2010 WAFF Championship

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.

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) Ali Al-Nono (4 goals)

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:
Iran 3–0 Bahrain
Aghili  36', 38'
Oladi  47'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Bahrain 2–0 Oman
Abdullatif  63', 67' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Oman 2–2 Iran
Hadid  40'
Abdul-Karim  45'		 Report Meydavoudi  17'
Teymourian  53'
Attendance: 4,000

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:
(H) Host.
Jordan 1–1 Syria
Abdullah Deeb  13' Report Al-Zino  82'
Attendance: 18,000
Syria 1–2 Kuwait
Al-Omaier  83' Report Rashed  53'
Al-Moussawi  71'
Attendance: 5,000
Kuwait 2–2 Jordan
Nasser  60'
Soud Al Mejmed  78'		 Report Abdel-Fattah  38', 51'
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:
Iraq 2–1 Yemen
Samal  49'
Hawar  72'		 Report Al-Nono  10'
Attendance: 8,000
Yemen 3–1 Palestine
Al-Nono  43' (pen.), 83'
Thabit  63'		 Report Obeid  79'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Palestine 0–3 Iraq
Karim  15', 76'
Akram  86' (pen.)
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:

Knockout phase

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

Final
Iran 1–2 Kuwait
Meydavoudi  90+5' Mashaan  10'
Nasser  40'
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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