2002 WAFF Championship

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.

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)
2000
2004

Participants

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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

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Damascus
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
 

Group stage

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Group A

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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'  

Lebanon  0–1  Jordan
  Shelbaieh   4'

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

Group B

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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'

Palestine  0–2  Iraq
  Wahaib   47'
Farhan   69'

Iraq  1–0  Syria
Kadhim   43'  

Knockout phase

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Semi-finals

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

Third place match

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

Final

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

Champion

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 2002 WAFF Championship winners 
 
Iraq

First title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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

2 goals

1 goal

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