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. The defending champions were Kuwait. However, they did not get past the group stage. The tournament was won by Syria for the first time.
Participants
11 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. CountryAppearancePrevious best performance2ndGroup stage (2010)7thChampions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)6thChampions (2002)7thRunners-up (2002, 2008) (hosts)2ndChampions (2010)5thGroup stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)3rdGroup Stage (2008, 2010)7th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)1stNone7thRunners-up (2000, 2004)2ndSemi-finals (2010)
Note: and did not enter.
Venues Kuwait City Al-Farwaniyah Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium Capacity: 21,500 Capacity: 10,000
Draw of participating teams The draw took place on 16 September 2012 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The eleven teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. Two groups include four teams and one group has three teams.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (100) Host & Holder (54) (78) (87) (93) (105) (112) (124) (148) (151) (152)
Did not enter and did not enter.
Squads
Tournament All times listed are (UTC+3)
Group stage Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and best runner-up advance to the semi-finals
Group A
Group B
Group C
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.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Champion
Goalscorers 4 goals Ahmad Al Douni Qasim Said
2 goals Jaycee Okwunwanne Yousef Nasser
1 goal
Abdulwahab Al Safi Yaghoub Karimi Omid Nazari Hammadi Ahmed Amjad Radhi Ahmed Yasin Khalil Bani Attiah Bader Al-Mutawa Abdulhadi Khamis Abbas Atwi Adnan Haidar Mohammed Al Seyabi Eyad Abugharqud Ashraf Nu'man Imad Zatara Abdullah Otayf Ahmad Al Salih
Own goal Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)
References
External links Official Website