2002 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates30 August – 7 September
Teams6 (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 played10
Goals scored22 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Alireza Nikbakht
Iraq Razzaq Farhan
Jordan Muayad Salim
Syria Anas Sari
(2 goals each)
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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 13 August in Kuala Lumpur.

Participants

All 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

Country Appearance Previous best performance
 Iran 2nd Champions (2000)
 Iraq 2nd Third place (2000)
 Jordan 2nd Fourth place (2000)
 Lebanon 2nd Group stage (2000)
 Palestine 2nd Group stage (2000)
 Syria (hosts) 2nd Runners-up (2000)

Venue

Damascus
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jordan 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6
 Iran 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
 Lebanon 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: RSSSF.com
Jordan 1–0 Iran
Salim 11'  
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Lebanon 0–1 Jordan
  Shelbaieh 4'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Iran 2–0 Lebanon
Nikbakht 24'
Karimi 90+2''		  
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
 Syria (H) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: RSSSF.com
(H) Hosts
Syria 2–1 Palestine
Ibrahim 21'
Haj Moustafa 37'		 Lafi 39'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Palestine 0–2 Iraq
  Wahaib 47'
Farhan 69'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Iraq 1–0 Syria
Kadhim 43'  
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Jordan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Syria
Salim 38'
Al-Zboun gold-colored soccer ball 118' 		Shehadeh 54'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Iraq 0–0 (a.e.t.) Iran
Penalties
Abdul-Jabar soccer ball with check mark
Abu Al-Hail soccer ball with check mark
Abdul-Jabar soccer ball with check mark
Mohammed soccer ball with check mark
Kadhim soccer ball with red X
Akram soccer ball with check mark
Abbas soccer ball with check mark		 6–5 soccer ball with check mark Nekounam
soccer ball with check mark Bakhtiarizadeh
soccer ball with check mark Navidkia
soccer ball with check mark Nosrati
soccer ball with red X Nikbakht
soccer ball with check mark Bayatinia
soccer ball with red X Azizzadeh
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Third place match

Iran 2–2 Syria
Kameli Mofrad 59'
Nikbakht 88'		 Sari 15', 89'
Penalties
Nekounam soccer ball with check mark
Bakhtiarizadeh soccer ball with check mark
Navidkia soccer ball with check mark
Kazemian soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Haj Moustafa
soccer ball with check mark Ibrahim
soccer ball with red X Jabban
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Final

Iraq 3–2 (a.e.t.) Jordan
Farhan 32'
Y.Mahmoud 89'
H.Mahmoud gold-colored soccer ball 103' 		Shehdeh 2'
Amer Deeb 30'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Champion

 2002 WAFF Championship winners 

Iraq
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

External links

WAFF Championship
Damascus
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