2002 WAFF Championship
(Redirected from
2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship
)
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Syria |
Dates | 30 August – 7 September |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | 2004 → |
The 2002 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 |
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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 | |||
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Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||
Capacity: 30,000 | |||
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Syria | 2–1 | Palestine |
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Ibrahim 21' Haj Moustafa 37' |
Lafi 39' |
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Iraq | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Iran |
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Penalties | ||
6–5 | Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh |
Third place match
Iran | 2–2 | Syria |
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Kameli Mofrad 59' Nikbakht 88' |
Sari 15', 89' | |
Penalties | ||
Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Kazemian |
4–2 | Jabban |
Final
Champion
2002 WAFF Championship winners |
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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
- Ali Karimi
- Jalal Kameli Mofrad
- Haidar Mahmoud
- Ahmad Kadhim
- Ali Wahaib
- Younis Mahmoud
- Abbas Obeid
- Anas Al-Zboun
- Amer Deeb
- Mustafa Shehdeh
- Mahmoud Shelbaieh
- Fadi Lafi
- Nihad Haj Moustafa
- Hassan Ibrahim
- Raghdan Shehadeh