2012 WAFF Championship
7th "WAFF" Championship for men[1] | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 19 |
Goals scored | 31 (1.63 per match) |
Attendance | 32,950 (1,734 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (4 goals) |
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.
Contents
Venues
Kuwait City | Al-Farwaniyah |
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Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium | Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium |
Capacity: 21,500 | Capacity: 10,000 |
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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 |
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- Did not enter
Qatar and
United Arab Emirates did not enter.
Tournament
- All times listed are (UTC+3)
Group Stage
Key to colours in group tables |
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Group winners and best runner-up advance to the semi-finals |
Group A
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
8 December 2012
19:30 |
Oman ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Haidar ![]() |
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE) |
Group B
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Group C
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
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 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
18 December – Al Farwaniyah | |||||||
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0 | ||||||
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2 | ||||||
20 December | |||||||
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0 | ||||||
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1 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
18 December – Kuwait City | 20 December | ||||||
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1 (2) | ![]() |
1 | ||||
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1 (3) | ![]() |
0 |
Semi-finals
18 December 2012
19:30 |
Bahrain ![]() |
1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Al Safi ![]() |
Report | Al Douni ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Husain ![]() Moosa ![]() Saad ![]() Al Alawi ![]() Salman ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Third place play-off
Final
Champion
2012 WAFF Championship Champion |
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![]() Syria First title |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)
References
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External links
- Use dmy dates from May 2016
- West Asian Football Federation Championship
- 2012 in Asian football
- International association football competitions hosted by Kuwait
- 2012–13 in Kuwaiti football
- 2012–13 in Jordanian football
- 2012–13 in Iraqi football
- 2012–13 in Iranian football
- 2012–13 in Omani football
- 2012–13 in Bahraini football
- 2012–13 in Yemeni football
- 2012–13 in Palestinian football
- 2012–13 in Saudi Arabian football
- 2012–13 in Lebanese football
- 2012–13 in Syrian football