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2012 WAFF Championship

The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. It was hosted by Kuwait from 8 to 20 December 2012.[2][3] The defending champions were Kuwait. However, they did not get past the group stage. The tournament was won by Syria for the first time.

2012 WAFF Championship
7th "WAFF" Championship for men[1]
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
Dates8–20 December
Teams11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Syria (1st title)
Runners-up Iraq
Third place Oman
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored31 (1.63 per match)
Attendance32,950 (1,734 per match)
Top scorer(s)Oman Qasim Said
Syria Ahmad Al Douni
(4 goals each)
← 2010
2013 →

Participants edit

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

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance
 Bahrain2ndGroup stage (2010)
 Iran7thChampions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)
 Iraq6thChampions (2002)
 Jordan7thRunners-up (2002, 2008)
 Kuwait (hosts)2ndChampions (2010)
 Lebanon5thGroup stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
 Oman3rdGroup Stage (2008, 2010)
 Palestine7thGroup stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)
 Saudi Arabia1stNone
 Syria7thRunners-up (2000, 2004)
 Yemen2ndSemi-finals (2010)

Note:

Venues edit

Kuwait City
Al-Farwaniyah
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam StadiumAli Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium
Capacity: 21,500Capacity: 10,000

Draw of participating teams edit

The draw took place on 16 September 2012 in Kuwait City, Kuwait.[4][5] The eleven teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. Two groups include four teams and one group has three teams.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

 Kuwait (100) Host & Holder
 Iran (54)
 Iraq (78)

 Jordan (87)
 Oman (93)
 Saudi Arabia (105)

 Lebanon (112)
 Bahrain (124)
 Syria (148)

 Palestine (151)
 Yemen (152)

Did not enter

 Qatar and  United Arab Emirates did not enter.

Squads edit

Main article: 2012 WAFF Championship squads

Tournament edit

  • All times listed are (UTC+3)

Group stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best runner-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A edit

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Oman320142+26
 Kuwait (H)32014406
 Palestine310234−13
 Lebanon310223−13
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Kuwait  2–1  Palestine
Nasser 2'
Al-Mutawa 6' (pen.)		ReportNu'man 45+1'
Attendance: 1,500
Oman  0–1  Lebanon
ReportHaidar 11'
Attendance: 2,000
Kuwait  0–2  Oman
ReportQasim 36', 45+2'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Lebanon  0–1  Palestine
ReportAbugharqud 74'
Attendance: 2,000
Kuwait  2–1  Lebanon
Nasser 8'
Khamis 79'		ReportAtwi 61'
Attendance: 4,000
Oman  2–1  Palestine
Al-Seyabi 5'
Qasim 34'		ReportZatara 40'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group B edit

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Bahrain321020+27
 Iran312021+15
 Saudi Arabia31111104
 Yemen300314−30
Source: [citation needed]
Iran  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Bahrain  1–0  Yemen
Okwunwanne 87'Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Iran  0–0  Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Yemen  0–1  Saudi Arabia
ReportOtayf 39'
Attendance: 1,000
Iran  2–1  Yemen
O. Nazari 41'
Karimi 53'		ReportAl-Worafi 45+1'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Bahrain  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Okwunwanne 77'Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)

Group C edit

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Syria211032+14
 Iraq211021+14
 Jordan200213−20
Source: [citation needed]
Iraq  1–0  Jordan
Ahmed 62'Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Iraq  1–1  Syria
Al Masri 11' (o.g.)ReportAl Douni 48'
Attendance: 1,300
Jordan  1–2  Syria
Bani Attiah 22'ReportAl Douni 62', 82'
Attendance: 3,000

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

At the end of the group stage, a comparison will be made between the second-placed teams of each group. Matches against the fourth-placed team in Group A and B group are not included in this ranking. The best second-placed team advance to the semifinals.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Iraq211021+14
 Kuwait210123−13
 Iran20200002
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 December – Al Farwaniyah
 
 
  Oman0
 
20 December – Kuwait City
 
  Iraq2
 
  Iraq0
 
18 December – Kuwait City
 
  Syria1
 
  Bahrain1 (2)
 
 
  Syria (pen.)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
20 December – Al Farwaniyah
 
 
  Oman1
 
 
  Bahrain0

Semi-finals edit

Oman  0–2  Iraq
ReportRadhi 6'
Yasin 39'
Attendance: 500
Bahrain  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Syria
Al Safi 67'ReportAl Douni 72'
Penalties
Husain
Moosa
Saad
Al Alawi
Salman 		2–3 Jafal
Salih
Habib
Khadouj
Al Douni
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Third place play-off edit

Oman  1–0  Bahrain
Qasim 68'Report
Attendance: 100

Final edit

Iraq  0–1  Syria
ReportAl Saleh 74'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Champion edit

 2012 WAFF Championship champion 

Syria
First title

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Regulation – 7th "WAFF" Championship for men" (PDF). The-WAFF.com. West Asian Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  2. ^ "بطولة غرب آسيا للرجال تقام في الكويت". Asian Football Confederation. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. ^ "7TH WAFF championship 2012 to be played in Kuwait". West Asian Football Federation. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  4. ^ "WAFF 7th men Championship draw results". West Asian Football Federation. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
  5. ^ زريقات يرأس وفد اتحاد غرب آسيا بقرعة بطولة الرجال في الكويت (in Arabic). كووورة. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

External links edit

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