2010 WAFF Championship

{{short description|6th WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = WAFF Championship | year = 2010 | othertitles = | image = WAFFC 2010.gif | size = 150 px | caption = | country = Jordan | dates = 24 September – 3 October | num_teams = 9 | confederations = 1 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion =KUW | count =1 | second = IRN | matches = 12 | goals = 36 | attendance = 92000 | top_scorer = {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Ali Al-Nono]] (4 goals) | player = | prevseason = [[2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2008]] | nextseason = [[2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2012]] }}

The '''2010 WAFF Championship''' was the 6th edition of the [[West Asian Football Federation Championship]], an international tournament for selected [[West Asia]]n countries and territories. It was hosted by [[Jordan]], after [[Lebanon]] was deemed not capable of hosting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=142&Lang=arb |title=نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان |publisher=WAFF Official Website |date=31 March 2010 |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221331/http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=142&Lang=arb |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> The competition was eventually won for the first time by [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], after beating the three-time defending champions, Iran.

==Participants==

9 members from 13 members of [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] participated in this tournament. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" ! style="width:160px;" |Country ! style="width:100px;" |Appearance ! style="width:100px;" |Previous best performance |- |{{fb|BHR}} |align="center" |1st |None |- |{{fb|IRN}} |align="center" |6th |'''Champions''' ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 WAFF Championship|2007]], [[2008 WAFF Championship|2008]]) |- |{{fb|IRQ}} |align="center" |5th |'''Champions''' ([[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]]) |- |{{fb|JOR}} (hosts) |align="center" |6th |Runners-up ([[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]], [[2008 WAFF Championship|2008]]) |- |{{fb|KUW}} |align="center" |1st |None |- |{{fb|OMN}} |align="center" |2nd |Group Stage ([[2008 WAFF Championship|2008]]) |- |{{fb|PLE}} |align="center" |6th |Group stage ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 WAFF Championship|2007]], [[2008 WAFF Championship|2008]]) |- |{{fb|SYR|1980}} |align="center" |6th |Runners-up ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]]) |- |{{fb|YEM}} |align="center" |1st |None |}

'''Note:''' * {{fb|KSA}}, {{fb|LBN}}, {{fb|QAT}} and {{fb|UAE}} did not enter.

==Draw== Nine teams entered the tournament and were drawn into three groups of three teams. The draw for the competition was made on Thursday 1 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=153&Lang=eng |title=WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw |publisher=WAFF Official Website |date=1 July 2010 |access-date=1 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221347/http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=153&Lang=eng |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

{| class=wikitable !width=30%|Group A !width=30%|Group B !width=30%|Group C |- valign=top | {{fb|Iran}} (Holders) {{fb|Bahrain}} {{fb|Oman}} | {{fb|Jordan}} (Hosts) {{fb|Syria|1980}} {{fb|Kuwait}} | {{fb|Iraq}} {{fb|Yemen}} {{fb|Palestine}} |}

==Venue== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- |rowspan="5"| {{location map+|Jordan|float=none|width=200|places= {{location map~|Jordan|lat=31.928030|long=35.953246|label='''[[Amman]]'''}} }} !colspan=3|[[Amman]] |- | [[King Abdullah II Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''20,000''' |- | [[File:King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan.jpg|300px]] |}

==Squads== {{main|2010 WAFF Championship squads}}

==Group stage==

===Group A=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q

|team1=IRN|name_IRN={{fb|IRN}} |team2=BHR|name_BHR={{fb|BHR}} |team3=OMA|name_OMA={{fb|OMA}} |win_IRN=1|draw_IRN=1|loss_IRN=0|gf_IRN=5|ga_IRN=2 |win_BHR=1|draw_BHR=0|loss_BHR=1|gf_BHR=2|ga_BHR=3 |win_OMA=0|draw_OMA=1|loss_OMA=1|gf_OMA=2|ga_OMA=4

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A |update=complete|source= }}

