West Asian Football Federation

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; Arabic: اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم, romanized: Ittiḥād Gharb Āsiyā li-Kurat al-Qadam), 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.[2] Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of the Central Asian Football Federation.

West Asian Football Federation
WAFF logo
WAFF members
Formation15 May 2001 (2001-05-15)[1]
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersAmman, Jordan
Membership
12 member associations
Official languages
English
Arabic
President
 Prince Ali bin Al Hussein
WebsiteThe-WAFFF.com

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".[3]

Organization

Presidents

Prince Ali has in fact founded the WAFF.[4]

President Years
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein 2001–present

Vice-presidents
Vice-president Years
Hassan Ghaffari 2001–2011
Ali Kafashian 2011–2014
Jibril Al Rajoub 2014–present

General secretary
President Years
Khalil Al Salem 2017–present

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)..

Association Joining year National Teams
Bahrain 2010 (M, W)
Iraq 2001 (Founding Member) (M, W)
Jordan 2001 (Founding Member) (M, W)
Kuwait 2010 (M, W)
Lebanon 2001 (Founding Member) (M, W)
Oman 2010 (M)
Palestine 2001 (Founding Member) (M, W)
Qatar 2009 (M, W)
Saudi Arabia 2010 (M, W)
Syria 2001 (Founding Member) (M, W)
United Arab Emirates 2009 (M, W)
Yemen 2009 (M)
Former members
Iran 2001–2014 (Founding Member) created the CAFA[5]

Competitions
See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

WAFF competitions

WAFF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Current title holders
See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Dates
National teams
WAFF Championship 2019  Bahrain 1st  Iraq 2023 20 March – 2 April 2023
U-23 Championship 2021  Jordan 1st  Saudi Arabia TBD
U-18 Championship 2021  Iraq 2nd  Lebanon TBD
U-15 Championship 2021  Yemen 1st  Saudi Arabia TBD
Futsal Championship 2012  Iran 2nd  Jordan TBD
Beach Soccer Championship 2013  Iran 1st  Oman 2021
National teams (women)
WAFF Women's Championship 2019  Jordan 4th  Bahrain 2022
U-18 Girls' Championship 2019  Lebanon 1st  Bahrain 2021
U-15 Girls' Championship 2019  Lebanon 1st  Jordan 2021
U-14 Girls' Championship 2022
Futsal Women's Championship 2012 Iran 2nd Jordan 2022
Club teams (women)
Women's Clubs Championship 2019 Shabab Al-Ordon 1st SAS 2022 14–22 July 2022

Major tournaments

FIFA World Cup
See also: FIFA World Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification
Legend
Team
1930
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022


2026

 Years inclusive
WC Qual.
 Saudi Arabia••••R16GSGSGS••GS 5 10
 UAE•GS••••••• 1 8
 Iraq••GS•••••••• 1 9
 Kuwait••GS•••••••• 1 10
 Qatar•••••••••••q 1 10
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AFC Asian Cup
See also: AFC Asian Cup and AFC Asian Cup qualification
Legend
Team
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004



2007
2011
2015
2019
2023		 Years
 QatarGSGSGSGSQFGSGSQFGS1stq 11
 KuwaitGS2nd1st3rdGS4thQFGSGSGS 10
 Saudi Arabia1st1st2nd1st2ndGS2ndGSGSR16 10
 UAEGSGSGS4th2ndGSGSGS3rdSF 10
 IraqGS4thQFQFQF1stQF4thR16q 9
 SyriaGSGSGSGSGSGSq 7
 BahrainGS4thGSGSGSR16 6
 OmanGSGSGSR16 4
 JordanQFQFGSR16 4
 PalestineGSGS 2
 LebanonGSGS 2
 YemenGS 1
Total000022456355868911TBD63

Olympic Games
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics and Olympic Games
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify / enter
  •    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team
1900 to
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020		 Years
 Iraq • QF GS GS • • • 4th • • GS • 5
 Saudi Arabia • • GS • • GS • • • • • GS 3
 Kuwait • QF • • GS • GS • • • • • 3
 Qatar • • GS • QF • • • • • • • 2
 United Arab Emirates • • • • • • • • • GS • • 1
 Syria • GS • • • • • • • • • • 1
Total03312111011114

FIFA Confederations Cup
See also: FIFA Confederations Cup
Team
1992
1995
1997
1999

2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017		 Years
 Saudi Arabia2ndGSGS4th•••••• 4
 Iraq•••••••GS•• 1
 United Arab Emirates••GS••••••• 1
Total11210001006

FIFA world rankings

See also

References
  1. "Chapter 1". Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  2. "WAFF Articles and Definitions". The-waff.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  3. "Angry Gulf nations leading charge to kick Australia out of Asian Football Confederation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. "FIFA elections: Factbox for presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein |". dna. 21 February 2016.
  5. "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  7. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  8. Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked
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