2010_West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship
2010 WAFF Championship
6th WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2010
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| 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) |  Ali Al-Nono (4 goals) |
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9 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.
More information Country, Appearance ...
| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Bahrain |
1st | None |
| Iran |
6th | Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008) |
 Iraq |
5th | Champions (2002) |
 Jordan (hosts) |
6th | Runners-up (2002, 2008) |
| Kuwait |
1st | None |
 Oman |
2nd | Group Stage (2008) |
 Palestine |
6th | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008) |
 Syria |
6th | Runners-up (2000, 2004) |
| Yemen |
1st | None |
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Note:
Saudi Arabia, 
Lebanon, 
Qatar and 
United Arab Emirates did not enter.
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]
More information Amman ...
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2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) |
Amman | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| King Abdullah II Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 20,000 | |||
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Main article: 2010 WAFF Championship squads
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| 2 | Bahrain |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 | Oman |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
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Attendance: 1,000
More information Oman, 2–2 ...
| Oman | 2–2 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
Hadid  40'Abdul-Karim 45' |
Report | Meydavoudi 17' Teymourian 53' |
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Jordan (H) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Syria |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
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Attendance: 18,000
More information Syria, 1–2 ...
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Attendance: 5,000
More information Kuwait, 2–2 ...
| Kuwait | 2–2 | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| Nasser 60' Soud Al Mejmed 78' |
Report | Abdel-Fattah 38', 51' |
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Attendance: 18,000
Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iraq |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Yemen |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | Palestine |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
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Attendance: 8,000
More information Yemen, 3–1 ...
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Attendance: 14,000
Ranking of second-placed teams
Semi-finals
Attendance: 3,000
Final
| 2010 WAFF Championship champion |
|---|
 Kuwait First title |
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Mohammad Gholami- Jalal Hosseini
- Mehrdad Oladi
- Andranik Teymourian
Nashat Akram- Hawar Mulla Mohammed
- Samal Saeed
Abdullah Deeb
Soud Al-Magmed- Abdul-Aziz Al-Mashaan
- Hussain Al-Moussawi
- Ahmed Saad Al-Rashidi
- Mohammed Rashed
Yaqoob Abdul-Karim- Osama Hadid
Suleiman Obeid
Ahmad Omaier- Mohamed Al Zeno
Haitham Thabit
- Fly Emirates
- Nike
- Toshiba
- Nikon
- Epson
- Arabic and Iranian Sponsors
- "نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان". WAFF Official Website. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- "WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw". WAFF Official Website. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2010.