2008 WAFF Championship

5th WAFF Championship, held in Iran in 2008 July 2026 WAFF Championship 2008 WAFFC 2008.gif 150 px Iran 1–15 August 6 1 2 1 IRN 4 JOR 9 26 IRN Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals) 2007 2010 The 2008 WAFF Championship was the fifth West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Iran. Teams 4 members from 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. Oman and Qatar, which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests. CountryFIFA ranking(2 July 2008)AppearancePrevious best performanceIRN (hosts)375thChampions (2000, 2004, 2007) JOR1145thRunners-up (2002) OMN (invitee)861stNonePLE1725th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)QAT (invitee)801stNoneSYR 19801025thRunners-up (2000, 2004) Note: (FIFA rankings are in brackets) Bahrain (72) Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team. Iraq (58) Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship LIB (150) the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.October 2014 Draw The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan. Venues Iran right 250 Iran 35.55 51.42 Tehran topTehran Azadi Stadium Takhti StadiumCapacity: 100,000Capacity: 30,122 200px 200px Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n y IRN Iran QAT Qatar PLE Palestine 2 0 0 9 1 H 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 0 4 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF.com 7 August 2008 IRN 3–0 Palestine K. Rahmati 29 pen.Rezaei 40Rafkhaei 86 Takhti Stadium, Tehran 5,000 Ahmad Delo (Syria) 9 August 2008 Palestine 0–1 Qatar F. Al Shammari 72 Takhti Stadium, Tehran 11 August 2008 Qatar 1–6 Iran Abdullah 52 Meydavoudi 10 90Alenemeh 33Aghily 49 pen.Hajsafi 61Rafkhaei 80 Takhti Stadium, Tehran 5,000 Yousef Shahin (Jordan) Group B main WDL Q n y JOR Jordan SYR Syria 1980 OMN Oman 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 5 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF.com 7 August 2008 Syria 1980 0–0 Jordan Takhti Stadium, Tehran 9 August 2008 Oman 1–2 Syria 1980 Saleh 47 Ibrahim 11Abadi 71 Takhti Stadium, Tehran 11 August 2008 Jordan 3–1 Oman Abdel-Fattah 6Al-Nawateer 71 84 Katkoot 26 pen. Takhti Stadium, Tehran Knockout phase Semi-finals 13 August 2008 Iran 2–0 Syria 1980 K. Rahmati 6 pen.Rezaei 52 Takhti Stadium, Tehran 4,000 Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar) 13 August 2008 Jordan 3–0 Qatar Al-Sheikh 45Amer Deeb 71Al-Saify 90 Takhti Stadium, Tehran Final 15 August 2008 Iran 2–1 Jordan Aghily 21 pen.K. Rahmati 85 Amer Deeb 82 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 10,000 Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE) Champions fb 2008 WAFF Championship winners Iran Fourth References External links Rsssf.com 2008 Category:2008 in Asian men's international football Category:2008–09 in Iranian football 2008 Category:August 2008 sports events in Asia