2012 WAFF Championship

The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. It was hosted by Kuwait from 8 to 20 December 2012. The defending champions were Kuwait. However, they did not get past the group stage. The tournament was won by Syria for the first time.

Participants
11 members from 13 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

Note:
 * 🇶🇦 qatar and did not enter.

Draw of participating teams
The draw took place on 16 September 2012 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The eleven teams were drawn into three groups based on team rankings. Two groups include four teams and one group has three teams.

🇶🇦 qatar and 🇦🇪 united arab emirates did not enter.
 * Did not enter

Tournament

 * All times listed are (UTC+3)

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.

Goalscorers

 * 4 goals
 * 🇸🇾 Ahmad Al Douni
 * 🇴🇲 Qasim Said


 * 2 goals
 * 🇧🇭 Jaycee Okwunwanne
 * Yousef Nasser


 * 1 goal


 * 🇧🇭 Abdulwahab Al Safi
 * 🇮🇷 Yaghoub Karimi
 * 🇮🇷 Omid Nazari
 * 🇮🇶 Hammadi Ahmed
 * 🇮🇶 Amjad Radhi
 * 🇮🇶 Ahmed Yasin
 * 🇯🇴 Khalil Bani Attiah
 * Bader Al-Mutawa
 * Abdulhadi Khamis
 * Abbas Atwi
 * Adnan Haidar
 * Mohammed Al Seyabi
 * Eyad Abugharqud
 * Ashraf Nu'man
 * Imad Zatara
 * Abdullah Otayf
 * 🇸🇾 Ahmad Al Salih


 * Own goal
 * 🇸🇾 Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Iraq)