2010 WAFF Championship
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Article ImagesThe 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.[1] The competition was eventually won for the first time by Kuwait, after beating the three-time defending champions, Iran.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Jordan |
Dates | 24 September – 3 October |
Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Kuwait (1st title) |
Runners-up | Iran |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 36 (3 per match) |
Attendance | 92,000 (7,667 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ali Al-Nono (4 goals) |
← 2008 2012 → |
9 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.
Country | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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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.
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.[2]
Group A | Group B | Group C |
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2010 WAFF Championship (Jordan) |
Amman | ||
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King Abdullah II Stadium | |||
Capacity: 20,000 | |||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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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 |
2010 WAFF Championship champion |
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Kuwait First title |
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 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
- Fly Emirates
- Nike
- Toshiba
- Nikon
- Epson
- Arabic and Iranian Sponsors
- ^ "نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان". WAFF Official Website. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ "WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw". WAFF Official Website. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2010.