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
[edit]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
[edit]Damascus | |||
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Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||
Capacity: 30,000 | |||
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Group stage
[edit]Group 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 |
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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
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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 |
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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
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]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
[edit]Iran ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kameli Mofrad ![]() Nikbakht ![]() |
Sari ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Nekounam ![]() Bakhtiarizadeh ![]() Navidkia ![]() Kazemian ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final
[edit]Champion
[edit]2002 WAFF Championship winners |
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![]() Iraq First title |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal