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West Asian Football Federation

Governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in West Asia

Field	Value
name	West Asian Football Federation
image	West Asian Football Federation logo (2023).png
caption	Logo since 2023
map	WAFF_members.png
mcaption	Member countries
formation
type	Sports organization
membership	12 member associations
headquarters	Amman, Jordan
leader_title	President
leader_name	Prince Ali bin Al Hussein
parent_organization	AFC
website

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ) is a regional sub-confederation of association football, governed under the Asian Football Confederation. Founded in 2001, it governs football, futsal and beach football for nations in West Asia. The WAFF consists of 12 member associations.

History

The founding members of the West Asian Football Federation are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, joined the federation. Four other West Asian nations, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia, joined in 2010. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014, with the creation of the Central Asian Football Association.

Members

Code	Association	Founded	FIFA
affiliation	WAFF
affiliation	IOC
member
BHR		1957	1968	2010
IRQ		1948	1950	2001
JOR		1949	1956	2001
KUW		1952	1964	2010
LBN		1933	1936	2001
OMA		1978	1978	2010
PLE		1998	1998	2001
QAT		1960	1963	2009
KSA		1956	1956	2010
SYR		1936	1937	2001
UAE		1971	1974	2009
YEM		1962	1980	2009

Former members

Association	Year	Note
Iran Iran	2001–2014

Competitions

Current title holders

Tournament	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Women's national teams
WAFF Championship		2019 (Final)		1st		2026
WAFF U-23 Championship	2025		1st		TBD
WAFF U-19 Championship	2024		1st		2025
WAFF U-17 Championship	2025		2nd		TBD
WAFF Futsal Championship	2022		1st		TBD
WAFF Beach Soccer Championship	2022		1st		TBD
WAFF Women's Championship		2025		7th		TBD
WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	2025		1st		TBD
WAFF U-17 Girls Championship	2025		3rd		TBD
WAFF U-14 Girls Championship	2025				TBD
WAFF Futsal Women's Championship	2022		1st		TBD
WAFF Women's Clubs Championship		2022	LBN Safa	1st	JOR Orthodox Club	TBD

Titles by nation

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national football team

WAFF	AFC	FIFA	Points	+/−
1	5	49	1441.41	2
2	6	60	1435.74	4
3	5	69	1346.09	1
6	9	72	1338.91	2
5	8	69	1323.03
6	12	85	1289.25	4
7	13	86	1279.74	5
8	14	89	1265.03	1
9	15	94	1233.72	6
10	18	100	1211.71	3
11	27	148	1053.41	2
12	28	153	1023.52	2

Leading Men's team:

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Colors = id:UAE value:white id:IRN value:red id:JOR value:black id:KSA value:green id:QAT value:yellow

PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from:15/05/2001 till:05/06/2014 shift:(20,-3) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:05/06/2014 till:23/10/2014 shift:(20,-3) text:"Jordan" color:JOR from:23/10/2014 till:04/02/2016 shift:(20,-4) text:"UAE" color:UAE from:04/02/2016 till:07/02/2019 shift:(20,-4) text:"Saudi Arabia" color:KSA from:07/02/2019 till:end shift:(20,-4) text:"Qatar" color:QAT

Women's national football team

Leading Women's team:

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Colors = id:IRN value:red id:JOR value:black id:BAH value:white

PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from:01/01/2010 till:12/03/2010 shift:(20,-3) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:12/03/2010 till:18/03/2011 shift:(20,-3) text:"Jordan" color:JOR from:18/03/2011 till:21/06/2013 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:21/06/2013 till:24/03/2017 shift:(20,-4) text:"Jordan" color:JOR from:24/03/2017 till:23/06/2017 shift:(20,-4) text:"Bahrain" color:BAH from:23/06/2017 till:end shift:(20,-4) text:"Jordan" color:JOR

Men's national futsal team

Women's national futsal team

Men's national beach soccer team

AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW Update: 8 April 2024

WAFF	World	Country	Points	1	7	2	17	3	24	4	44	5	55	6	57	7	63
	1955.75
	1172.75
	696
	298.5
	222
	199
	132.75

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".

Notes

References

"Chapter 1".
"WAFF Articles and Definitions".
(17 May 2014). "Central Asians meet Sheikh Salman to create CAFA". aff.org.af.
"Championships". West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).
(29 January 2015). "Angry Gulf nations leading charge to kick Australia out of Asian Football Confederation". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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