2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship

2010 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Jordan
Dates 24 September – 3 October
Teams 9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up  Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 36 (3 per match)
Attendance 92,000 (7,667 per match)
Top scorer(s) Yemen Ali Al-Nono (4 goals)

The 2010 WAFF Championship was the 6th edition of the West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for selected West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Jordan, after Lebanon was deemed not capable of hosting.[1] The competition was eventually won for the first time by Kuwait, after beating defending champions, Iran.

Draw

Nine teams entered the tournament and were drawn into three groups of three teams. The draw for the competition was made on Thursday 1 July 2010.[2]

Group A Group B Group C

 Iran (Holders)
 Bahrain
 Oman

 Jordan (Hosts)
 Syria
 Kuwait

 Iraq
 Yemen
 Palestine

Squads

Squads were submitted to by 28 July 2010

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Iran 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
 Oman 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1

24 September 2010
19:00 GMT
Iran  3–0  Bahrain
Aghili  36', 38'
Oladi  47'		 Report

26 September 2010
15:00 GMT
Bahrain  2–0  Oman
Abdullatif  63', 67' Report
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 1,000

28 September 2010
15:00 GMT
Oman  2–2  Iran
Hadid  40'
Abdul-Karim  45'		 Report Meydavoudi  17'
Teymourian  53'

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Kuwait 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
 Jordan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
 Syria 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1

24 September 2010
15:00 GMT
Jordan  1–1  Syria
Abdullah Deeb  13' Report Al-Zino  82'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000

26 September 2010
19:00 GMT
Syria  1–2  Kuwait
Al-Omaier  83' Report Rashed  53'
Al-Moussawi  71'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 5,000

28 September 2010
19:00 GMT
Kuwait  2–2  Jordan
Nasser  60'
Al-Majmed  78'		 Report Abdel-Fattah  38', 51'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000

Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Iraq 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
 Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0

25 September 2010
17:00 GMT
Iraq  2–1  Yemen
Samal  49'
Hawar  72'		 Report Al-Nono  10'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 8,000

27 September 2010
17:00 GMT
Yemen  3–1  Palestine
Al-Nono  43' (pen.), 83'
Thabit  63'		 Report Obeid  79'

29 September 2010
17:00 GMT
Palestine  0–3  Iraq
Karim  15', 76'
Akram  86' (pen.)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 14,000

Ranking of second-placed teams

Group
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
C  Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
A  Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
B  Jordan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

1 October 2010
13:00 GMT
Iran  2–1  Iraq
Hosseini  58'
Gholami  84'		 Karim  71'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

1 October 2010
18:00 GMT
Kuwait  1–1  Yemen
Al-Rashidi  73' Al-Nono  55'
  Penalties  
4–3
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 3,000

Final

3 October 2010
18:00 GMT
Iran  1–2  Kuwait
Meydavoudi  90+5' Al-Mashaan  10'
Nasser  40'

Champion

 2010 WAFF Championship Champion 

Kuwait
First title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Sponsors

References

  1. ↑ "نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان". WAFF Official Website. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw". WAFF Official Website. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

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