# 2012 WAFF Championship

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 |
| Bahrain | 2nd | Group stage (2010) |
| Iran | 7th | Champions (2000, 2004, 2007, 2008) |
| Iraq | 6th | Champions (2002) |
| Jordan | 7th | Runners-up (2002, 2008) |
| Kuwait (hosts) | 2nd | Champions (2010) |
| Lebanon | 5th | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007) |
| Oman | 3rd | Group Stage (2008, 2010) |
| Palestine | 7th | Group stage (2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1st | None |
| Syria | 7th | Runners-up (2000, 2004) |
| Yemen | 2nd | Semi-finals (2010) |
Note:
* Qatar and United Arab Emirates did not enter.

## Venues

| Kuwait City | Kuwait CityAl Farwaniyah | Al-Farwaniyah |
| Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium | Kuwait CityAl Farwaniyah | Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium |
| Capacity: 21,500 | Kuwait CityAl Farwaniyah | Capacity: 10,000 |

## 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 |
| Kuwait (100) Host & Holder  Iran (54)  Iraq (78) | Jordan (87)  Oman (93)  Saudi Arabia (105) | Lebanon (112)  Bahrain (124)  Syria (148) | Palestine (151)  Yemen (152) |

### Did not enter

Qatar and United Arab Emirates did not enter.

## 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Kuwait (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Syria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Iraq | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |

#### 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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iraq | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 18 December – Al Farwaniyah | 18 December – Al Farwaniyah |
| Oman | 0 |
| Oman | 0 | 20 December – Kuwait City | 20 December – Kuwait City |
| Iraq | 2 | 20 December – Kuwait City | 20 December – Kuwait City |
| Iraq | 2 | Iraq | 0 |
| 18 December – Kuwait City | 18 December – Kuwait City | | Iraq | 0 |
| 18 December – Kuwait City | 18 December – Kuwait City | Syria | 1 |
| Bahrain | 1 (2) | Syria | 1 |
| Syria (pen.) | 1 (3) | | |
| Syria (pen.) | 1 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 20 December – Al Farwaniyah | 20 December – Al Farwaniyah |
| | | Oman | 1 |
| | | Bahrain | 0 |

#### Final
## Champion

* 2012 WAFF Championship champion
* Syria First title

## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Ahmad Al Douni
* Qasim Said

### 2 goals

* Jaycee Okwunwanne
* Yousef Nasser

### 1 goal

* Abdulwahab Al Safi
* Yaghoub Karimi
* Omid Nazari
* Hammadi Ahmed
* Amjad Radhi
* Ahmed Yasin
* Khalil Bani Attiah
* Bader Al-Mutawa
* Abdulhadi Khamis
* Abbas Atwi
* Adnan Haidar
* Mohammed Al Seyabi
* Eyad Abugharqud
* Ashraf Nu'man
* Imad Zatara
* Abdullah Otayf
* Ahmad Al Salih

### Own goal

* Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)