2012 WAFF Championship

The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. It was hosted by Kuwait from 8 to 20 December 2012.^[2][3] The defending champions were Kuwait. However, they did not get past the group stage. The tournament was won by Syria for the first time.

2012 WAFF Championship

7th "WAFF" Championship for men[1]
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	8–20 December
Teams	11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Syria (1st title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Third place	Oman
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	31 (1.63 per match)
Attendance	32,950 (1,734 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Qasim Said Ahmad Al Douni (4 goals each)
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Participants

11 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bahrain	2nd	Group stage (2010)
Iran	7th	Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)
Iraq	6th	Champions (2002)
Jordan	7th	Runners-up (2002, 2008)
Kuwait (hosts)	2nd	Champions (2010)
Lebanon	5th	Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
Oman	3rd	Group Stage (2008, 2010)
Palestine	7th	Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Saudi Arabia	1st	None
Syria	7th	Runners-up (2000, 2004)
Yemen	2nd	Semi-finals (2010)

Note:

•  Qatar and  United Arab Emirates did not enter.

Venues

Kuwait City	Kuwait City Al Farwaniyah	Al-Farwaniyah
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium		Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium
Capacity: 21,500		Capacity: 10,000

Draw of participating teams

The draw took place on 16 September 2012 in Kuwait City, Kuwait.^[4][5] The eleven teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. Two groups include four teams and one group has three teams.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Kuwait (100) Host & Holder  Iran (54)  Iraq (78)	Jordan (87)  Oman (93)  Saudi Arabia (105)	Lebanon (112)  Bahrain (124)  Syria (148)	Palestine (151)  Yemen (152)

Did not enter

 Qatar and  United Arab Emirates did not enter.

Squads

Main article: 2012 WAFF Championship squads

Tournament

• All times listed are (UTC+3)

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best runner-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

8 December 2012

17:25

Kuwait	2–1	Palestine
Nasser 2' Al-Mutawa 6' (pen.)	Report	Nu'man 45+1'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

8 December 2012

19:30

Oman	0–1	Lebanon
	Report	Haidar 11'

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)

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11 December 2012

17:25

Kuwait	0–2	Oman
	Report	Qasim 36', 45+2'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)

11 December 2012

19:30

Lebanon	0–1	Palestine
	Report	Abugharqud 74'

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea)

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14 December 2012

17:25

Kuwait	2–1	Lebanon
Nasser 8' Khamis 79'	Report	Atwi 61'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

14 December 2012

17:25

Oman	2–1	Palestine
Al-Seyabi 5' Qasim 34'	Report	Zatara 40'

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 500

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Iran	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 December 2012

17:25

Iran	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

9 December 2012

19:30

Bahrain	1–0	Yemen
Okwunwanne 87'	Report

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 150

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

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12 December 2012

17:25

Iran	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

12 December 2012

19:30

Yemen	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Otayf 39'

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

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15 December 2012

17:25

Iran	2–1	Yemen
O. Nazari 41' Karimi 53'	Report	Al-Worafi 45+1'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

15 December 2012

17:25

Bahrain	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Okwunwanne 77'	Report

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 200

Referee: Nasser Al-Ghafari (Jordan)

Group C

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 December 2012

17:25

Iraq	1–0	Jordan
Ahmed 62'	Report

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

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13 December 2012

17:25

Iraq	1–1	Syria
Al Masri 11' (o.g.)	Report	Al Douni 48'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)

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16 December 2012

17:25

Jordan	1–2	Syria
Bani Attiah 22'	Report	Al Douni 62', 82'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea)

Ranking of second-placed teams

At the end of the group stage, a comparison will be made between the second-placed teams of each group. Matches against the fourth-placed team in Group A and B group are not included in this ranking. The best second-placed team advance to the semifinals.

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 December – Al Farwaniyah
	Oman	0
					20 December – Kuwait City
	Iraq	2
					Iraq	0
	18 December – Kuwait City
					Syria	1
	Bahrain	1 (2)
	Syria (pen.)	1 (3)
					Third place
					20 December – Al Farwaniyah
					Oman	1
					Bahrain	0

Semi-finals

18 December 2012

17:30

Oman	0–2	Iraq
	Report	Radhi 6' Yasin 39'

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 500

Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)

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18 December 2012

19:30

Bahrain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Syria
Al Safi 67'	Report	Al Douni 72'
Penalties
Husain Moosa Saad Al Alawi Salman	2–3	Jafal Salih Habib Khadouj Al Douni

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Third place play-off

20 December 2012

16:10

Oman	1–0	Bahrain
Qasim 68'	Report

Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah

Attendance: 100

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

Final

20 December 2012

18:45

Iraq	0–1	Syria
	Report	Al Saleh 74'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Champion

2012 WAFF Championship champion
Syria First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Ahmad Al Douni
• Qasim Said

2 goals

• Jaycee Okwunwanne
• Yousef Nasser

1 goal

• Abdulwahab Al Safi
• Yaghoub Karimi
• Omid Nazari
• Hammadi Ahmed
• Amjad Radhi
• Ahmed Yasin
• Khalil Bani Attiah
• Bader Al-Mutawa
• Abdulhadi Khamis
• Abbas Atwi
• Adnan Haidar
• Mohammed Al Seyabi
• Eyad Abugharqud
• Ashraf Nu'man
• Imad Zatara
• Abdullah Otayf
• Ahmad Al Salih

Own goal

• Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)