2008 WAFF Championship

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.

2008 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates1–15 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (4th title)
Runners-up Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored26 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals)

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
 Iran (hosts) 5th Champions (2000, 2004, 2007)
 Jordan 5th Runners-up (2002)
 Oman (invitee) 1st None
 Palestine 5th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
 Qatar (invitee) 1st None
 Syria 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.

Draw

The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.

Venues
Tehran
Tehran
Takhti Stadium Azadi Stadium
Capacity: 30,122 Capacity: 100,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran (H) 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6
 Qatar 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4 3
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: RSSSF.com
(H) Hosts
Iran 3–0 Palestine
K. Rahmati 29' (pen.)
Rezaei 40'
Rafkhaei 86'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria)
Palestine 0–1 Qatar
F. Al Shammari 72'
Qatar 1–6 Iran
Abdullah 52' Meydavoudi 10', 90'
Alenemeh 33'
Aghily 49' (pen.)
Hajsafi 61'
Rafkhaei 80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jordan 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
 Syria 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
 Oman 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: RSSSF.com
Syria 0–0 Jordan
Oman 1–2 Syria
Saleh 47' Ibrahim 11'
Abadi 71'
Jordan 3–1 Oman
Abdel-Fattah 6'
Al-Nawateer 71', 84'		 Katkoot 26' (pen.)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals
Iran 2–0 Syria
K. Rahmati 6' (pen.)
Rezaei 52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)
Jordan 3–0 Qatar
Al-Sheikh 45'
Amer Deeb 71'
Al-Saify 90'

Final
Iran 2–1 Jordan
Aghily 21' (pen.)
K. Rahmati 85'		 Amer Deeb 82'
Attendance: 10,000

Champions
 2008 WAFF Championship winners 

Iran
Fourth title

References
  1. The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship
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