2010 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
Dates24 September – 3 October
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored36 (3 per match)
Attendance92,000 (7,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)Yemen Ali Al-Nono (4 goals)
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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.

Participants

9 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

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

Note:

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

Venue

2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan)
 Amman
King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Main article: 2010 WAFF Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

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
Source: [citation needed]
Iran 3–0 Bahrain
Aghili 36', 38'
Oladi 47'		 Report
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Bahrain 2–0 Oman
Abdullatif 63', 67' Report
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 1,000
Oman 2–2 Iran
Hadid 40'
Abdul-Karim 45'		 Report Meydavoudi 17'
Teymourian 53'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea)

Group B

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
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Jordan 1–1 Syria
Abdullah Deeb 13' Report Al-Zino 82'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000
Syria 1–2 Kuwait
Al-Omaier 83' Report Rashed 53'
Al-Moussawi 71'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 5,000
Kuwait 2–2 Jordan
Nasser 60'
Soud Al Mejmed 78'		 Report Abdel-Fattah 38', 51'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000

Group C

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
Source: [citation needed]
Iraq 2–1 Yemen
Samal 49'
Hawar 72'		 Report Al-Nono 10'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 8,000
Yemen 3–1 Palestine
Al-Nono 43' (pen.), 83'
Thabit 63'		 Report Obeid 79'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Palestine 0–3 Iraq
Karim 15', 76'
Akram 86' (pen.)
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 14,000

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C  Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
2 A  Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3 B  Jordan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Iran 2–1 Iraq
Hosseini 58'
Gholami 84'		 Karim 71'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
Kuwait 1–1 Yemen
Al-Rashidi 73' Al-Nono 55'
Penalties
4–3
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 3,000

Final

Iran 1–2 Kuwait
Meydavoudi 90+5' Mashaan 10'
Nasser 40'
King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)

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. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ^ "WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw". WAFF Official Website. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

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