2008 WAFF Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Iran |
Dates | 1–15 August |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 26 (2.89 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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
4 members from 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. Oman and Qatar, which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.
Country | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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5th | Champions (2000, 2004, 2007) |
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5th | Runners-up (2002) |
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1st | None |
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5th | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007) |
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1st | None |
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5th | Runners-up (2000, 2004) |
Note:
Bahrain Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
Iraq Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.[1]
Lebanon the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.[why?]
Draw
The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.
Venues
Tehran | ||
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Azadi Stadium | Takhti Stadium | |
Capacity: 100,000 | Capacity: 30,122 | |
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Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Palestine ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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F. Al Shammari ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF.com
Jordan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Abdel-Fattah ![]() Al-Nawateer ![]() |
Katkoot ![]() |
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Iran ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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K. Rahmati ![]() Rezaei ![]() |
Final
Champions
2008 WAFF Championship winners |
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![]() Iran Fourth title |
References
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