Football West Asian Cup 2012

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Football West Asian Championship 2012
7th Waff Championship, Kuwait 2012 ™
Number of nations 11 finalists
venue KuwaitKuwait Kuwait
West Asian Champion SyriaSyria Syria
opening December 8, 2012
Endgame December 20, 2012
Games 19th
Gates 31 (ø 1.63 per game)
Top scorer SyriaSyria Ahmad Al-Douni Qasim Said (3 goals each)
OmanOman

The 2012 West Asian Football Championship (officially: 7th Waff Championship, Kuwait 2012 ™ ) was held in Kuwait from December 8th to 20th . A total of eleven teams competed in the final round organized by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) to determine the West Asian champions.

Attendees

The eleven participating teams were divided into three groups, two groups with four teams each and one group with three teams. In the group stage, the teams played against each other once in the league system . The group winner and the best runner-up made it to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played the final. Third place was not played out.

The preliminary round draw took place on September 16, 2012 in Kuwait City . The following groups emerged:

Group A Group B Group C
KuwaitKuwait Kuwait IranIran Iran IraqIraq Iraq
OmanOman Oman Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia JordanJordan Jordan
LebanonLebanon Lebanon BahrainBahrain Bahrain SyriaSyria Syria
Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine YemenYemen Yemen

Games and results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. OmanOman Oman  3  2  0  1 004: 200  +2 06th
 2. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait  3  2  0  1 004: 400  ± 0 06th
 3. Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine  3  1  0  2 003: 400  −1 03
 4th LebanonLebanon Lebanon  3  1  0  2 002: 300  −1 03
December 8, 2012
Kuwait - Palestine 2: 1 (2: 1)
December 8, 2012
Lebanon - Oman 1: 0 (1: 0)
December 11, 2012
Oman - Kuwait 2: 0 (2: 0)
December 11, 2012
Palestine - Lebanon 1: 0 (0: 0)
December 14, 2012
Kuwait - Lebanon 2: 1 (1: 0)
December 14, 2012
Oman - Palestine 2: 1 (2: 1)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BahrainBahrain Bahrain  3  2  1  0 002-000  +2 07th
 2. IranIran Iran  3  1  2  0 002: 100  +1 05
 3. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  3  1  1  1 001: 100  ± 0 04th
 4th YemenYemen Yemen  3  0  0  3 001: 400  −3 00
December 9, 2012
Iran - Saudi Arabia 0-0
December 9, 2012
Bahrain - Yemen 1: 0 (0: 0)
December 12, 2012
Bahrain - Iran 0-0
December 12, 2012
Saudi Arabia - Yemen 1: 0 (1: 0)
December 15, 2012
Yemen - Iran 1: 2 (1: 1)
December 15, 2012
Saudi Arabia - Bahrain 0: 1 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SyriaSyria Syria  2  1  1  0 003: 200  +1 04th
 2. IraqIraq Iraq  2  1  1  0 002: 100  +1 04th
 3. JordanJordan Jordan  2  0  0  2 001: 300  −2 00
December 10, 2012
Iraq - Jordan 1: 0 (0: 0)
December 13, 2012
Syria - Iraq 1: 1 (0: 1)
December 16, 2012
Jordan - Syria 1: 2 (1: 0)

Group Determination of the best runner-up in the group

Since group C only had three teams, the results of the second-placed team from group A and B against the respective group bottom were not counted when determining the best group runner-up.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. IraqIraq Iraq  2  1  1  0 002: 100  +1 04th
 2. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait  2  1  0  1 002: 300  −1 03
 3. IranIran Iran  2  0  2  0 000-000  ± 0 02

Semifinals

December 18, 2012
OmanOman Oman - IraqIraq Iraq 0: 2 (0: 2)
December 18, 2012
BahrainBahrain Bahrain - SyriaSyria Syria 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 2: 3 iE

Game for third place

December 20, 2012
OmanOman Oman - BahrainBahrain Bahrain 1: 0 (0: 0)

final

December 20, 2012
IraqIraq Iraq - SyriaSyria Syria 0: 1 (0: 0)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ identifying the best runner-up team if the number of teams in each group varies (PDF; 185 kB), the-waff.com. Retrieved December 16, 2012.