2012 WAFF Championship

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)
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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.

Participants

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

Country Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahrain 2nd Group stage (2010)
 Iran 7th Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)
 Iraq 6th Champions (2002)
 Jordan 7th Runners-up (2002, 2008)
 Kuwait (hosts) 2nd Champions (2010)
 Lebanon 5th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
 Oman 3rd Group Stage (2008, 2010)
 Palestine 7th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)
 Saudi Arabia 1st None
 Syria 7th Runners-up (2000, 2004)
 Yemen 2nd Semi-finals (2010)

Note:

Venues

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

Draw of participating teams

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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 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

Main article: 2012 WAFF Championship squads

Tournament

  • All times listed are (UTC+3)

Group stage

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Kuwait (H) 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Palestine 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
 Lebanon 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Kuwait 2–1 Palestine
Nasser 2'
Al-Mutawa 6' (pen.)		 Report Nu'man 45+1'
Attendance: 1,500
Oman 0–1 Lebanon
Report Haidar 11'
Attendance: 2,000
Kuwait 0–2 Oman
Report Qasim 36', 45+2'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Lebanon 0–1 Palestine
Report Abugharqud 74'
Attendance: 2,000
Kuwait 2–1 Lebanon
Nasser 8'
Khamis 79'		 Report Atwi 61'
Attendance: 4,000
Oman 2–1 Palestine
Al-Seyabi 5'
Qasim 34'		 Report Zatara 40'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bahrain 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Iran 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
 Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
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
Report Otayf 39'
Attendance: 1,000
Iran 2–1 Yemen
O. Nazari 41'
Karimi 53'		 Report Al-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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
 Iraq 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
 Jordan 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
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.) Report Al Douni 48'
Attendance: 1,300
Jordan 1–2 Syria
Bani Attiah 22' Report Al Douni 62', 82'
Attendance: 3,000

Ranking of second-placed teams

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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
 Iran 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

 
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

Oman 0–2 Iraq
Report Radhi 6'
Yasin 39'
Attendance: 500
Bahrain 1–1 (a.e.t.) Syria
Al Safi 67' Report Al Douni 72'
Penalties
Husain soccer ball with check mark
Moosa soccer ball with red X
Saad soccer ball with red X
Al Alawi soccer ball with red X
Salman soccer ball with check mark		 2–3 soccer ball with red X Jafal
soccer ball with check mark Salih
soccer ball with check mark Habib
soccer ball with red X Khadouj
soccer ball with check mark Al Douni
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Third place play-off

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

Final

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

Champion

 2012 WAFF Championship champion 

Syria
First title

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  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.