The 2008 WAFF Championship was the fifth West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Iran.

2008 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates1–15 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (4th title)
Runners-up Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored26 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals)
2007
2010

Teams

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4 members from 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. Oman and Qatar, which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.

Country Appearance Previous best performance
  Iran (hosts) 5th Champions (2000, 2004, 2007)
  Jordan 5th Runners-up (2002)
  Oman (invitee) 1st None
  Palestine 5th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
  Qatar (invitee) 1st None
  Syria 5th Runners-up (2000, 2004)

Note:

  •   Bahrain Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
  •   Iraq Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.[1]
  •   Lebanon the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.[why?]

Draw

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The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.

Venues

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Tehran
Azadi Stadium Takhti Stadium
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 30,122
   

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran (H) 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6
  Qatar 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4 3
  Palestine 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: RSSSF.com
(H) Hosts
Iran  3–0  Palestine
K. Rahmati   29' (pen.)
Rezaei   40'
Rafkhaei   86'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahmad Delo (Syria)

Palestine  0–1  Qatar
F. Al Shammari   72'

Qatar  1–6  Iran
Abdullah   52' Meydavoudi   10', 90'
Alenemeh   33'
Aghily   49' (pen.)
Hajsafi   61'
Rafkhaei   80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yousef Shahin (Jordan)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Jordan 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
  Syria 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
  Oman 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: RSSSF.com
Syria  0–0  Jordan

Oman  1–2  Syria
Saleh   47' Ibrahim   11'
Abadi   71'

Jordan  3–1  Oman
Abdel-Fattah   6'
Al-Nawateer   71', 84'
Katkoot   26' (pen.)

Knockout phase

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Semi-finals

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Iran  2–0  Syria
K. Rahmati   6' (pen.)
Rezaei   52'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)

Jordan  3–0  Qatar
Al-Sheikh   45'
Amer Deeb   71'
Al-Saify   90'

Final

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Iran  2–1  Jordan
Aghily   21' (pen.)
K. Rahmati   85'
Amer Deeb   82'
Attendance: 10,000

Champions

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 2008 WAFF Championship winners 
 
Iran

Fourth title

References

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