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.

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2002 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates30 August – 7 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up Jordan
Third place Iran
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored22 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Alireza Nikbakht
Iraq Razzaq Farhan
Jordan Muayad Salim
Syria Anas Sari
(2 goals each)
2000
2004
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Participants

All 6 members of WAFF participated in this tournament.

More information Country, Appearance ...
Country Appearance Previous best performance
 Iran 2nd Champions (2000)
 Iraq 2nd Third place (2000)
 Jordan 2nd Fourth place (2000)
 Lebanon 2nd Group stage (2000)
 Palestine 2nd Group stage (2000)
 Syria (hosts) 2nd Runners-up (2000)
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Venue

More information Damascus ...
Damascus
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
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Group stage

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jordan 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6
 Iran 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
 Lebanon 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0
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Source: RSSSF.com
More information Jordan, 1–0 ...
Jordan 1–0 Iran
Salim 11'  
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More information Lebanon, 0–1 ...
Lebanon 0–1 Jordan
  Shelbaieh 4'
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More information Iran, 2–0 ...
Iran 2–0 Lebanon
Nikbakht 24'
Karimi 90+2''
 
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Group B

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
 Syria (H) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0
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Source: RSSSF.com
(H) Hosts
More information Syria, 2–1 ...
Syria 2–1 Palestine
Ibrahim 21'
Haj Moustafa 37'
Lafi 39'
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More information Palestine, 0–2 ...
Palestine 0–2 Iraq
  Wahaib 47'
Farhan 69'
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More information Iraq, 1–0 ...
Iraq 1–0 Syria
Kadhim 43'  
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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

More information Jordan, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Jordan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Syria
Salim 38'
Al-Zboun gold-colored soccer ball 118'
Shehadeh 54'
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Third place match

More information Iran, 2–2 ...
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Final

More information Iraq, 3–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Iraq 3–2 (a.e.t.) Jordan
Farhan 32'
Y.Mahmoud 89'
H.Mahmoud gold-colored soccer ball 103'
Shehdeh 2'
Amer Deeb 30'
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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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