{{footballbox | date = 24 September 2010 | time = 19:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{fb|BHR}} | goals1 = [[Hadi Aghily|Aghili]] {{goal|36||38}} [[Mehrdad Oladi|Oladi]] {{goal|47}} | goals2 = | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100929194546/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1307152.html#dominant+iran+kick+competition Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 8,000 | referee = Nasser Al-Ghafari ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 26 September 2010 | time = 15:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|OMN}} | goals1 = [[Ismaeel Abdullatif|Abdullatif]] {{goal|63||67}} | goals2 = | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101006073830/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1308190.html#kuwait+bahrain+open+with Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 1,000 | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 28 September 2010 | time = 15:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|OMN}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{fb|IRN}} | goals1 = [[Osama Hadid|Hadid]] {{goal|40}} [[Yaqoob Abdul-Karim|Abdul-Karim]] {{goal|45}} | goals2 = [[Milad Meydavoudi|Meydavoudi]] {{goal|17}} [[Andranik Teymourian|Teymourian]] {{goal|53}} | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101003214647/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1309539.html#hosts+jordan+knocked Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 4,000 | referee = [[Ko Hyung-Jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) }}

===Group B=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q

|team1=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|KUW}} |team2=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}} |team3=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|SYR|1980}} |win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=1|loss_KUW=0|gf_KUW=4|ga_KUW=3 |win_JOR=0|draw_JOR=2|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=3|ga_JOR=3|status_JOR=H |win_SYR=0|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=1|gf_SYR=2|ga_SYR=3

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A |update=complete|source= }}

{{footballbox | date = 24 September 2010 | time = 15:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} | goals1 = [[Abdullah Deeb]] {{goal|13}} | goals2 = [[Mohamed Al Zeno|Al-Zino]] {{goal|82}} | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100929194546/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1307152.html#dominant+iran+kick+competition Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 18,000 | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 26 September 2010 | time = 19:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{fb|KUW}} | goals1 = [[Ahmad Al Omaier|Al-Omaier]] {{goal|83}} | goals2 = [[Mohammad Rashed|Rashed]] {{goal|53}} Al-Moussawi {{goal|71}} | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101006073830/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1308190.html#kuwait+bahrain+open+with Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 28 September 2010 | time = 19:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{fb|JOR}} | goals1 = [[Yousef Nasser|Nasser]] {{goal|60}} [[Soud Al Mejmed|Al Mejmed]] {{goal|78}} | goals2 = [[Hassan Abdel Fattah|Abdel-Fattah]] {{goal|38||51}} | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101003214647/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1309539.html#hosts+jordan+knocked Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 18,000 | referee = }}

===Group C=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q

|team1=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ}} |team2=YEM|name_YEM={{fb|YEM}} |team3=PLE|name_PLE={{fb|PLE}} |win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=0|gf_IRQ=5|ga_IRQ=1 |win_YEM=1|draw_YEM=0|loss_YEM=1|gf_YEM=4|ga_YEM=3 |win_PLE=0|draw_PLE=0|loss_PLE=2|gf_PLE=1|ga_PLE=6

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source= }}

{{footballbox | date = 25 September 2010 | time = 17:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|YEM}} | goals1 = [[Samal Saeed|Samal]] {{goal|49}} [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed|Hawar]] {{goal|72}} | goals2 = [[Ali Al Nono|Al-Nono]] {{goal|10}} | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100929194556/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1307526.html#iraq+start+with+victory Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 8,000 | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 27 September 2010 | time = 17:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|YEM}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{fb|PLE}} | goals1 = [[Ali Al Nono|Al-Nono]] {{goal|43|pen.|83}} [[Haitham Thabit|Thabit]] {{goal|63}} | goals2 = [[Suleiman Obeid|Obeid]] {{goal|79}} | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101008164058/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1308807.html#yemen+edge+nine+palestine Report] | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 10,000 | referee = Nasser Al-Ghafari ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 29 September 2010 | time = 17:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}} | score = 0–3 | team2 = {{fb|IRQ}} | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Mustafa Karim|Karim]] {{goal|15||76}} [[Nashat Akram|Akram]] {{goal|86|pen.|}} | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 14,000 | referee = }}

