West Asian Football Federation
The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ), founded in 2001, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia. Its founding members are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations joined the federation: Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Four other nations of Western Asia: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia joined in 2010. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of the Central Asian Football Federation. They organize the West Asian Football Federation Championship. Some nations were invited to participate in the competition from outside  the region. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, which are not members, were invited to participate in the first edition of the tournament in 2000. The Secretary General is the Jordanian Khalil Al Salem. History. The history started when the league was created. Controversy. On 29 January 2015, after the defeat of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, West Asian Football Federation members reportedly sought to remove Australia from the AFC primarily due to "Australia benefiting hugely from Asian involvement without giving much in return". Organization. Presidents. Prince Ali has in fact founded the WAFF. Member associations . WAFF has 12 member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).. Competitions. WAFF competitions. WAFF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal. Major tournaments. Olympic Games. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. FIFA world rankings. Men's national teams. Rankings are calculated by FIFA. Last updated 5 December 2019. Leading Men's team: Women's national teams. Rankings are calculated by FIFA. Last updated December 13, 2018 Leading Women's team: West Asian Football