# 2008 WAFF Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2008_WAFF_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2008_WAFF_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_WAFF_Championship > Source revision: 1318490142 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 5th WAFF Championship, held in Iran in 2008 2008 WAFF Championship Tournament details Host country Iran Dates 1–15 August Teams 6 (from 1 confederation) Venues 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 Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals) ← 2007 2010 → International football competition The **2008 WAFF Championship** was the fifth [West Asian Football Federation Championship](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship), an international tournament for [West Asian](/source/West_Asia) countries and territories. It was hosted by [Iran](/source/Iran). ## Teams 4 members from 6 members of [WAFF](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation) participated in this tournament. [Oman](/source/Oman_national_football_team) and [Qatar](/source/Qatar_national_football_team), which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests. Country FIFA ranking (2 July 2008) Appearance Previous best performance Iran (hosts) 37 5th Champions (2000, 2004, 2007) Jordan 114 5th Runners-up (2002) Oman (invitee) 86 1st None Palestine 172 5th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007) Qatar (invitee) 80 1st None Syria 102 5th Runners-up (2000, 2004) **Note:** (FIFA rankings are in brackets) - [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain_national_football_team) (72) Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team. - [Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team) (58) Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.[1] - [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon_national_football_team) (150) the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.[*[why?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] ## Draw The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in [Amman](/source/Amman), [Jordan](/source/Jordan). ## Venues Tehran Tehran Azadi Stadium Takhti Stadium Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 30,122 ## Group stage ### Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iran (H) 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Qatar 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4 3 Palestine 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Source: [RSSSF.com](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff08.html) (H) Hosts 7 August 2008 Iran 3–0 Palestine K. Rahmati 29' (pen.) Rezaei 40' Rafkhaei 86' [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria) 9 August 2008 Palestine 0–1 Qatar F. Al Shammari 72' [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) 11 August 2008 Qatar 1–6 Iran Abdullah 52' Meydavoudi 10', 90' Alenemeh 33' Aghily 49' (pen.) Hajsafi 61' Rafkhaei 80' [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan) ### Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Jordan 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Syria 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Oman 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0 Source: [RSSSF.com](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff08.html) 7 August 2008 Syria 0–0 Jordan [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) 9 August 2008 Oman 1–2 Syria Saleh 47' Ibrahim 11' Abadi 71' [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) 11 August 2008 Jordan 3–1 Oman Abdel-Fattah 6' Al-Nawateer 71', 84' Katkoot 26' (pen.) [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) ## Knockout phase ### Semi-finals 13 August 2008 Iran 2–0 Syria K. Rahmati 6' (pen.) Rezaei 52' [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar) 13 August 2008 Jordan 3–0 Qatar Al-Sheikh 45' Amer Deeb 71' Al-Saify 90' [Takhti Stadium](/source/Takhti_Stadium_(Tehran)), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) ### Final 15 August 2008 Iran 2–1 Jordan Aghily 21' (pen.) K. Rahmati 85' Amer Deeb 82' [Azadi Stadium](/source/Azadi_Stadium), [Tehran](/source/Tehran) Attendance: 10,000 Referee: [Mohamed Al Zarouni](/source/Mohamed_Al_Zarouni) ([UAE](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) ## Champions 2008 WAFF Championship winners Iran Fourth title ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship](http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167313498.html) ## External links - [Rsssf.com](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html) v t e WAFF Championship Senior Tournaments Jordan 2000 Syria 2002 Iran 2004 Jordan 2007 Iran 2008 Jordan 2010 Kuwait 2012 Qatar 2013 Iraq 2019 Oman 2026 Squads 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2019 2026 Under-23 Tournaments Qatar 2015 Saudi Arabia 2021 Saudi Arabia 2022 Iraq 2023 Saudi Arabia 2024 Oman 2025 Squads 2015 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Under-20 Palestine 2019 Iraq 2021 Saudi Arabia 2024 Kuwait 2026 Under-17 Iran 2005 Syria 2007 Jordan 2009 Palestine 2013 Jordan 2015 Jordan 2018 Jordan 2019 Saudi Arabia 2021 Jordan 2022 Oman 2023 Jordan 2024 Jordan 2025 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2008 WAFF Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_WAFF_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_WAFF_Championship?action=history)). 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