2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = WAFF Championship
year = 2008
othertitles = Iran 2008


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country = Iran
dates = August 1 - August 15
num_teams = 6
confederations = 1
venues = Takhti Stadium and the Final In Azadi Stadium
cities = Tehran

The 2008 WAFF Championship was be the 5th West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Iran.

Teams

Six teams will enter the tournament.

* (Hosts)Champions, the fourth title
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*
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* (Invited Nation)
* (Invited Nation)

* fb|Iraq Withdrew from the tournament on June 26 2008 due to the team being disbanded. [ [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167313498.html The-AFC.com - Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship] ]
* Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
* the initial hosts of this tournament, will not particapate in this edition.

The Draw

The draw for the competition was made on July 1 2008 in Amman, Jordan.

Matches and Results

Group A

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date = August 7, 2008
time = 9:00
team1 = fb-rt|IRN
score = 3 – 0
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team2 = fb|Palestine
goals1 = Kianoush Rahmati goal|29 (P) Gholamreza Rezaei goal|40 Jalal Rafkhaei goal|86
goals2 =
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance = 5,000
referee = Ahmad Delo (Syria)----footballbox
date = August 9, 2008
time =
team1 = fb-rt|Palestine
score = 0 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|Qatar
goals1 =
goals2 = Fahad Al-Shammari goal|72
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = August 11, 2008
time =
team1 = fb-rt|Qatar
score = 1 – 6
team2 = fb|Iran
goals1 = Meshal Abdullah goal|52
goals2 = Milad Meydavoudi goal|10,90 Ahmad Alenemeh goal|33 Hadi Aghili goal|49 (P) Ehsan Hajsafi goal|61 Jalal Rafkhaei goal|80
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance = 5,000
referee = Yousef Shahin (Jordan)----

Group B

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date = August 7, 2008
time =
team1 = fb-rt|Syria
score = 0 – 0
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team2 = fb|Jordan
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = August 9, 2008
time =
team1 = fb-rt|Oman
score = 1 – 2
report =
team2 = fb|Syria
goals1 = Hashim Saleh goal|47
goals2 = Mohnad Ibraheem goal|11 Mohammad Abadi goal|71
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = August 11, 2008
time =
team1 = fb-rt|Jordan
score = 3 - 1
report =
team2 = fb|Oman
goals1 = Hassan Abdel Fattah goal|6 Ra'ed Al Nawatear goal|71 goal|84
goals2 = Mohamed Katkoot goal|26|pen
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance =
referee =

emi Finals

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date = August 13, 2008
time =
team1 = fb|Iran
score = 2 - 0
report =
team2 = fb|Syria
goals1 = Kianoush Rahmati goal|6|pen Gholamreza Rezaei goal|52
goals2 =
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance = 4,000
referee = Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)-----footballbox
date = August 13, 2008
time =
team1 = fb|Jordan
score = 3 - 0
report =
team2 = fb|Qatar
goals1 = Hassona Al Shaikh goal|45 Amer Deeb goal|71 Odai Saify goal|90
goals2 =
stadium = Takhti Stadium
attendance =
referee =

Final

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date = August 15, 2008
time =
team1 = fb|Iran
score = 2 - 1
report =
team2 = fb|Jordan
goals1 = Hadi Aghili goal|21 (P) Kianoush Rahmati goal|85
goals2 = Amer Deeb goal|82
Moneer sent off|0|79
stadium = Azadi Stadium
attendance = 10,000
referee = Mohammad Zarooni (UAE)

Champions

References

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/waff.html Rsssf.com]