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.

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2008 WAFF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	1–15 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (4th title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	26 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals)
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4 members from 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. Oman and Qatar, which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.

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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)

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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?]

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