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2002 WAFF Championship

2nd WAFF Championship, held in Syria in 2002

2nd WAFF Championship, held in Syria in 2002

FieldValue
tourney_nameWAFF Championship
year2002
countrySyria
dates30 August – 7 September
num_teams6
confederations1
venues1
cities1
championIRQ
champion-flagvar1991
count1
secondJOR
thirdIRN
fourthSYR
fourth-flagvar1980
matches10
goals22
top_scorerIRN Alireza Nikbakht
IRQ Razzaq Farhan
JOR Muayad Salim
SYR Anas Sari
(2 goals each)
prevseason2000
nextseason2004

| champion-flagvar = 1991 | fourth-flagvar = 1980 IRQ Razzaq Farhan JOR Muayad Salim SYR Anas Sari (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.

CountryAppearancePrevious best performance
2ndChampions (2000)
2ndThird place (2000)
2ndFourth place (2000)
2ndGroup stage (2000)
2ndGroup stage (2000)
(hosts)2ndRunners-up (2000)

Venue

Damascus
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
[[File:Abbasiyyin stadium from a distance.jpg150px]]

Group stage

Group A

Karimi '

Group B

Haj Moustafa

Farhan

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

date = 5 September 2002| team1 = | score = 2–1 team2 = | goals1 = Salim Al-Zboun | goals2 = Shehadeh | stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus}}

date = 5 September 2002| team1 = | score = 0–0| aet = yes | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus| penalties1 = Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Jabar Mohammed Kadhim Akram Abbas | penaltyscore = 6–5 | penalties2 = Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh

Third place match

date = 7 September 2002| team1 = | score = 2–2| team2 = | goals1 = Kameli Mofrad Nikbakht | goals2 = Sari | stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus| penalties1 = Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Kazemian | penaltyscore = 4–2 | penalties2 = Haj Moustafa Ibrahim Jabban

Final

date = 7 September 2002| team1 = | score = 3–2 | aet = yes| team2 = | goals1 = Farhan
Y.Mahmoud
H.Mahmoud | goals2 = Shehdeh
Amer Deeb | stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus}}

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

  • Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

  • Razzaq Farhan

  • Moayad Salim

  • Anas Sari

  • Ali Karimi

  • Jalal Kameli Mofrad

  • Haidar Mahmoud

  • Ahmad Kadhim

  • Ali Wahaib

  • Younis Mahmoud

  • Abbas Obeid

  • Anas Al-Zboun

  • Amer Deeb

  • Mustafa Shehdeh

  • Mahmoud Shelbaieh

  • Fadi Lafi

  • Nihad Haj Moustafa

  • Hassan Ibrahim

  • Raghdan Shehadeh

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