WAFF Championship

The West Asian Football Federation Championship, or simply the WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the governing body of football in Western Asia. The championship has been held, on average, every two years.[1]

WAFF Championship

Founded	2000
Region	Western Asia (WAFF)
Number of teams	9 (2019)
Current champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (4 titles)
Website	www.the-waff.com
2021 WAFF Championship

The current champion is Bahrain, having beat hosts Iraq in the 2019 final. The most successful team is Iran, with four titles; however, they can't compete in the competition anymore as they are no longer members of the WAFF.

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2000	Jordan		Iran	1–0 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Syria		Iraq	4–1	Jordan		8
2	2002	Syria		Iraq	3–2 (a.e.t.) Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus	Jordan		Iran	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.)	Syria		6
3	2004	Iran		Iran	4–1 Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Syria		Jordan	3–1	Iraq		6
4	2007	Jordan		Iran	2–1 Amman International Stadium, Amman	Iraq		Jordan and  Syria[note 1]				6
5	2008	Iran		Iran	2–1 Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Jordan		Qatar and  Syria[note 1]				6
6	2010	Jordan		Kuwait	2–1 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Iran		Iraq and  Yemen[note 1]				9
7	2012	Kuwait		Syria	1–0 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Iraq		Oman	1–0	Bahrain		11
8	2014	Qatar		Qatar	2–0 Al Sadd Stadium, Doha	Jordan		Bahrain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pen.)	Kuwait		9
9	2019	Iraq		Bahrain	1–0 Karbala International Stadium, Karbala	Iraq		[note 2]				9
10	2021	United Arab Emirates										12

• a.e.t.: after extra time
• pen.: after penalty shoot-out
• TBD: to be determined

Notes

1. The two semi-finalists in 2007, 2008, and 2010 did not play a third-place match.
2. There were neither semi-finals nor a third-place match in 2019.

Teams reaching the top four

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place^1	Fourth place	Total
Iran	4 (2000, 2004^*, 2007, 2008^*)	1 (2010)	1 (2002)		6
Iraq	1 (2002)	3 (2007, 2012, 2019)	2 (2000, 2010^2)	1 (2004)	7
Syria	1 (2012)	2 (2000, 2004)	2 (2007^2, 2008^2)	1 (2002)^*	6
Bahrain	1 (2019)		1 (2014)	1 (2012)	3
Qatar	1 (2014)^*		1 (2008^2)		2
Kuwait	1 (2010)			1 (2014)	2
Jordan		3 (2002, 2008, 2014)	2 (2004, 2007^2)	1 (2000^*)	6
Yemen			1 (2010^2)		1
Oman			1 (2012)		1

* = hosts

1 = includes semi-finals in case there was no third-place match

2 = semi-final

Records and statistics

Top goalscorers

Year	Player	Goals scored
2000	Razzaq Farhan	4
2002	Alireza Nikbakht	2
	Razzaq Farhan
	Muayad Salim
	Anas Sari
2004	Ali Daei	5
2007	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	2
	Salih Sadir
2008	Kianoush Rahmati	3
2010	Ali Al-Nono	4
2012	Qasim Said	4
	Ahmad Al Douni
2014	Boualem Khoukhi	6
2019	Hussein Ali	3

All-time table

Rank	Team	Participations	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg Pts	Trophies
1	Iran	7	28	19	7	2	56	16	+40	64	2.29	4
2	Iraq	8	31	16	8	7	40	22	+18	56	1.80	1
3	Jordan	9	31	12	9	10	37	28	+9	45	1.45	0
4	Syria	8	29	9	9	11	32	40	−8	36	1.24	1
5	Bahrain	4	15	6	6	3	8	6	+2	24	1.60	1
6	Kuwait	4	14	6	4	4	17	17	0	22	1.57	1
7	Qatar	2	7	5	0	2	12	10	+2	15	2.14	1
8	Palestine	9	22	3	4	15	16	35	−19	13	0.59	0
9	Oman	4	11	3	3	5	9	13	−4	12	1.09	0
10	Lebanon	7	18	3	3	12	9	25	−16	12	0.67	0
11	Yemen	3	10	2	2	6	10	13	−3	8	0.80	0
12	Saudi Arabia	3	8	1	3	4	3	10	−7	6	0.75	0
13	Kazakhstan	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3	1.00	0
14	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0	0.00	0

Under-age tournaments

Under-23

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2015	Qatar		Iran	2–0 Lekhwiya SC Stadium, Doha	Syria		Iraq	3–0	Yemen		10

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iran	1 (2015)				1
Syria		1 (2015)			1
Qatar			1 (2015)		1
Yemen				1 (2015)	1

Under-18

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2019	Palestine		Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) Faisal al-Husseini Stadium, Ramallah	United Arab Emirates		Jordan	3–0	Palestine		6

• a.e.t.: after extra time
• pen.: after penalty shoot-out
• TBD: to be determined

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iraq	1 (2019)				1
United Arab Emirates		1 (2019)			1
Jordan			1 (2019)		1
Palestine				1 (2019)	1

Under-15

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2005	Iran		Iran	2–0 Tehran	Syria		Iraq	5–0 Tehran	Lebanon		6
2	2007	Syria		Syria	[note 1]	Iran		Jordan	[note 1]	Iraq		5
3	2009	Jordan		Iran	3–2 Amman	Syria		Iraq	3–1 Amman	Jordan		9
4	2013	Palestine		Iraq	[note 1]	United Arab Emirates		Jordan	[note 1]	Palestine		4
5	2015	Jordan		Iraq	[note 1]	Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	[note 1]	Palestine		5
6	2018	Jordan		Japan	[note 1]	India		Jordan	[note 1]	Yemen		5
7	2019	Jordan		Saudi Arabia	[note 1]	Jordan		Syria	[note 1]	Iraq		9

Notes

1. The tournament was played in a round-robin league format.

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Iran	2 (2005^*, 2009)	1 (2007)			3
Iraq	2 (2013, 2015)		2 (2005, 2009)	1 (2007, 2019)	5
Syria	1 (2007^*)	2 (2005, 2009)	1 (2019)		4
Saudi Arabia	1 (2019)	1 (2015)			2
Japan	1 (2018)				1
Jordan		1 (2019^*)	3 (2007, 2013, 2018^*)	1 (2009^*)	5
United Arab Emirates		1 (2013)	1 (2015)		2
India		1 (2018)			1
Palestine				2 (2013^*, 2015)	2
Lebanon				1 (2005)	1
Yemen				1 (2018)	1

* = hosts

See also

• WAFF Women's Championship
• AFF Championship
• CAFA Championship
• EAFF E-1 Football Championship
• SAFF Championship
• AFC Asian Cup
• AFC Women's Asian Cup

References

1. "West Asian Championship". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

External links

• Official website
• RSSSF.com