The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the

West Asian Football Federation The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ar, اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم, Ittiḥād Gharb Āsiyā li-Kurat al-Qadam), founded in 2001, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia. Its founding members a ...

. It was hosted by

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

from 8 to 20 December 2012. The defending champions were

. However, they did not get past the group stage. The tournament was won by Syria for the first time.

Venues

Draw of participating teams

The draw took place on 16 September 2012 in

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

. The eleven teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. Two groups include four teams and one group has three teams. ;Did not enter and did not enter.

Squads

Tournament

*All times listed are (

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)

Group Stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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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

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Champion

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Ahmad Al Douni *

Qasim Said Qasim Said Sanjoor Hardan ( ar, قاسم بن سعيد سنجور الحردان; born 20 April 1989), commonly known as Qasim Said, is an Omani footballer who plays for Al-Nasr. Club career On 4 June 2014, he agreed a one-year contract exten ...

;2 goals * Jaycee Okwunwanne * Yousef Nasser ;1 goal * Abdulwahab Al Safi *

Yaghoub Karimi Yaghoub Karimi ( fa, یعقوب کریمی; August 31, 1991) is an Iranian football midfielder. Club career Pas He joined Pas in the summer 2003 from the youth academy. He played five seasons for Pas youth team. Esteghlal In summer 2009, Ka ...

Omid Nazari Omid Nazari ( fa, امید نظری, born 29 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. His brother, Amin, also played for Omid's previous club, Malmö FF, in the Allsvenskan. Career Club career Malmö FF Nazari mad ...

Hammadi Ahmed Hammadi Ahmed Abdullah Al-Daiya ( ar, حمادي احمد عبدالله الدعية; born 18 October 1989 in Samarra) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraq national team. Club career T ...

Amjad Radhi Amjad Radhi Yousif Al-Janabi ( ar, أمجد راضي; born 17 July 1990) is an Iraqi professional footballer who currently plays for Erbil in the Iraqi Premier League. He won the 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League and 2012–13 Iraqi Premier League ...

Ahmed Yasin Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin ( ar, الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; 1 January 1937 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organiza ...

Khalil Bani Attiah Khalil Zaid Bani Attiah ( ar, خليل زيد بني عطية; born 8 June 1991) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays for the Jordan national football team and for Al-Hussein. He has a younger brother named Nour Bani Attiah, who pla ...

Bader Al-Mutawa Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa ( ar, بدر أحمد المطوع; born 10 January 1985) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Qadsia and the Kuwait national team, where he usually operates as a second striker. He wears the jersey number ...

* Abdulhadi Khamis * Abbas Atwi *

Adnan Haidar Adnan Mahmoud Haidar ( ar, عدنان محمود حيدر, ; born 3 August 1989) is a professional football player and coach. A midfielder, he is a player-assistant coach for Norwegian club . Born and raised in Norway, Haidar represented them ...

* Mohammed Al Seyabi *

Eyad Abugharqud Iyad Abu Gharqoud ( ar, إياد أبو غرقود; born 22 July 1988 in Gaza) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Baqa'a in the Jordan Premier League and Palestine national team. Career He was the league's ...

Ashraf Nu'man Ashraf Nu'man Al-Fawaghra ( ar, أشرف نعمان الفواغرة; born 29 July 1986) is a Palestinian footballer who plays for Shabab Al-Khalil of the West Bank Premier League and the Palestine national team as a forward or attacking midfi ...

* Imad Zatara *

Abdullah Otayf Abdullah Ibrahim Yahya Otayf ( ar, عبد الله إبراهيم يحيى عطيف; born 3 August 1992) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal as a midfielder. Club career He joined Louletano a Portuguese Se ...

Ahmad Al Salih Ahmad Al Saleh ( ar, أَحمَد الصَّالِح; born 20 May 1990) is a Syrian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Syrian club Al-Jaish and the Syria national team. Al Saleh was banned for life by the SFA afte ...

;Own goal * Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)

References

External links

Official Website
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2012 in Asian football

2012–13 in Kuwaiti football 2012–13 in Jordanian football 2012–13 in Iraqi football 2012–13 in Iranian football 2012–13 in Omani football 2012–13 in Bahraini football 2012–13 in Yemeni football 2012–13 in Palestinian football 2012–13 in Saudi Arabian football 2012–13 in Lebanese football 2012–13 in Syrian football