2010 WAFF Championship
# 2010 WAFF Championship

The 2010 WAFF Championship was the 6th edition of the West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for selected West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Jordan, after Lebanon was deemed not capable of hosting. The competition was eventually won for the first time by Kuwait, after beating defending champions, Iran.

## Participants

9 members from 13 members of WAFF 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, Lebanon, Qatar and United Arab Emirates 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.

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

## Venue

| Amman2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) | Amman | Amman | Amman |
| - | - | - | - |
| Amman2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) | King Abdullah II Stadium |
| Amman2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) | Capacity: 20,000 |

## 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## Champion

* 2010 WAFF Championship champion
* Kuwait First title

## Goalscorers

### 4 goals

* Ali Al-Nono

### 3 goals

* Mustafa Karim

### 2 goals

* Ismaeel Abdullatif
* Hadi Aghili
* Milad Meydavoudi
* Hassan Abdel-Fattah
* Yousef Nasser

### 1 goal

* Mohammad Gholami
* Jalal Hosseini
* Mehrdad Oladi
* Andranik Teymourian
* Nashat Akram
* Hawar Mulla Mohammed
* Samal Saeed
* Abdullah Deeb
* Soud Al-Magmed
* Abdul-Aziz Al-Mashaan
* Hussain Al-Moussawi
* Ahmed Saad Al-Rashidi
* Mohammed Rashed
* Yaqoob Abdul-Karim
* Osama Hadid
* Suleiman Obeid
* Ahmad Omaier
* Mohamed Al Zeno
* Haitham Thabit

## Sponsors

* Fly Emirates
* Nike
* Toshiba
* Nikon
* Epson
* Arabic and Iranian Sponsors
