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2008 WAFF Championship

5th WAFF Championship, held in Iran in 2008

Field	Value
tourney_name	WAFF Championship
year	2008
image	WAFFC 2008.gif
size	150 px
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
top_scorer	IRN Kianoush Rahmati (3 goals)
prevseason	[2007](2007-west-asian-football-federation-championship)
nextseason	[2010](2010-west-asian-football-federation-championship)

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

Teams

4 members from 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. Oman and Qatar, which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.

Country	FIFA ranking
(2 July 2008)	Appearance	Previous best performance
(hosts)	37	5th	Champions ([2000](2000-waff-championship), [2004](2004-waff-championship), [2007](2007-waff-championship))
	114	5th	Runners-up ([2002](2002-waff-championship))
(invitee)	86	1st	None
	172	5th	Group stage ([2000](2000-waff-championship), [2002](2002-waff-championship), [2004](2004-waff-championship), [2007](2007-waff-championship))
(invitee)	80	1st	None
	102	5th	Runners-up ([2000](2000-waff-championship), [2004](2004-waff-championship))

Note: (FIFA rankings are in brackets)

(72) Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
(58) Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.
(150) the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.

Draw

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

Venues

Tehran
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Azadi Stadium
Capacity: 100,000
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Group stage

Group A

Rezaei Rafkhaei

Alenemeh Aghily Hajsafi Rafkhaei

Group B

Abadi

Al-Nawateer

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Rezaei

Amer Deeb Al-Saify

Final

K. Rahmati

Champions

References

[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167313498.html The-AFC.com – Iraq withdraw from WAFF Championship]

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