WAFF Championship

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 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]

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

The two semi-finalists in 2007, 2008, and 2010 did not play a third-place match.
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 place¹	Fourth place	Total
Iran	4 (2000, 2004^, 2007, 2008^)	1 (2010)	1 (2002)		6
Iraq	1 (2002)	3 (2007, 2012, 2019)	2 (2000, 2010²)	1 (2004)	7
Syria	1 (2012)	2 (2000, 2004)	2 (2007², 2008²)	1 (2002)^*	6
Bahrain	1 (2019)		1 (2014)	1 (2012)	3
Qatar	1 (2014)^*		1 (2008²)		2
Kuwait	1 (2010)			1 (2014)	2
Jordan		3 (2002, 2008, 2014)	2 (2004, 2007²)	1 (2000^*)	6
Yemen			1 (2010²)		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
2007	Salih Sadir	2
2008	Kianoush Rahmati	3
2010	Ali Al-Nono	4
2012	Qasim Said	4
2012	Ahmad Al Douni	4
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

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