010	Amman	Kuwait	2 – 1	Iran	Iraq	n/a⁽¹⁾	Yemen
2012	Kuwait City	Syria	1 – 0	Iraq	Oman	1 – 0	Bahrain
2014	Doha	Qatar	2 – 0	Jordan	Bahrain	0 – 0 (3-2) ps	Kuwait

¹ No third place match was played.

Medal Summary

As 2014

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	4	1	1	6
2	Iraq	1	2	2	5
3	Syria	1	2	2	5
4	Qatar	1	0	1	2
5	Kuwait	1	0	0	1
6	Jordan	0	3	2	5
7	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
8	Oman	0	0	1	1
9	Yemen	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	11	27

General statistics

As 2014

Pos	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Iran	7	28	19	7	2	56	16	+40	64
2	Iraq	7	26	13	7	6	35	19	+16	46
3	Jordan	8	27	11	7	9	33	25	+8	40
4	Syria	7	25	9	7	9	27	33	-6	34
5	Kuwait	3	10	5	3	2	14	14	0	18
6	Qatar	2	7	5	0	2	12	10	+2	15
7	Bahrain	3	11	3	5	3	5	6	-1	14
8	Oman	4	11	3	3	5	9	13	-4	12
9	Lebanon	6	14	2	2	10	6	21	-15	8
10	Palestine	8	18	1	3	14	10	30	-20	6
11	Saudi Arabia	2	5	1	2	2	2	5	-3	5
12	Yemen	2	6	1	1	4	6	8	-2	4
13	Kazakhstan	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
14	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	0	0	3	0	8	-8	0

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Participating nations

Total	8	6	6	6	6	9	11	9
Team	2000	2002	2004	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	Years
Bahrain						GS	4th	3rd	3
Iran	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	GS		7
Iraq	3rd	1st	4th	2nd		SF	2nd	GS	7
Jordan	4th	2nd	3rd	SF	2nd	GS	GS	2nd	8
Kazakhstan #	GS								1
Kuwait						1st	GS	4th	3
Kyrgyzstan #	GS								1
Lebanon	GS	GS	GS	GS			GS	GS	6
Oman					GS	GS	3rd	GS	4
Palestine	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Qatar					SF			1st	2
Saudi Arabia							GS	GS	2
Syria	2nd	4th	2nd	SF	SF	GS	1st		7
United Arab Emirates									0
Yemen						SF	GS		2

(#) Invitee.
Red border: Host nation.
Blank: Did not enter.
TBD: To be determined.
GS: Group Stage.
SF: Semifinals. (No 3rd place playoff.)

Youth tournaments

Under 23

Year	Host		Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
2015 Details	Doha		Iran	2-0	Syria		Qatar	3-0	Yemen

Under 16

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
2005 Details	Tehran	Iran	4 - 1	Syria	Iraq	5 - 0	Lebanon
2007 Details	Aleppo	Syria	n/a⁽¹⁾	Iran	Jordan	n/a⁽¹⁾	Iraq
2009 Details	Amman	Iran	3 - 2	Syria	Iraq	3 - 1	Jordan
2013 Details	Al-Ram	Iraq	n/a⁽¹⁾	United Arab Emirates	Jordan	n/a⁽¹⁾	Palestine
2015 Details	Amman	Iraq	n/a⁽¹⁾	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	n/a⁽¹⁾	Palestine

¹ The tournament was played in the round-robin league format.

Youth total wins

Wins	Nations	Year
2 times	Iraq	2013, 2015
2 times	Iran	2005, 2009
1 time	Syria	2007

Futsal

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WAFF Championships
Men	Jordan 2000 Syria 2002 Iran 2004 Jordan 2007 Iran 2008 Jordan 2010 Kuwait 2012 Qatar 2014
Under 23	Qatar 2015
Under 16	Iran 2005 Syria 2007 Jordan 2009 Palestine 2013 Jordan 2015

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