2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship

2002 WAFF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
Dates	30 August – 7 September
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	22 (2.2 per match)

The 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. Iraq won the final against Jordan 3-2 after extra time coming back from 0-2 at half time. The 6 entrants were Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Syria. The draw was held on August 13 in Kuala Lumpur.

Venue

Damascus	Damascus
	Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jordan	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Iran	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Lebanon	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3

Jordan  v  Iran

August 30, 2002

Jordan	1 – 0	Iran
Salim  11'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

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Lebanon  v  Jordan

September 1, 2002

Lebanon	0 – 1	Jordan
		Shelbaieh  4'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

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Iran  v  Lebanon

September 3, 2002

Iran	2 – 0	Lebanon
Nikbakht  24' Karimi  90+2''

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Syria	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Palestine	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3

Syria  v  Palestine

August 30, 2002

Syria	2 – 1	Palestine
Ibrahim  21' Al-Haj Mustafa  37'		Lafi  39'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

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Palestine  v  Iraq

September 1, 2002

Palestine	0 – 2	Iraq
		Shnaiyn  47' Razzaq Farhan  69'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

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Iraq  v  Syria

September 3, 2002

Iraq	1 – 0	Syria
Ahmad Kadhim  43'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Jordan  v  Syria

September 5, 2002

Jordan	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Syria
Salim  38' Al-Zboun  118'		Shahada  54'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

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Iraq  v  Iran

September 5, 2002

Iraq	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Iran
	Penalties
A. Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail H. Abdul-Jabar Emad Mohammed Ahmad Kadhim Nashat Akram Bassim Abbas	6 – 5	Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

Third Place Match

Iran  v  Syria

September 7, 2002

Iran	2 – 2	Syria
Kameli Mofrad  59' Nikbakht  88'		Sari  15'  89'
	Penalties
Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Kazemian	4 – 2	Al-Haj Mustafa Ibrahim Jabban

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

Final

Iraq  v  Jordan

September 7, 2002

Iraq	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Jordan
Razzaq Farhan  32' Younis Mahmoud  89' Haidar Mahmoud  103'		Shehdeh  2' Amer Deeb  30'

Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus

Champion

2002 WAFF Championship Winners
Iraq First title

External links

• RSSSF Page on the tournament