2002 WAFF Championship
# 2002 WAFF Championship

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.

| 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) |

## Venue

| Damascus | Damascus | Damascus | Damascus |
| - | - | - | - |
| Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium |
| Damascus | Capacity: 30,000 |

## Group stage

### Group A

| 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 |

### Group B

| 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 |

## 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

* Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
* Razzaq Farhan
* Moayad Salim
* Anas Sari

1 goal

* 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
