2010 WAFF Championship
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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.
Participants
9 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.
| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Bahrain
|
1st | None |
 Iran
|
6th | Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008) |
 Iraq
|
5th | Champions (2002) |
 Jordan (hosts)
|
6th | Runners-up (2002, 2008) |
 Kuwait
|
1st | None |
 Oman
|
2nd | Group Stage (2008) |
 Palestine
|
6th | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008) |
 Syria
|
6th | Runners-up (2000, 2004) |
 Yemen
|
1st | None |
Note:
Saudi Arabia, 
Lebanon, 
Qatar and 
United Arab Emirates did not enter.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Venue
|
2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) |
Amman | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| King Abdullah II Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 20,000 | |||
| |||
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: [citation needed]
| Oman | 2–2 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
Abdul-Karim  45' |
Report | Meydavoudi 17' Teymourian 53' |
Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea
)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 |
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: [citation needed]
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: [citation needed]
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
| 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' |
Champion
| 2010 WAFF Championship champion |
|---|
 Kuwait First title |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- Ali Al-Nono
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Ismaeel Abdullatif
Hadi Aghili- Milad Meydavoudi
- Hassan Abdel-Fattah
Yousef Nasser
- 1 goal
- Mohammad Gholami
- Jalal Hosseini
- Mehrdad Oladi
- Andranik Teymourian
Nashat Akram- Hawar Mulla Mohammed
- Samal Saeed
- Abdullah Deeb
- Soud Al-Magmed
- Abdul-Aziz Al-Mashaan
- Hussain Al-Moussawi
- Ahmed Saad Al-Rashidi
- Mohammed Rashed
- Yaqoob Abdul-Karim
- Osama Hadid
Suleiman Obeid
Ahmad Omaier- Mohamed Al Zeno
Haitham Thabit
Sponsors
References
- ^ "نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان". WAFF Official Website. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ "WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw". WAFF Official Website. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2010.