2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship

2008 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates August 1 – August 15
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (4th title)
Runners-up  Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 26 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iran Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals)

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.

Draw

The draw for the competition was made on July 1, 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 6220091+8
 Qatar 3210126−4
 Palestine 0200204−4

August 7, 2008
Iran  3 – 0  Palestine
K. Rahmati  29' (pen.)
Rezaei  40'
Rafkhaei  86'
Takhti Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria)

August 9, 2008
Palestine  0 – 1  Qatar
Al Shammari  72'

August 11, 2008
Qatar  1 – 6  Iran
Abdullah  52' Meydavoudi  10'  90'
Alenemeh  33'
Aghili  49' (pen.)
Hajsafi  61'
Rafkhaei  80'
Takhti Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jordan 4211031+2
 Syria 4211021+1
 Oman 0200225−3

August 7, 2008
Syria  0 – 0  Jordan

August 9, 2008
Oman  1 – 2  Syria
Saleh  47' Ibrahim  11'
Abadi  71'

August 11, 2008
Jordan  3 – 1  Oman
Abdel-Fattah  6'
Al-Nawateer  71'  84'
Katkoot  26' (pen.)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

August 13, 2008
Iran  2 – 0  Syria
K. Rahmati  6' (pen.)
Rezaei  52'
Takhti Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)

August 13, 2008
Jordan  3 – 0  Qatar
Al-Sheikh  45'
Amer Deeb  71'
Al-Saify  90'

Final

August 15, 2008
Iran  2 – 1  Jordan
Aghili  21' (pen.)
K. Rahmati  85'
Amer Deeb  82'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

Champion

 2008 WAFF Championship Winners 

Iran
Fourth title

References

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