2007 WAFF Championship

The 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship was held in Jordan's capital Amman. Iran won the final against Iraq 2–1. The 6 entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16 and 24 June 2007.

2007 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
Dates16–24 June
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored15 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Iraq Salih Sadir
(2 goals)
2004
2008

Participants edit

All 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance
 Iran4thChampions (2000, 2004)
 Iraq4thChampions (2002)
 Jordan (hosts)4thRunners-up (2002)
 Lebanon4thGroup stage (2000, 2002, 2004)
 Palestine4thGroup stage (2000, 2002, 2004)
 Syria4thRunners-up (2000, 2004)

Venue edit

2007 WAFF Championship (Jordan)
Amman
Amman International Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Group stage edit

Group A edit

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Syria220020+26
 Jordan (H)210131+23
 Lebanon200204−40
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Lebanon  0–1  Syria
 Chaabo 45'


Group B edit

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Iran211020+24
 Iraq211010+14
 Palestine200203−30
Source: RSSSF
Iran  0–0  Iraq
  


Knockout phase edit

Semi-finals edit

Syria  0–3  Iraq
 Mahmoud 10' (pen.)
Mnajed 42'
Sadir 85'

Final edit

Champion edit

 2007 WAFF Championship winners 

Iran
Third title

External links edit