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 the three-time defending champions, Iran.
Participants
9 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. CountryAppearancePrevious best performance1stNone6thChampions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)5thChampions (2002) (hosts)6thRunners-up (2002, 2008) 1stNone2ndGroup Stage (2008)6th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008) 6thRunners-up (2000, 2004)1stNone
Note: , , and 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 AGroup BGroup C (Holders) (Hosts)
Venue Amman King Abdullah II Stadium Capacity: 20,000
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Knockout phase Semi-finals
Final
Champion
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
References
External links Official Website Schedule & results RSSSF Page on the tournament