===Ranking of second-placed teams=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |show_groups=y

|team1=YEM|group_YEM=[[#Group C|C]]|name_YEM={{fb|YEM}} |team2=BHR|group_BHR=[[#Group A|A]]|name_BHR={{fb|BHR}} |team3=JOR|group_JOR=[[#Group B|B]]|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}} |win_YEM=1|draw_YEM=0|loss_YEM=1|gf_YEM=4|ga_YEM=3 |win_BHR=1|draw_BHR=0|loss_BHR=1|gf_BHR=2|ga_BHR=3 |win_JOR=0|draw_JOR=2|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=3|ga_JOR=3

|col_C=#ccffcc|text_C= |result1=C |update=complete|source= }}

==Knockout phase== ===Semi-finals=== {{footballbox | date = 1 October 2010 | time = 13:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} | score = 2–1 | report = | team2 = {{fb|IRQ}} | goals1 = [[Jalal Hosseini|Hosseini]] {{goal|58}} [[Mohammad Gholami|Gholami]] {{goal|84}} | goals2 = [[Mustafa Karim|Karim]] {{goal|71}} | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 12,000 | referee = [[Hajime Matsuo]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 1 October 2010 | time = 18:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}} | score = 1–1 | penalties1 = | penaltyscore = 4–3 | penalties2 = | report = | team2 = {{fb|YEM}} | goals1 = [[Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi|Al-Rashidi]] {{goal|73}} | goals2 = [[Ali Al-Nono|Al-Nono]] {{goal|55}} | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 3,000 | referee = }}

===Final=== {{footballbox | date = 3 October 2010 | time = 18:00 GMT | team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} | score = 1–2 | report = | team2 = {{fb|KUW}} | goals1 = [[Milad Meydavoudi|Meydavoudi]] {{goal|90+5}} | goals2 = [[Aziz Mashaan|Mashaan]] {{goal|10}} [[Yousef Nasser|Nasser]] {{goal|40}} | stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] | attendance = 15,000 | referee = Nasser Al-Ghafari ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]]) }}

==Champion== {{winners|fb|2010 WAFF Championship champion|Kuwait|First}}

==Goalscorers== ;4 goals {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Ali Al Nono|Ali Al-Nono]] {{colend}} ;3 goals {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Mustafa Karim]] {{colend}} ;2 goals {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|BHR}} [[Ismaeel Abdullatif]] * {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hadi Aghily|Hadi Aghili]] * {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Milad Meydavoudi]] * {{flagicon|JOR}} [[Hassan Abdel Fattah|Hassan Abdel-Fattah]] * {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Yousef Nasser]] {{colend}} ;1 goal {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Gholami]] * {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Jalal Hosseini]] * {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehrdad Oladi]] * {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Andranik Teymourian]] * {{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Nashat Akram]] * {{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed]] * {{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Samal Saeed]] * {{flagicon|JOR}} [[Abdullah Deeb]] * {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Soud Al-Magmed]] * {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Abdul-Aziz Al-Mashaan]] * {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Hussain Al-Moussawi]] * {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi|Ahmed Saad Al-Rashidi]] * {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Mohammed Rashed]] * {{flagicon|OMN}} [[Yaqoob Abdul-Karim]] * {{flagicon|OMN}} [[Osama Hadid]] * {{flagicon|PLE}} [[Suleiman Obeid]] * {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ahmad Omaier]] * {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohamed Al Zeno]] * {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Haitham Thabit]] {{colend}}

==Sponsors== *[[Fly Emirates]] *[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] *[[Toshiba]] *[[Nikon]] *[[Epson]] *Arabic and Iranian Sponsors

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090130093340/http://the-waff.com/default.asp?lang=eng Official Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101002023441/http://www.the-waff.com/schedual.asp?pageID=42&parentid=3&lang=eng&competID=18 Schedule & results] *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html RSSSF Page on the tournament]

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