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.

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance
Iran2ndChampions (2000)
Iraq2ndThird place (2000)
Jordan2ndFourth place (2000)
Lebanon2ndGroup stage (2000)
Palestine2ndGroup stage (2000)
Syria (hosts)2ndRunners-up (2000)

Venue

DamascusDamascus
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Jordan220020+26
Iran210121+13
Lebanon200203−30
Jordan1–0Iran
Salim 11'
Lebanon0–1Jordan
Shelbaieh 4'
Iran2–0Lebanon
Nikbakht 24' Karimi 90+2''

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iraq220030+36
Syria (H)21012203
Palestine200214−30
Syria2–1Palestine
Ibrahim 21' Haj Moustafa 37'Lafi 39'
Palestine0–2Iraq
Wahaib 47' Farhan 69'
Iraq1–0Syria
Kadhim 43'

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Jordan2–1 (a.e.t.)Syria
Salim 38' Al-Zboun 118'Shehadeh 54'
Iraq0–0 (a.e.t.)Iran
Penalties
Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Jabar Mohammed Kadhim Akram Abbas6–5Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh

Third place match

Iran2–2Syria
Kameli Mofrad 59' Nikbakht 88'Sari 15', 89'
Penalties
Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Kazemian4–2Haj Moustafa Ibrahim Jabban

Final

Iraq3–2 (a.e.t.)Jordan
Farhan 32' Y.Mahmoud 89' H.Mahmoud 103'Shehdeh 2' Amer Deeb 30'

Champion

2002 WAFF Championship winners
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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