{{short description|5th WAFF Championship, held in Iran in 2008}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = WAFF Championship | year = 2008 | othertitles = | image =WAFFC 2008.gif | size = 150 px | caption = | country = Iran | dates = 1–15 August | num_teams = 6 | confederations = 1 | venues = 2 | cities = 1 | champion = IRN | count = 4 | second = JOR | matches = 9 | goals = 26 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Kianoush Rahmati]] (3 goals) | player = | prevseason = [[2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2007]] | nextseason = [[2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2010]] }}
The '''2008 WAFF Championship''' was the fifth [[West Asian Football Federation Championship]], an international tournament for [[West Asia]]n countries and territories. It was hosted by [[Iran]].
== Teams == 4 members from 6 members of [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] participated in this tournament. [[Oman national football team|Oman]] and [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]], which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" ! style="width:160px;" |Country !{{nowrap|[[FIFA Men's World Ranking|FIFA ranking]]<br>(2 July 2008)}} ! style="width:100px;" |Appearance ! style="width:100px;" |Previous best performance |- |{{fb|IRN}} (hosts) |37 |align="center" |5th |'''Champions''' ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 WAFF Championship|2007]]) |- |{{fb|JOR}} |114 |align="center" |5th |Runners-up ([[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]]) |- |{{fb|OMN}} (invitee) |86 |align="center" |1st |None |- |{{fb|PLE}} |172 |align="center" |5th |Group stage ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 WAFF Championship|2007]]) |- |{{fb|QAT}} (invitee) |80 |align="center" |1st |None |- |{{fb|SYR|1980}} |102 |align="center" |5th |Runners-up ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]]) |}
'''Note:''' (FIFA rankings are in brackets) * {{fb|Bahrain}} (72) Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team. * {{fb|Iraq}} (58) Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.<ref>[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167313498.html The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship]</ref> * {{fb|LIB}} (150) the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.{{why|date=October 2014}}
== Draw == The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]].
== Venues == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- |rowspan="4"| {{location map+|Iran|float=right|width=250|caption=|places= {{location map~|Iran|lat=35.55|long=51.42|label='''[[Tehran]]'''|position=top}} }} !colspan=2|[[Tehran]] |- | [[Azadi Stadium]] | [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]] |- |Capacity: '''100,000''' |Capacity: '''30,122''' |- | [[File:Race Esteghlal and Caspian2.jpg|200px]] | [[File:Takhti Stadium.jpg|200px]] |}
== Group stage == === Group A === <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group A |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=n |ptsfirst=y
|team1=IRN|name_IRN={{fb|Iran}} |team2=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|Qatar}} |team3=PLE|name_PLE={{fb|Palestine}} |win_IRN=2|draw_IRN=0|loss_IRN=0|gf_IRN=9|ga_IRN=1|status_IRN=H |win_QAT=1|draw_QAT=0|loss_QAT=1|gf_QAT=2|ga_QAT=6 |win_PLE=0|draw_PLE=0|loss_PLE=2|gf_PLE=0|ga_PLE=4
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff08.html RSSSF.com] }}</onlyinclude>
{{footballbox | date = 7 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} | score = 3–0 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Palestine}} | goals1 = [[Kianoush Rahmati|K. Rahmati]] {{goal|29|pen.}}<br />[[Gholamreza Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Jalal Rafkhaei|Rafkhaei]] {{goal|86}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = Ahmad Delo (Syria) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 9 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Palestine}} | score = 0–1 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Qatar}} | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Fahad Al Shammari|F. Al Shammari]] {{goal|72}} | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 11 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Qatar}} | score = 1–6 | team2 = {{fb|Iran}} | goals1 = [[Meshal Abdullah|Abdullah]] {{goal|52}} | goals2 = [[Milad Meydavoudi|Meydavoudi]] {{goal|10||90}}<br />[[Ahmad Alenemeh|Alenemeh]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[Hadi Aghily|Aghily]] {{goal|49|pen.}}<br />[[Ehsan Hajsafi|Hajsafi]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Jalal Rafkhaei|Rafkhaei]] {{goal|80}} | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = Yousef Shahin (Jordan) }}
=== Group B === {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=n |ptsfirst=y
|team1=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|Jordan}} |team2=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}} |team3=OMN|name_OMN={{fb|Oman}} |win_JOR=1|draw_JOR=1|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=3|ga_JOR=1 |win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=0|gf_SYR=2|ga_SYR=1 |win_OMN=0|draw_OMN=0|loss_OMN=2|gf_OMN=2|ga_OMN=5
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff08.html RSSSF.com] }}
{{footballbox | date = 7 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Syria|1980}} | score = 0–0 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Jordan}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 9 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Oman}} | score = 1–2 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}} | goals1 = [[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|47}} | goals2 = [[Mohanad Ibrahim|Ibrahim]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Mohammad Abadi|Abadi]] {{goal|71}} | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 11 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Jordan}} | score = 3–1 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Oman}} | goals1 = [[Hassan Abdel Fattah|Abdel-Fattah]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Ra'ed Al-Nawateer|Al-Nawateer]] {{goal|71||84}} | goals2 = [[Mohamed Katkoot|Katkoot]] {{goal|26|pen.}} | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = | referee = }}
== Knockout phase == === Semi-finals === {{footballbox | date = 13 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}} | score = 2–0 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}} | goals1 = [[Kianoush Rahmati|K. Rahmati]] {{goal|6|pen.}}<br />[[Gholamreza Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|52}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = 4,000 | referee = Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 13 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Jordan}} | score = 3–0 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Qatar}} | goals1 = [[Hassouneh Al-Sheikh|Al-Sheikh]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Amer Deeb]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Odai Al-Saify|Al-Saify]] {{goal|90}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = | referee = }}
=== Final === {{footballbox | date = 15 August 2008 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}} | score = 2–1 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Jordan}} | goals1 = [[Hadi Aghily|Aghily]] {{goal|21|pen.}}<br />[[Kianoush Rahmati|K. Rahmati]] {{goal|85}} | goals2 = [[Amer Deeb]] {{goal|82}} | stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] | attendance = 10,000 | referee = [[Mohamed Al Zarouni]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|UAE]]) }}
== Champions == {{winners|fb|2008 WAFF Championship winners|Iran|Fourth}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html Rsssf.com]
{{West Asian Football Federation Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:WAFF Championship}} [[Category:WAFF Championship tournaments|2008]] [[Category:2008 in Asian men's international football]] [[Category:2008–09 in Iranian football]] [[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Iran|2008]] [[Category:August 2008 sports events in Asia]]