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2012 WAFF Championship

7th WAFF Championship, held in Kuwait in 2012

Field	Value
tourney_name	WAFF Championship
year	2012
other_titles	7th "WAFF" Championship for men
country	Kuwait
dates	8–20 December
num_teams	11
sub-confederations	1
venues	2
cities	2
champion	Syria
champion-flagvar	1980
count	1
second	Iraq
third	Oman
fourth	Bahrain
matches	19
goals	31
attendance
top_scorer	OMA Qasim Said
SYR Ahmad Al Douni
(4 goals each)
prevseason	2010
nextseason	2013

| sub-confederations = 1 | champion-flagvar = 1980 SYR Ahmad Al Douni (4 goals each)

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.

Country	Appearance	Previous best performance
	2nd	Group stage (2010)
	7th	Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008)
	6th	Champions (2002)
	7th	Runners-up (2002, 2008)
(hosts)	2nd	Champions (2010)
	5th	Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
	3rd	Group Stage (2008, 2010)
	7th	Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)
	1st	None
	7th	Runners-up (2000, 2004)
	2nd	Semi-finals (2010)

Note:

and did not enter.

Venues

Kuwait City	{{location map+	Kuwait	float=left
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium	Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium
Capacity: 21,500	Capacity: 10,000
[[File:Kazmastadium.jpg	200px]]	[[File:ملعب النصر.jpg	200px]]

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 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4

;Did not enter and did not enter.

Squads

Main article: 2012 WAFF Championship squads

Tournament

All times listed are (UTC+3)

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best runner-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Al-Mutawa

Khamis

Qasim

Group B

Karimi

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

|18 December – Al Farwaniyah ||0||2 |18 December – Kuwait City ||1 (2)|** (pen.)**|1 (3) |20 December – Kuwait City ||0||1 |20 December – Al Farwaniyah |****|1||0

Semi-finals

Yasin

Moosa Saad Al Alawi Salman Salih Habib Khadouj Al Douni

Third place play-off

Final

Champion

Goalscorers

;4 goals

SYR Ahmad Al Douni
OMN Qasim Said

;2 goals

BHR Jaycee Okwunwanne
KUW Yousef Nasser

;1 goal

BHR Abdulwahab Al Safi
IRN Yaghoub Karimi
IRN Omid Nazari
IRQ Hammadi Ahmed
IRQ Amjad Radhi
IRQ Ahmed Yasin
JOR Khalil Bani Attiah
KUW Bader Al-Mutawa
KUW Abdulhadi Khamis
LIB Abbas Atwi
LIB Adnan Haidar
OMA Mohammed Al Seyabi
PLE Eyad Abugharqud
PLE Ashraf Nu'man
PLE Imad Zatara
KSA Abdullah Otayf
SYR Ahmad Al Salih

;Own goal

SYR Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)

References

"Regulation – 7th "WAFF" Championship for men". West Asian Football Federation.
(31 December 2011). "بطولة غرب آسيا للرجال تقام في الكويت". Asian Football Confederation.
(31 December 2011). "7TH WAFF championship 2012 to be played in Kuwait". West Asian Football Federation.
(16 September 2012). "WAFF 7th men Championship draw results". West Asian Football Federation.
link. كووورة. (1 September 2012)

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