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 13 August in Kuala Lumpur.

Venue

Damascus
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jordan 6220020+2
 Iran 3210121+1
 Lebanon 0200203−3

30 August 2002
Jordan  1–0  Iran
Salim  11'  

1 September 2002
Lebanon  0–1  Jordan
  Shelbaieh  4'

3 September 2002
Iran  2–0  Lebanon
Nikbakht  24'
Karimi  90+2''		  

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 6220030+3
 Syria 32101220
 Palestine 0200214−3

30 August 2002
Syria  2–1  Palestine
Ibrahim  21'
Al-Haj Mustafa  37'		 Lafi  39'

1 September 2002
Palestine  0–2  Iraq
  Shnaiyn  47'
Razzaq Farhan  69'

3 September 2002
Iraq  1–0  Syria
Ahmad Kadhim  43'  

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

5 September 2002
Jordan  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Syria
Salim  38'
Al-Zboun  118' 		Shahada  54'

Third Place Match

7 September 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

Final

7 September 2002
Iraq  3 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Jordan
Razzaq Farhan  32'
Younis Mahmoud  89'
Haidar Mahmoud  103' 		Shehdeh  2'
Amer Deeb  30'

Champion

 2002 WAFF Championship Winners 

Iraq
First title
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