2007 WAFF Championship

The 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship was held in Jordan's capital Amman. Iran won the final against Iraq 2–1. The 6 entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16 and 24 June 2007.

2007 WAFF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	16–24 June
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	15 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mehdi Rajabzadeh Salih Sadir (2 goals)
← 2004 2008 →

Participants

All 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance
Iran	4th	Champions (2000, 2004)
Iraq	4th	Champions (2002)
Jordan (hosts)	4th	Runners-up (2002)
Lebanon	4th	Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004)
Palestine	4th	Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004)
Syria	4th	Runners-up (2000, 2004)

Venue

Amman 2007 WAFF Championship (Jordan)	Amman
	Amman International Stadium
	Capacity: 25,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Jordan (H)	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

16 June 2007

Lebanon	0–1	Syria
		Chaabo 45'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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18 June 2007

Jordan	0–1	Syria
		Al Baba 48'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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20 June 2007

Jordan	3–0	Lebanon
Ragheb 28' Khaled Saad 53' Al-Saify 58'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Iraq	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Palestine	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: RSSSF

16 June 2007

Iran	0–0	Iraq

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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18 June 2007

Iraq	1–0	Palestine
Mohammed 86'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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20 June 2007

Iran	2–0	Palestine
Meydavoudi 56' Rajabzadeh 85'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

22 June 2007

Syria	0–3	Iraq
		Mahmoud 10' (pen.) Mnajed 42' Sadir 85'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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22 June 2007

Iran	1–0	Jordan
Rajabzadeh 32'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Final

24 June 2007

Iraq	1–2	Iran
Sadir 86' (pen.)		Badamaki 9' Beikzadeh 21'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Champion

2007 WAFF Championship winners
Iran Third title

External links

• Official Website
• RSSSF Page on the tournament