The 2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in Iranian Capital of Tehran. Iran won the final against Syria 4–1. The 6 entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. The finals took place between 17 and 25 June 2004.

Participants

All 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

CountryFIFA ranking (9 June 2004)AppearancePrevious best performance
Iran (hosts)193rdChampions (2000)
Iraq453rdChampions (2002)
Jordan423rdRunners-up (2002)
Lebanon1093rdGroup stage (2000, 2002)
Palestine1323rdGroup stage (2000, 2002)
Syria833rdRunners-up (2000)

Venue

TehranTehran
Azadi Stadium
Capacity: 100,000

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Jordan211031+24
Iraq210123−13
Palestine201123−11
Palestine1–1Jordan
Al-Kord 12'Al-Shboul 3'
Iraq2–1Palestine
E. Mohammed 41', 83'Al-Kord 40'
Jordan2–0Iraq
Salim 48' Shelbaieh 79'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iran (H)2200111+106
Syria210148−43
Lebanon200217−60
Iran4–0Lebanon
Daei 15' (pen.), 62', 88' Nekounam 80'
Syria3–1Lebanon
Al-Rashed 7' Sheikh Al-Eshreh 27' Rafe 45'Zein 65'
Syria1–7Iran
Al Sayed 82'Daei 29' Nikbakht 30' Nosrati 45+3' Borhani 55', 85' Karimi 86' Majidi 89' (pen.)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Jordan1–1 (a.e.t.)Syria
Amer Deeb 21'Rafe 55'
Penalties
3–4
Iran2–1Iraq
Nekounam 4' Borhani 55'Mnajed 30'

Third place match

Jordan3–1Iraq
Al-Shagran 27', 47' Abu Alieh 76'E. Mohammed 81'

Final

Iran4–1Syria
Karimi 34' Daei 59' Borhani 69' Nekounam 75'Raja Rafe 3'

Champion

2004 WAFF Championship winners
Iran Second title

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