Formation 15 May 2001 | Type Sports organization Membership 12 member associations | |
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President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein Website | ||
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, 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. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of Central Asian Football Federation.
Contents
- Member associations
- Former members
- FIFA World Cup participation
- AFC Asian Cup participation
- Summer Olympics participation
- Competitions
- Presidents
- Controversy
- References
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.
In 2016, the organisation seem inactive.
Member associations
WAFF has 12 member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Former members
FIFA World Cup participation
AFC Asian Cup participation
Summer Olympics participation
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Competitions
WAFF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.
Presidents
Prince Ali has in fact founded the WAFF.
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".