WAFF Championship

Founded	2000; 22 years ago (2000)
Region	Western Asia (WAFF)
Number of teams	9 (2019)
Current champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (4 titles)
Website	www.the-waff.com
2023 WAFF Championship

The West Asian Football Federation Championship (Arabic: بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم), or simply the WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the governing body of football in Western Asia. The championship has been held, on average, every two years.^[1]

The current champion is Bahrain, having defeated hosts Iraq in the 2019 final. The most successful team is Iran, with four titles; however, they can't compete in the competition anymore as they are no longer members of the WAFF.

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2000	Jordan		Iran	1–0 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Syria		Iraq	4–1	Jordan		8
2	2002	Syria		Iraq	3–2 (a.e.t.) Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus	Jordan		Iran	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.)	Syria		6
3	2004	Iran		Iran	4–1 Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Syria		Jordan	3–1	Iraq		6
4	2007	Jordan		Iran	2–1 Amman International Stadium, Amman	Iraq		Jordan and  Syria[note 1]				6
5	2008	Iran		Iran	2–1 Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Jordan		Qatar and  Syria[note 1]				6
6	2010	Jordan		Kuwait	2–1 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Iran		Iraq and  Yemen[note 1]				9
7	2012	Kuwait		Syria	1–0 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Iraq		Oman	1–0	Bahrain		11
8	2014	Qatar		Qatar	2–0 Al Sadd Stadium, Doha	Jordan		Bahrain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pen.)	Kuwait		9
9	2019	Iraq		Bahrain	1–0 Karbala International Stadium, Karbala	Iraq		[note 2]				9
10	2023	United Arab Emirates										12

• a.e.t.: after extra time
• pen.: after penalty shoot-out
• TBD: to be determined

Notes

Teams reaching the top four

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place1	Fourth place	Total
Iran	4 (2000, 2004*, 2007, 2008*)	1 (2010)	1 (2002)		6
Iraq	1 (2002)	3 (2007, 2012, 2019*)	2 (2000, 20102)	1 (2004)	7
Syria	1 (2012)	2 (2000, 2004)	2 (20072, 20082)	1 (2002*)	6
Bahrain	1 (2019)		1 (2014)	1 (2012)	3
Qatar	1 (2014*)		1 (20082)		2
Kuwait	1 (2010)			1 (2014)	2
Jordan		3 (2002, 2008, 2014)	2 (2004, 20072*)	1 (2000*)	6
Yemen			1 (20102)		1
Oman			1 (2012)		1

* = hosts

1 = includes semi-finals in case there was no third-place match

2 = semi-final

Records and statistics

Top goalscorers by tournament

Year	Player(s)	Goals
2000	Razzaq Farhan	4
2002	Alireza Nikbakht	2
	Razzaq Farhan
	Muayad Salim
	Anas Sari
2004	Ali Daei	5
2007	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	2
	Salih Sadir
2008	Kianoush Rahmati	3
2010	Ali Al-Nono	4
2012	Qasim Said	4
	Ahmad Al Douni
2014	Boualem Khoukhi	6
2019	Hussein Ali	3

All-time table

Rank	Team	Participations	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg Pts	Trophies
1	Iran	7	28	19	7	2	56	16	+40	64	2.29	4
2	Iraq	8	31	16	8	7	40	22	+18	56	1.80	1
3	Jordan	9	31	12	9	10	37	28	+9	45	1.45	0
4	Syria	8	29	9	9	11	32	40	−8	36	1.24	1
5	Bahrain	4	15	6	6	3	8	6	+2	24	1.60	1
6	Kuwait	4	14	6	4	4	17	17	0	22	1.57	1
7	Qatar	2	7	5	0	2	12	10	+2	15	2.14	1
8	Palestine	9	22	3	4	15	16	35	−19	13	0.59	0
9	Oman	4	11	3	3	5	9	13	−4	12	1.09	0
10	Lebanon	7	18	3	3	12	9	25	−16	12	0.67	0
11	Yemen	3	10	2	2	6	10	13	−3	8	0.80	0
12	Saudi Arabia	3	8	1	3	4	3	10	−7	6	0.75	0
13	Kazakhstan	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3	1.00	0
14	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0	0.00	0

Under-age tournaments

Under-23

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2015	Qatar		Iran	2–0 Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha	Syria		Qatar	3–0	Yemen		10
2	2021	Saudi Arabia		Jordan	3–1 Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar	Saudi Arabia		Iraq and  Syria[note 1]				11
3	2022	Iraq										0

Notes

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place1	Fourth place	Total
Iran	1 (2015)				1
Jordan	1 (2021)				1
Syria		1 (2015)	1 (20212)		2
Saudi Arabia		1 (2021*)			1
Qatar			1 (2015*)		1
Iraq			1 (20212)		1
Yemen				1 (2015)	1

* = hosts

1 = includes semi-finals in case there was no third-place match

2 = semi-final

Under-18

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2019	Palestine		Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) Faisal al-Husseini Stadium, Ramallah	United Arab Emirates		Jordan	3–0	Palestine		6
2	2021	Iraq		Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pen.) Al-Madina Stadium, Baghdad	Lebanon		[note 1]				9

Notes

• a.e.t.: after extra time
• pen.: after penalty shoot-out
• TBD: to be determined

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iraq	2 (2019, 2021)				2
United Arab Emirates		1 (2019)			1
Lebanon		1 (2021)			1
Jordan			1 (2019)		1
Palestine				1 (2019)	1

Under-16

WAFF U-15 Championship
Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match			No. of Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2005	Iran		Iran	2–0 Tehran	Syria		Iraq	5–0 Tehran	Lebanon	6
2	2007	Syria		Syria	[note 1]	Iran		Jordan	[note 1]	Iraq	5
3	2009	Jordan		Iran	3–2 Amman	Syria		Iraq	3–1 Amman	Jordan	9
4	2013	Palestine		Iraq	[note 1]	United Arab Emirates		Jordan	[note 1]	Palestine	4
5	2015	Jordan		Iraq	[note 1]	Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	[note 1]	Palestine	5
6	2018	Jordan		Japan	[note 1]	India		Jordan	[note 1]	Yemen	5
7	2019	Jordan		Saudi Arabia	[note 1]	Jordan		Syria	[note 1]	Iraq	9
8	2021	Saudi Arabia		Yemen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 pen.)	Saudi Arabia		Syria	[note 1]	United Arab Emirates	9
WAFF U-16 Championship
Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match			No. of Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
9	2022	Jordan		22 June – 1 July							8

Notes

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iran	2 (2005*, 2009)	1 (2007)			3
Iraq	2 (2013, 2015)		2 (2005, 2009)	1 (2007, 2019)	5
Syria	1 (2007*)	2 (2005, 2009)	2 (2019, 2021)		5
Saudi Arabia	1 (2019)	2 (2015, 2021*)			3
Japan	1 (2018)				1
Yemen	1 (2021)			1 (2018)	2
Jordan		1 (2019*)	3 (2007, 2013, 2018*)	1 (2009*)	5
United Arab Emirates		1 (2013)	1 (2015)	1 (2021)	3
India		1 (2018)			1
Palestine				2 (2013*, 2015)	2
Lebanon				1 (2005)	1

* = hosts