2010 WAFF Championship explained

Tourney Name:WAFF Championship
Year:2010
Size:150 px
Country:Jordan
Dates:24 September – 3 October
Num Teams:9
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:KUW
Count:1
Second:IRN
Matches:12
Goals:36
Attendance:92000
Top Scorer: Ali Al-Nono (4 goals)
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2012

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.[1] 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 performance
1stNone
6thChampions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)
5thChampions (2002)
(hosts)6thRunners-up (2002, 2008)
1stNone
2ndGroup Stage (2008)
6th Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008)
6thRunners-up (2000, 2004)
1stNone

Note:

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.[2]

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(Holders)

(Hosts)



Venue

Amman
King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Squads

See main article: 2010 WAFF Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Sponsors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: نقل البطولة السادسة للرجال من لبنان . WAFF Official Website . 31 March 2010 . 30 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221331/http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=142&Lang=arb . 4 October 2011 . dead. dmy-all .
  2. Web site: WAFF 6th Men Championship Draw . WAFF Official Website . 1 July 2010 . 1 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221347/http://www.the-waff.com/default.asp?mode=more&NewsID=153&Lang=eng . 4 October 2011 . dead. dmy-all .