2008 WAFF Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Filedelinkerbot (talk | contribs) at 00:45, 1 September 2016 (Bot: Removing Commons:File:Takhti Stadium (7).JPG (en). It was deleted on Commons by INeverCry (per Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Takhti football Stadium).). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

2008 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates1 – 15 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (4th title)
Runners-up Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored26 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran 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

Six teams entered the tournament.

  •  Iran (Hosts)
  •  Jordan
  •  Palestine
  •  Syria
  •  Oman (Invited Nation)
  •  Qatar (Invited Nation)
  •  Iraq Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.[1]
  •  Bahrain Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
  •  Lebanon the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.[why?]

Draw

The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.

Venues

Tehran Tehran
Azadi Stadium Takhti Stadium
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 6 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8
 Qatar 3 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4
 Palestine 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4
Iran 3–0 Palestine
K. Rahmati 29' (pen.)
Rezaei 40'
Rafkhaei 86'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria)
Palestine 0–1 Qatar
Al Shammari 72'
Qatar 1–6 Iran
Abdullah 52' Meydavoudi 10' 90'
Alenemeh 33'
Aghili 49' (pen.)
Hajsafi 61'
Rafkhaei 80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jordan 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
 Syria 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
 Oman 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3
Syria 0–0 Jordan
Oman 1–2 Syria
Saleh 47' Ibrahim 11'
Abadi 71'
Jordan 3–1 Oman
Abdel-Fattah 6'
Al-Nawateer 71' 84'		 Katkoot 26' (pen.)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Iran 2–0 Syria
K. Rahmati 6' (pen.)
Rezaei 52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)
Jordan 3–0 Qatar
Al-Sheikh 45'
Amer Deeb 71'
Al-Saify 90'

Final

Iran 2–1 Jordan
Aghili 21' (pen.)
K. Rahmati 85'		 Amer Deeb 82'
Attendance: 10,000

Champion

 2008 WAFF Championship Winners 

Iran
Fourth title

References

  1. ^ The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_WAFF_Championship&oldid=737142441"