Founded | 2007 |
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Region | Asia (WAFF) |
Number of teams | 5 |
Current champions | Kuwait (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Iran (2 titles) |
Website | www |
2022 WAFF Futsal Championship |
The WAFF Futsal Championship is a futsal competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation.
Year | Host | Final | Third Place | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
2007 Details | Iran | IranU23 | No playoffs | Lebanon | Iraq | No playoffs | Jordan | 4 | |||
2009 Details | Jordan | Iraq | No playoffs | Jordan | Bahrain | No playoffs | Lebanon | 5 | |||
2012 Details | Iran | Iran | No playoffs | Jordan | Iraq | No playoffs | Kuwait | 5 | |||
2022 Details | Kuwait | Kuwait | 5–3 | Saudi Arabia | Lebanon and Oman | 8 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Jordan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Team | 2007 | 2009 | 2012 | 2022 | Total |
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Bahrain | × | 3rd | × | R1 | 2 |
Iran | 1st | × | 1st | × | 2 |
Iraq | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | R1 | 4 |
Jordan | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | × | 3 |
Kuwait | × | × | 4th | 1st | 2 |
Saudi Arabia | × | × | × | 2nd | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | × | × | × | R1 | 1 |
Oman | × | × | × | SF | 1 |
Lebanon | 2nd | 4th | × | SF | 3 |
Palestine | × | × | 5th | R1 | 1 |
Syria | × | 5th | × | × | 1 |
Total | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | — |
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Year | New entry team(s) |
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2007 | Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon |
2009 | Bahrain, Syria |
2012 | Kuwait, Palestine |
2022 | Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
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1 | Iran | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 10 | +51 | 21 |
2 | Iraq | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 21 |
3 | Lebanon | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 17 |
4 | Kuwait | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 17 |
5 | Jordan | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 14 |
6 | Bahrain | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 11 |
7 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 9 |
8 | Oman | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 5 |
9 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 0 |
10 | Syria | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 0 |
11 | Palestine | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 49 | -34 | 0 |
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