West Asian Football Federation

West Asian Football Federation

180 px WAFF logo
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Formation	15 May 2001
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Amman, Jordan
Membership	12 member associations
President	Prince Ali bin Al Hussein
Website	http://www.the-waff.com

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, 3 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 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 Fadi Zureiqat.

Member Associations

WAFF has 12 member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Association	Joining year	Men's team	Women's team
Bahrain	2010	Bahrain	Bahrain
Iraq	2001 (Founding Member)	Iraq	Iraq
Jordan	2001 (Founding Member)	Jordan	Jordan
Kuwait	2010	Kuwait	Kuwait
Lebanon	2001 (Founding Member)	Lebanon	Lebanon
Oman	2010	Oman	-
Palestine	2001 (Founding Member)	Palestine	Palestine
Qatar	2009	Qatar	Qatar
Saudi Arabia	2010	Saudi Arabia	-
Syria	2001 (Founding Member)	Syria	Syria
United Arab Emirates	2009	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Yemen	2009	Yemen	-

Former members

• Iran (Founding Member) 2001–2014; created the Central Asian Football Federation.

International competitions participation

FIFA World Cup participation

See also: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
Saudi Arabia											•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS	GS	•	•		4	9
UAE													•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	8
Iraq										•		•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	9
Kuwait										•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	10
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		7	36

Legend

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986)
• GS – Group Stage (1930 and since 1950)
• 1R – First Round (1934 and 1938)

• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  — Did not qualify
•     — Did not enter
•     — Withdrew
•     — Banned
•     — Hosts

FIFA Confederations Cup participation

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	Years
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6

AFC Asian Cup participation

See also: AFC Asian Cup

Team	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2007	2011	2015	2019	Total appearances
Kuwait					GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS		4th	QF	GS	•	GS	GS		10
Saudi Arabia								1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS		9
UAE							GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd	•	GS	GS	GS	3rd	q	9
Qatar							GS	GS	GS	GS		QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	q	9
Iraq					GS	4th					QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th		8
Bahrain									GS			•	4th	GS	GS	GS		5
Syria							GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•		5
Jordan												•	QF	•	QF	GS		3
Oman												•	GS	GS	•	GS		3
Lebanon											•	GS	•		•	•		1
Palestine												•	•	•	•	GS		1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	6	3	5	5	8	6	8	9	2	63

Legend

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• GS – Group Stage

• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  — Did not qualify
•     — Did not enter
•     — Withdrew
•     — Banned
•     — Hosts

Summer Olympics participation

Nation	1900	1904	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Iraq																	QF	GS	GS				4th	•	•		4
Kuwait																	QF			GS		GS	•	•	•	•	3
Qatar																		GS		QF	•	•	•	•	•		2
KSA																		GS			GS	•	•	•	•		2
Syria																	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
UAE																									GS		1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	1		13

Legend

•      — CAF teams
•      AFC teams

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-final
• GS – Group stage

• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•     — Qualified but withdrew
• • – Did not qualify
•     — Banned/Disqualified
•    — Hosts

Competitions

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

Competition	Holders	Most recent event
Men's Football Championship	Qatar	2014
U-23 Men's Football Championship	Iran	2015
U-16 Men's Football Championship	Iraq	2015
Women's Football Championship	Jordan	2014
Men's Futsal Championship	Iran	2012
Women's Futsal Championship	Iran	2012

Rankings

Men's National Teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

WAFF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	65	United Arab Emirates	543
2	80	Saudi Arabia	432
3	86	Qatar	401
4	87	Jordan	399
5	89	Iraq	381
6	104	Oman	333
7	124	Bahrain	278
8	125	Syria	276
9	134	Palestine	259
10	139	Kuwait	239
11	139	Lebanon	239
12	174	Yemen	119

Last updated 3 December 2015

Leading Men's team:

Women's National Teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

WAFF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	58	Jordan	1404
2	70	Bahrain	1340
3	94	Palestine	1189
4	117	Lebanon	944
5	122	Syria	927
6	125	Iraq	882
7	131	United Arab Emirates	1665
8	131	Qatar	1046
9	131	Kuwait	796

Last updated December 10, 2012

Presidents

President	Years
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein	2001 -

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President	Years
Hassan Ghaffari	2001 - 2011
Ali Kafashian	2011 - 2014
Jibril Al Rajoub	2014 -

General Secretary

President	Years
Fadi Zureikat	2001 -

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".

See also

• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
• Central Asian Football Federation (CAFF)
• East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
• ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
• South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

External links

• Official Website