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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 22 (2.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (2 goals each) |
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 |
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2nd | Champions (2000) |
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2nd | Third place (2000) |
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2nd | Fourth place (2000) |
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2nd | Group stage (2000) |
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2nd | Group stage (2000) |
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2nd | Runners-up (2000) |
Venue
Damascus | |||
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Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||
Capacity: 30,000 | |||
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Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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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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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Syria ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ibrahim ![]() Haj Moustafa ![]() |
Lafi ![]() |
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Iraq ![]() | 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
Iran ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kameli Mofrad ![]() Nikbakht ![]() |
Sari ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Nekounam ![]() Bakhtiarizadeh ![]() Navidkia ![]() Kazemian ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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
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