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{{short description|5th WAFF Championship, held in Iran in 2008}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = WAFF Championship
| year = 2008
| othertitles =
| image =WAFFC 2008.gif
| size = 150 px
| caption =
| country = Iran
| dates = 1–15 August
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion = IRN
| count = 4
| second = JOR
| matches = 9
| goals = 26
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Kianoush Rahmati]] (3 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = [[2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2010]]
}}

The '''2008 WAFF Championship''' was the fifth [[West Asian Football Federation Championship]], an international tournament for [[West Asia]]n countries and territories. It was hosted by [[Iran]].

== Teams ==
4 members from 6 members of [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] participated in this tournament. [[Oman national football team|Oman]] and [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]], which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! style="width:160px;" |Country
! style="width:100px;" |Appearance
! style="width:100px;" |Previous best performance
|-
|{{fb|IRN}} (hosts)
|align="center" |5th
|'''Champions''' ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 WAFF Championship|2007]]) 
|-
|{{fb|JOR}}
|align="center" |5th
|Runners-up ([[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]]) 
|-
|{{fb|OMN}} (invitee)
|align="center" |1st
|None
|-
|{{fb|PLE}}
|align="center" |5th 
|Group stage ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]], [[2007 WAFF Championship|2007]])
|-
|{{fb|QAT}} (invitee)
|align="center" |1st
|None
|-
|{{fb|SYR|1980}}
|align="center" |5th
|Runners-up ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]], [[2004 WAFF Championship|2004]])
|}

'''Note:'''
* {{fb|Bahrain}} Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
* {{fb|Iraq}} Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.<ref>[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167313498.html The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship]</ref>
* {{fb|LIB}} the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.{{why|date=October 2014}}

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

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|rowspan="4"| {{location map+|Iran|float=right|width=250|caption=|places=
{{location map~|Iran|lat=35.55|long=51.42|label='''[[Tehran]]'''|position=top}}
}}
!colspan=2|[[Tehran]]
|-
| [[Azadi Stadium]]
| [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: '''100,000'''
|Capacity: '''30,122'''
|-
| [[File:Race Esteghlal and Caspian2.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Takhti Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|}

== Group stage ==
=== Group A ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=IRN|name_IRN={{fb|Iran}}
|team2=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|Qatar}}
|team3=PLE|name_PLE={{fb|Palestine}}
|win_IRN=2|draw_IRN=0|loss_IRN=0|gf_IRN=9|ga_IRN=1|status_IRN=H
|win_QAT=1|draw_QAT=0|loss_QAT=1|gf_QAT=2|ga_QAT=6
|win_PLE=0|draw_PLE=0|loss_PLE=2|gf_PLE=0|ga_PLE=4

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff08.html RSSSF.com]
}}</onlyinclude>

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

=== Group B ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|Jordan}}
|team2=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}}
|team3=OMN|name_OMN={{fb|Oman}}
|win_JOR=1|draw_JOR=1|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=3|ga_JOR=1
|win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=0|gf_SYR=2|ga_SYR=1
|win_OMN=0|draw_OMN=0|loss_OMN=2|gf_OMN=2|ga_OMN=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff08.html RSSSF.com]
}}

{{footballbox
 | date = 7 August 2008
 | time =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|Syria|1980}}
 | score = 0–0
 | report =
 | team2 = {{fb|Jordan}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
 | attendance =
 | referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 9 August 2008
 | time =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|Oman}}
 | score = 1–2
 | report =
 | team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}}
 | goals1 = [[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|47}}
 | goals2 = [[Mohanad Ibrahim|Ibrahim]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Mohammad Abadi|Abadi]] {{goal|71}}
 | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
 | attendance =
 | referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 11 August 2008
 | time =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|Jordan}}
 | score = 3–1
 | report =
 | team2 = {{fb|Oman}}
 | goals1 = [[Hassan Abdel Fattah|Abdel-Fattah]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Ra'ed Al-Nawateer|Al-Nawateer]] {{goal|71||84}}
 | goals2 = [[Mohamed Katkoot|Katkoot]] {{goal|26|pen.}}
 | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
 | attendance =
 | referee =
}}

== Knockout phase ==
=== Semi-finals ===
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 August 2008
 | time =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}}
 | score = 2–0
 | report =
 | team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}}
 | goals1 = [[Kianoush Rahmati|K. Rahmati]] {{goal|6|pen.}}<br />[[Gholamreza Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|52}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
 | attendance = 4,000
 | referee = Mohammad Abdollah (Qatar)
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 August 2008
 | time =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|Jordan}}
 | score = 3–0
 | report =
 | team2 = {{fb|Qatar}}
 | goals1 = [[Hassouneh Al-Sheikh|Al-Sheikh]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Amer Deeb]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Odai Al-Saify|Al-Saify]] {{goal|90}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Takhti Stadium (Tehran)|Takhti Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
 | attendance =
 | referee =
}}

=== Final ===
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 August 2008
 | time =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}}
 | score = 2–1
 | report =
 | team2 = {{fb|Jordan}}
 | goals1 = [[Hadi Aghily|Aghily]] {{goal|21|pen.}}<br />[[Kianoush Rahmati|K. Rahmati]] {{goal|85}}
 | goals2 = [[Amer Deeb]] {{goal|82}}
 | stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = [[Mohamed Al Zarouni]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|UAE]])
}}

== Champions ==
{{winners|fb|2008 WAFF Championship winners|Iran|Fourth}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html Rsssf.com]

{{West Asian Football Federation Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:WAFF}}
[[Category:WAFF Championship tournaments|2008]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Iran|2008]]
[[Category:2008 in Asian football]]
[[Category:2008–09 in Jordanian football]]
[[Category:2008–09 in Iranian football]]
[[Category:2008–09 in Qatari football]]
[[Category:2008–09 in Syrian football]]
[[Category:2008–09 in Omani football]]
[[Category:2008 in Palestinian football]]