2008 WAFF Championship

The 2008 WAFF Championship was the fifth West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Iran.

Teams
4 members from 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament. Oman and Qatar, which were not members of WAFF, also participated as guests.

Note:
 * 🇧🇭 bahrain Were invited as guests but withdrew after being told that they could not play with their Olympic team.
 * 🇮🇶 iraq Withdrew from the tournament on 26 June 2008 due to the team being disbanded.
 * the initial hosts of this tournament, would not participate in this edition.

Draw
The draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.