The WAFF Championship is a regional tournament of the Asian Soccer Federation that was established to develop soccer in western Asia. The tournament is held biannually and fills in the spaces between regional international matches. The First WAFF Championship was hosted in 2000 by the Jordan Soccer Association in Amman, and Iran became the first champion. The the second tournament, was held in Syria from 30 August 2002 , while Iran hosted the third tournament in Tehran during June 2004.
 

AMMAN 2000

Group League
Date Match Result      
24-May-00 Iran - Kazakhstan 3-0 Ali Karimi (2) ; Vahid Hashemian    
  Syria-Palestine 1-0 Mohammad Al-Bitar    
26-May-00 Syria - Kazakhstan 4-0 Ahmad Azzam ; Mohammad Al-Boushi ; Nihad Al Haj Mustafa ; Mohammed Al-Bitar    
  Iran-Palestine 1-1 Ali Samereh / Fadi Lafi Ali Diab    
28-May-00 Iran-Syria 1-0 Ali Karimi (p)    
  Kazakhstan-Palestine 3-2 Ashkat Kadyrkoulov (2) ; Vencheslav Bogatyrev  / Fadi Al-Diab ; Adel Al-Faran    

 

23-May-00 Jordan-Kyrgyzstan 2-0 Abdullah Abou Zama'a ( p) ; Badran Shaqran    
  Iraq-Lebanon 2-1 Abbas Obaid ( p) ; Hussam Fawzi / Jamal Taha    
25-May-00 Lebanon-Kyrgyzstan 2-0 Haytham Zein ; Ridha Antar    
  Jordan-Iraq 0-0      
27-May-00 Iraq-Kyrgyzstan 4-0 Razaq Farhan Musa (3) ; Hisham Mohammed    
  Jordan-Lebanon 0-0      
Semi Finals
31-May-00 Iraq-Syria 0-0p      
  Iran-Jordan 1-0 Ali Karimi    
3rd Place Play-off
02-Jun-00 Jordan - Iraq 1-4 Jerius Tadrus  / Razzaq Farhan (2); Ahmad Kadhim ; Hamza Hadi Muhsin    
Final          
02-Jun-00 Iran-Syria 1-0 Sohrab Bakhtiyarizadeh    

 

 

DAMASCUS 2002

Group League
Date Match Result      
30-Aug-02 Iran - Jordan 0-1 Moyyaed Saleem    
  Syria-Palestine 2-1 Hassan Ibrahim ; Nihad Al Haj Mustafa /Fady Abulatifa    
01-Sep-02 Lebanon - Jordan 0-1 Mahmood Shelabiya    
  Iraq-Palestine 2-0 Ali Wahaib ; Razzaq Farhan    
03-Sep-02 Iran-Lebanon 2-0 Ali Reza Nikbakht-Vahedi ; Ali Karimi    
  Syria-Iraq 0-1 Ahmed Khadim    
Semi Finals
05-Sep-02 Jordan-Syria 2-1* Moyyaed Saleem ; Anas Al Zabon / Raghdan Shahada    
  Iraq-Iran 0-0p      
3rd Place Play-off
07-Sep-02 Iran - Syria 2-2p Kameli-Mofrad ; Karimi / Anas Ssari (2)    
Final          
07-Sep-02 Iraq-Jordan 3-2* Razzaq Farhan ; Younis Mahmoud ; Haidar Mahmoud / Mustafa Abu Rumih ;  Amer Deeb Khalil    

* Extra time   p Penalty kicks

TEHRAN 2004

Group League
Date Match Result      
17-Jun-04 Iran - Lebanon 4-0 Ali Daei (3) ; Javad Nekounam    
  Palestine-Jordan- 1-1 Ziyad Alkord / Haitham Al-Shaboul    
19-Jun-04 Lebanon - Syria 1-3 Haitham Zeyn / Yahya Al-Rashed ; Yousef Sheeh Al-Eshreh ; Raja Rafea    
  Iraq-Palestine 2-1 Emad Mohammad (2) /Ziad Al-Kord    
21-Jun-04 Iran-Syria 7-1 Ali Daei ; AliReza Nikbakht-Vahedi ; Mohamad Nosrati ; Arash Borhani (2); Ali Karimi ; Farhad Majidi (p) / Mahir Al-Sayed    
  Jordan-Iraq 2-0 Moayyad Salim ; Haitham Shelbaya    
Semi Finals
23-Jun-04 Syria-Jordan 1-1p Raja Rafea/Amer AlDeeb    
  Iran-Iraq 2-1 Javad Nekounam ; Arash Borhani /Ahmad Abbas    
3rd Place Play-off
25-Jun-04 Jordan - Iraq 3-1  Badran Shaqran(2)-AbuAoluia / Emad Mohammad    
Final          
25-Jun-04 Iran-Syria 4-1 Ali Karimi ; Ali Daei ; Arash Borhani ; Javad Nekounam /Raja Rafea    

Amman 2007

Group League
Date Match Result      
16-Jun-07 Iran - Iraq 0-0      
  Lebanon - Syria 0-1 Ziad Chabou    
18-Jun-07 Iraq-Palestine 1-0 Hawar Mulla Mohammed    
  Syria-Jordan 1-0 Khaled Mansour Al Baba    
20-Jun-07 Iran-Palestine 2-0 Mehdi Rajabzadeh-Milad Midavoodi    
  Jordan-Lebanon 3-0 Awad Ragheb-Khaled Sa'ed-Awad Ragheb    
Semi Finals
22-Jun-07 Iraq-Syria 3-0 Salih Sadir-Younes Mahmoud-Ahmed Mnajed    
  Iran-Jordan 1-0 Rajabzadeh    
Final          
24-Jun-07 Iran-Iraq 2-1 Badamaki -Beikzadeh / Sadir    

 

Tehran 2008

Group League
Date Match Result    
07-Aug-08 Syria - Jordan 0-0  
  Iran-Palestine 3-0 Rahmati K. ;Rezaei G. ; Rafkhahi  
09-Aug-08 Qatar-Palestine 1-0 Fuhaid ALSHIMMERY  
  Syria-Oman 2-1  
11-Aug-08 Jordan-Oman 3-1  
  Iran-Qatar 6-1
Meidavoudi(2);Al Nemea ;Aghili ;Hajsafy ;Rafkhahi/Mishaal Abdulla
 
Semi Finals
13-Aug-08 Jordan-Qatar 3-0 Hassouneh Al Shaikh ; Ammer Dheeb ; Uday Alsaifi  
  Iran-Syria 2-0 Rahmati K. ; Rezaei G.  
Final        
15-Aug-08 Iran-Jordan 2-1 Aghili - Rahmati K. /Amer Dheeb