# 2010 WAFF Championship

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6th WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2010

2010 WAFF Championship Tournament details Host country Jordan Dates 24 September – 3 October Teams 9 (from 1 confederation) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Kuwait (1st title) Runners-up Iran Tournament statistics Matches played 12 Goals scored 36 (3 per match) Attendance 92,000 (7,667 per match) Top scorer Ali Al-Nono (4 goals) ← 2008 2012 →

International football competition

The **2010 WAFF Championship** was the 6th edition of the [West Asian Football Federation Championship](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship), an international tournament for selected [West Asian](/source/West_Asia) countries and territories. It was hosted by [Jordan](/source/Jordan), after [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon) was deemed not capable of hosting.[1] The competition was eventually won for the first time by [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_national_football_team), after beating the three-time defending champions, Iran.

## Participants

9 members from 13 members of [WAFF](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation) participated in this tournament.

Country Appearance Previous best performance Bahrain 1st None Iran 6th Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008) Iraq 5th Champions (2002) Jordan (hosts) 6th Runners-up (2002, 2008) Kuwait 1st None Oman 2nd Group Stage (2008) Palestine 6th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008) Syria 6th Runners-up (2000, 2004) Yemen 1st None

**Note:**

- [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team), [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon_national_football_team), [Qatar](/source/Qatar_national_football_team) and [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team) 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.[2]

Group A Group B Group C Iran (Holders) Bahrain Oman Jordan (Hosts) Syria Kuwait Iraq Yemen Palestine

## Venue

Amman 2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) Amman King Abdullah II Stadium Capacity: 20,000

## Squads

Main article: [2010 WAFF Championship squads](/source/2010_WAFF_Championship_squads)

## Group stage

### Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Iran 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 2 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 3 Oman 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

24 September 2010

19:00 GMT

Iran 3–0 Bahrain Aghili 36', 38' Oladi 47' Report

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association))

26 September 2010

15:00 GMT

Bahrain 2–0 Oman Abdullatif 63', 67' Report

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 1,000

28 September 2010

15:00 GMT

Oman 2–2 Iran Hadid 40' Abdul-Karim 45' Report Meydavoudi 17' Teymourian 53'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: [Ko Hyung-Jin](/source/Ko_Hyung-Jin) ([South Korea](/source/Korea_Football_Association))

### Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Kuwait 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 2 Jordan (H) 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 3 Syria 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]
(H) Hosts

24 September 2010

15:00 GMT

Jordan 1–1 Syria Abdullah Deeb 13' Report Al-Zino 82'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 18,000

26 September 2010

19:00 GMT

Syria 1–2 Kuwait Al-Omaier 83' Report Rashed 53' Al-Moussawi 71'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 5,000

28 September 2010

19:00 GMT

Kuwait 2–2 Jordan Nasser 60' Al Mejmed 78' Report Abdel-Fattah 38', 51'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 18,000

### Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Iraq 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 2 Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 3 Palestine 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

25 September 2010

17:00 GMT

Iraq 2–1 Yemen Samal 49' Hawar 72' Report Al-Nono 10'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 8,000

27 September 2010

17:00 GMT

Yemen 3–1 Palestine Al-Nono 43' (pen.), 83' Thabit 63' Report Obeid 79'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association))

29 September 2010

17:00 GMT

Palestine 0–3 Iraq Karim 15', 76' Akram 86' (pen.)

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 14,000

### Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 C Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 2 A Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 3 B Jordan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Knockout phase

### Semi-finals

1 October 2010

13:00 GMT

Iran 2–1 Iraq Hosseini 58' Gholami 84' Karim 71'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: [Hajime Matsuo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hajime_Matsuo&action=edit&redlink=1) ([Japan](/source/Japan_Football_Association))

1 October 2010

18:00 GMT

Kuwait 1–1 Yemen Al-Rashidi 73' Al-Nono 55' Penalties 4–3

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 3,000

### Final

3 October 2010

18:00 GMT

Iran 1–2 Kuwait Meydavoudi 90+5' Mashaan 10' Nasser 40'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari ([Jordan](/source/Jordan_Football_Association))

## Champion

2010 WAFF Championship champion Kuwait First title

## Goalscorers

**4 goals**

- [Ali Al-Nono](/source/Ali_Al_Nono)

**3 goals**

- [Mustafa Karim](/source/Mustafa_Karim)

**2 goals**

- [Ismaeel Abdullatif](/source/Ismaeel_Abdullatif)

- [Hadi Aghili](/source/Hadi_Aghily)

- [Milad Meydavoudi](/source/Milad_Meydavoudi)

- [Hassan Abdel-Fattah](/source/Hassan_Abdel_Fattah)

- [Yousef Nasser](/source/Yousef_Nasser)

**1 goal**

- [Mohammad Gholami](/source/Mohammad_Gholami)

- [Jalal Hosseini](/source/Jalal_Hosseini)

- [Mehrdad Oladi](/source/Mehrdad_Oladi)

- [Andranik Teymourian](/source/Andranik_Teymourian)

- [Nashat Akram](/source/Nashat_Akram)

- [Hawar Mulla Mohammed](/source/Hawar_Mulla_Mohammed)

- [Samal Saeed](/source/Samal_Saeed)

- [Abdullah Deeb](/source/Abdullah_Deeb)

- [Soud Al-Magmed](/source/Soud_Al-Magmed)

- [Abdul-Aziz Al-Mashaan](/source/Abdul-Aziz_Al-Mashaan)

- [Hussain Al-Moussawi](/source/Hussain_Al-Moussawi)

- [Ahmed Saad Al-Rashidi](/source/Ahmed_Saad_Al_Rashidi)

- [Mohammed Rashed](/source/Mohammed_Rashed)

- [Yaqoob Abdul-Karim](/source/Yaqoob_Abdul-Karim)

- [Osama Hadid](/source/Osama_Hadid)

- [Suleiman Obeid](/source/Suleiman_Obeid)

- [Ahmad Omaier](/source/Ahmad_Omaier)

- [Mohamed Al Zeno](/source/Mohamed_Al_Zeno)

- [Haitham Thabit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haitham_Thabit&action=edit&redlink=1)

## Sponsors

- [Fly Emirates](/source/Fly_Emirates)

- [Nike](/source/Nike%2C_Inc.)

- [Toshiba](/source/Toshiba)

- [Nikon](/source/Nikon)

- [Epson](/source/Epson)

- Arabic and Iranian Sponsors

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221331/http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=142&Lang=arb). WAFF Official Website. 31 March 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=142&Lang=arb) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221347/http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=153&Lang=eng). WAFF Official Website. 1 July 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=153&Lang=eng) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

## External links

- [Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20090130093340/http://the-waff.com/default.asp?lang=eng)

- [Schedule & results](https://web.archive.org/web/20101002023441/http://www.the-waff.com/schedual.asp?pageID=42&parentid=3&lang=eng&competID=18)

- [RSSSF Page on the tournament](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html)

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