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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAFF Championship table
Year Host Country Champions Runner-Up Score 3rd Place 4th Place  
2000 Jordan IRAN SYRIA 1-0 IRAQ JORDAN 4-1
2002 Syria IRAQ JORDAN 3-2 IRAN SYRIA 2-2
2004 Iran IRAN SYRIA 4-1 JORDAN IRAQ 3-1
2007 Jordan IRAN IRAQ 2-1 JORDAN SYRIA NA
2008 Iran IRAN JORDAN 2-1 SYRIA QATAR NA
2010 Jordan KUWAIT IRAN 2-1 YEMEN IRAQ NA
2012 Kuwait SYRIA IRAQ 1-0 OMAN BAHRAIN 1-0
2014              
               

 

 

 

 

 

 

JORDAN 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    

 

 

SYRIA 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      
Third Place
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

 

IRAN 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    

 

JORDAN 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    

 

 

IRAN 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 Rajabzadeh    
Final          
15-Aug-08 Iran-Jordan 2-1 Aghili - Rahmati K. /Amer Dheeb    

 

JORDAN 2010

Group League
Date Match Result      
24-Sep-10 Iran - Bahrain 3-0 Hadi Aghili (2)- Mehrdad Ouladi    
  Jordan - Syria 1-1 Abdulla Deeb /Mohammed Alzino    
25-Sep-10 Iraq-Yemen 2-1 Samal Saeed-Hawar Mulla Mohammed/ Ali AlNono    
26-Sep-10 Bahrain- Oman 2-0 Ismael Abdul Latif (2)    
  Syria-Kuwait 1-2 Al Omair/ Mohammed Rashed - Hussain Al Mousawii    
27-Sep-10 Yemen-Palestine 3-1 Ali AlNono(2)- Haitham / Suleiman Obaid    
28-Sep-10 Iran-Oman 2-2 Milad Meydavoudi- A. Teymourian/ Osama Hadid - Yaqoob Abdulkarim    
  Jordan-Kuwait 2-2 Hassan Abdulfattah (2)/ Yousif Nasser - Saoud AlMajmed    
28-Sep-10 Iraq-Palestine 3-0 Mustafa Karim (2) - Nashaat Akram    
Semi Finals
01-Oct-10 Iran-Iraq 2-1 Jalal Hooseini - Mohamad Gholami / Mustafa Karim    
  Kuwait-Yemen 1-1 Ahmed AlRashidi / Ali AlNono    
Final          
03-Oct-10 Kuwait-Iran 2-1 AbdulAziz AlMashaan - Yousif Nasser/Milad Meydavoudi    

 

 

KUWAIT 2012

Group League
Date Match Result      
08-Dec-12 Kuwait - Palestine 2-1 Yousif Nasser-Bader AlMutawwa/ Numan    
  Lebanon - Oman 1-0 Adnan Haidar    
09-Dec-12 Iran-Saudi Arabia 0-0      
  Bahrain-Yemen 1-0 Jesse Okwunwanne    
10-Dec-12 Iraq-Jordan 1-0 Hammadi Ahmad    
11-Dec-12 Kuwait-Oman 0-2 Qassim Saeed (2)    
  Palestine - Lebanon 1-0 Eyad Abugharqud    
12-Dec-12 Iran - Bahrain 0-0      
  Yemen - Saudi Arabia 0-1 Ahmed Outaif    
13-Dec-12 Iraq-Syria 1-1 Hamdi AlMasri / Ahmed AlDouni    
14-Dec-12 Kuwait - Lebanon 2-1 Yousif Nasser-Abdulhadi Khamis / Abbas Ahmad Atwi    
  Oman - Palestine 2-1 Mohammed AlSiyabi-Qassim Saeed/ Imad Zatara    
15-Dec-12 Iran - Yemen 2-1 Omid Nazari - Yaghoub Karimi / Essam Al Worafi    
  Bahrain-Saudi Arabia 1-0 Jesse Okwunwanne    
16-Dec-12 Syria - Jordan 2-1 Ahmed AlDouni (2) / Khalil Bani Attiyeh    
Semi Finals
18-Dec-12 Iraq-Oman 2-0 Amjad Radhi - Ahmed Yasin    
  Syria-Bahrain 1-1 Abdulwahab Alsafi / Ahmed AlDouni    
Third Place          
20-Dec-12 Oman-Bahrain 1-0 Qassim Saeed    
Final          
20-Dec-12 Syria - Iraq 1-0 Ahmad Al Salih