2002 WAFF Championship
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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.
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 | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 22 (2.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (2 goals each) |
Participants
editAll 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.
Country | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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2nd | Champions (2000) | |
2nd | Third place (2000) | |
2nd | Fourth place (2000) | |
2nd | Group stage (2000) | |
2nd | Group stage (2000) | |
2nd | Runners-up (2000) |
Venue
editDamascus | |||
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Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||
Capacity: 30,000 | |||
Group stage
editGroup A
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF.com
Group B
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Syria | 2–1 | |
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Ibrahim Haj Moustafa |
Lafi |
Knockout phase
editSemi-finals
editIraq | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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Penalties | ||
Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Jabar Mohammed Kadhim Akram Abbas |
6–5 |
Third place match
editIran | 2–2 | |
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Kameli Mofrad Nikbakht |
Sari |
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Penalties | ||
Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Kazemian |
4–2 |
Final
editChampion
edit2002 WAFF Championship winners |
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Iraq First title |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere have been 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal