2012 WAFF Championship

2012 WAFF Championship
7th "WAFF" Championship for men[1]
Tournament details
Host country Kuwait
Dates 8–20 December
Teams 11 (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 played 19
Goals scored 31 (1.63 per match)
Attendance 32,950 (1,734 per match)
Top scorer(s) Oman Qasim Said
Syria Ahmad Al Douni
(4 goals)

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 December 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.

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.

Tournament

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 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

8 December 2012
17:25
Kuwait  2 – 1  Palestine
Nasser  2'
Al-Mutawa  6' (pen.) 		Report Nu'man  45+1'

8 December 2012
19:30
Oman  0 – 1  Lebanon
Report Haidar  11'

11 December 2012
17:25
Kuwait  0 – 2  Oman
Report Qasim  36', 45+2'

11 December 2012
19:30
Lebanon  0 – 1  Palestine
Report Abugharqud  74'

14 December 2012
17:25
Kuwait  2 – 1  Lebanon
Nasser  8'
Khamis  79' 		Report Atwi  61'

14 December 2012
17:25
Oman  2 – 1  Palestine
Al-Seyabi  5'
Qasim  34' 		Report Zatara  40'

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

9 December 2012
17:25
Iran  0 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Report

9 December 2012
19:30
Bahrain  1 – 0  Yemen
Okwunwanne  87' Report

12 December 2012
17:25
Iran  0 – 0  Bahrain
Report

12 December 2012
19:30
Yemen  0 – 1  Saudi Arabia
Report Otaif  39'
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

15 December 2012
17:25
Iran  2 – 1  Yemen
O. Nazari  41'
Karimi  53' 		Report Al-Worafi  45+1'

15 December 2012
17:25
Bahrain  1 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Okwunwanne  77' Report

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

10 December 2012
17:25
Iraq  1 – 0  Jordan
Ahmad  62' Report
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

13 December 2012
17:25
Iraq  1 – 1  Syria
Al Masri  11' (o.g.) Report Al Douni  48'

16 December 2012
17:25
Jordan  1 – 2  Syria
Bani Attiah  22' Report Al Douni  62', 82'

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
18 December - Al Farwaniyah
  Oman  0  
  Iraq  2  
 
20 December
      Iraq  0
    Syria  1
Third place
18 December - Kuwait City 20 December
  Bahrain  1 (2)   Oman  1
  Syria (pen.)  1 (3)     Bahrain  0

Semi-finals

18 December 2012
17:30
Oman  0 – 2  Iraq
Report Radhi  6'
Yasin  39'

18 December 2012
19:30
Bahrain  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Syria
Al Safi  67' Report Al Douni  72'
  Penalties  
Husain
Moosa
Saad
Al Alawi
Salman 		2 – 3 Jafal
Salih
Habib
Khadouj
Al Douni
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Third place play-off

20 December 2012
16:10
Oman  1 – 0  Bahrain
Qasim  68' Report

Final

20 December 2012
18:45
Iraq  0 – 1  Syria
Report Al Salih  74'

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. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  2. ↑ "بطولة غرب آسيا للرجال تقام في الكويت". Asian Football Confederation. 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  3. ↑ "7TH WAFF championship 2012 to be played in Kuwait". West Asian Football Federation. 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  4. ↑ "WAFF 7th men Championship draw results". West Asian Football Federation. 16 September 2012.
  5. ↑ زريقات يرأس وفد اتحاد غرب آسيا بقرعة بطولة الرجال في الكويت (in Arabic). كووورة. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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