2012 WAFF Championship

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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) Oman Qasim Said
Syria Ahmad Al Douni
(4 goals)
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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.

Venues

Kuwait City Al-Farwaniyah
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium
Capacity: 21,500 Capacity: 10,000
Kazmastadium.jpg AlNSRAFCCUP.png

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.

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 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

8 December 2012
17:25
Kuwait  2–1  Palestine
Nasser Goal 2'
Al-Mutawa Goal 6' (pen.)		 Report Nu'man Goal 45+1'

8 December 2012
19:30
Oman  0–1  Lebanon
Report Haidar Goal 11'

11 December 2012
17:25
Kuwait  0–2  Oman
Report Qasim Goal 36', 45+2'

11 December 2012
19:30
Lebanon  0–1  Palestine
Report Abugharqud Goal 74'

14 December 2012
17:25
Kuwait  2–1  Lebanon
Nasser Goal 8'
Khamis Goal 79'		 Report Atwi Goal 61'

14 December 2012
17:25
Oman  2–1  Palestine
Al-Seyabi Goal 5'
Qasim Goal 34'		 Report Zatara Goal 40'

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

9 December 2012
17:25
Iran  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Report

9 December 2012
19:30
Bahrain  1–0  Yemen
Okwunwanne Goal 87' Report

12 December 2012
17:25
Iran  0–0  Bahrain
Report

12 December 2012
19:30
Yemen  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Otaif Goal 39'

15 December 2012
17:25
Iran  2–1  Yemen
O. Nazari Goal 41'
Karimi Goal 53'		 Report Al-Worafi Goal 45+1'

15 December 2012
17:25
Bahrain  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Okwunwanne Goal 77' Report

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

10 December 2012
17:25
Iraq  1–0  Jordan
Ahmad Goal 62' Report

13 December 2012
17:25
Iraq  1–1  Syria
Al Masri Goal 11' (o.g.) Report Al Douni Goal 48'

16 December 2012
17:25
Jordan  1–2  Syria
Bani Attiah Goal 22' Report Al Douni Goal 62', 82'

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

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

18 December 2012
17:30
Oman  0–2  Iraq
Report Radhi Goal 6'
Yasin Goal 39'

18 December 2012
19:30
Bahrain  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Syria
Al Safi Goal 67' Report Al Douni Goal 72'
  Penalties  
Husain Penalty scored
Moosa Penalty missed
Saad Penalty missed
Al Alawi Penalty missed
Salman Penalty scored		 2–3 Penalty missed Jafal
Penalty scored Salih
Penalty scored Habib
Penalty missed Khadouj
Penalty scored Al Douni

Third place play-off

20 December 2012
16:10
Oman  1–0  Bahrain
Qasim Goal 68' Report

Final

20 December 2012
18:45
Iraq  0–1  Syria
Report Al Salih Goal 74'

Champion

 2012 WAFF Championship Champion 

Syria
First title

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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