{{short description|2nd WAFF Championship, held in Syria in 2002}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = WAFF Championship | year = 2002 | othertitles = | image = | size = | caption = | country = Syria | dates = 30 August – 7 September | num_teams = 6 | confederations = 1 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion = IRQ | champion-flagvar = 1991 | count = 1 | second = JOR | third = IRN | fourth = SYR | fourth-flagvar = 1980 | matches = 10 | goals = 22 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht|Alireza Nikbakht]]<br />{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Razzaq Farhan]]<br />{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Mo'ayyad Salim|Muayad Salim]]<br />{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Anas Sari]] <br />(2 goals each) | player = | prevseason = [[2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2000]] | nextseason = [[2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2004]] }}

The '''2002 [[West Asian Football Federation Championship]]''' took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] won the final against [[Jordan national football team|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 [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] participated in this tournament. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" ! style="width:160px;" |Country ! style="width:100px;" |Appearance ! style="width:100px;" |Previous best performance |- |{{fb|IRN}} |align="center" |2nd |'''Champions''' ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]]) |- |{{fb|IRQ|1991}} |align="center" |2nd |Third place ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]]) |- |{{fb|JOR}} |align="center" |2nd |Fourth place ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]]) |- |{{fb|LBN}} |align="center" |2nd |Group stage ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]]) |- |{{fb|PLE}} |align="center" |2nd |Group stage ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]]) |- |{{fb|SYR|1980}} (hosts) |align="center" |2nd |Runners-up ([[2000 WAFF Championship|2000]]) |}

== Venue == <div style="text-align: center;"> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- |rowspan="5"| {{location map+|Syria|float=right|width=280|caption=|places= {{location map~|Syria|lat=33.513056|long=36.291944|label='''[[Damascus]]'''}} }} !colspan=3|[[Damascus]] |- | [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''30,000''' |- | [[File:Abbasiyyin stadium from a distance.jpg|150px]] |} </div>

== Group stage == === Group A === <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group A |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=n |ptsfirst=y

|team1=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}} |team2=IRN|name_IRN={{fb|IRN}} |team3=LIB|name_LIB={{fb|LIB}} |win_JOR=2|draw_JOR=0|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=2|ga_JOR=0 |win_IRN=1|draw_IRN=0|loss_IRN=1|gf_IRN=2|ga_IRN=1 |win_LIB=0|draw_LIB=0|loss_LIB=2|gf_LIB=0|ga_LIB=3

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02.html RSSSF.com] }}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox |date = 30 August 2002 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}} |score = 1–0 |team2 = {{fb|IRN}} |goals1 = [[Mo'ayyad Salim|Salim]] {{goal|11}} |goals2 = &nbsp; |stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}} ---- {{footballbox |date = 1 September 2002 |team1 = {{fb-rt|LIB}} |score = 0–1 |team2 = {{fb|JOR}} |goals1 = &nbsp; |goals2 = [[Mahmoud Shelbaieh|Shelbaieh]] {{goal|4}} |stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}} ---- {{footballbox |date = 3 September 2002 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 2–0 |team2 = {{fb|LIB}} |goals1 = [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht|Nikbakht]] {{goal|24}}<br />[[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|90+2}}' |goals2 = &nbsp; |stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}}

=== Group B === <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group B |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=n |ptsfirst=y

|team1=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ|1991}} |team2=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|SYR|1980}} |team3=PLE|name_PLE={{fb|PLE}} |win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=0|gf_IRQ=3|ga_IRQ=0 |win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=0|loss_SYR=1|gf_SYR=2|ga_SYR=2|status_SYR=H |win_PLE=0|draw_PLE=0|loss_PLE=2|gf_PLE=1|ga_PLE=4

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02.html RSSSF.com] }}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox |date = 30 August 2002 |team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}} |score = 2–1 |team2 = {{fb|PLE}} |goals1 = [[Hassan Ibrahim (footballer)|Ibrahim]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Nihad Haj Moustafa|Haj Moustafa]] {{goal|37}} |goals2 = [[Fadi Lafi|Lafi]] {{goal|39}} |stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}} ---- {{footballbox |date = 1 September 2002 |team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}} |score = 0–2 |team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}} |goals1 = &nbsp; |goals2 = [[Ali Wahaib|Wahaib]] {{goal|47}}<br /> [[Razzaq Farhan|Farhan]] {{goal|69}} |stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}} ---- {{footballbox |date = 3 September 2002 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}} |score = 1–0 |team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} |goals1 = [[Ahmad Kadhim Assad|Kadhim]] {{goal|43}} |goals2 = &nbsp; |stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}}

== Knockout phase == === Semi-finals === {{footballbox | date = 5 September 2002| team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}} | score = 2–1 |aet = yes | team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} | goals1 = [[Mo'ayyad Salim|Salim]] {{goal|38}}<br /> [[Anas Al-Zboun|Al-Zboun]] {{golden goal|118}}| goals2 = [[Raghdan Shehadeh|Shehadeh]] {{goal|54}}| stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}} ---- {{footballbox | date = 5 September 2002| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}} | score = 0–0| aet = yes | team2 = {{fb|IRN}}| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]| penalties1 = [[Ahmad Abdul-Jabar|Abdul-Jabar]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail|Abu Al-Hail]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Haidar Abdul-Jabar|Abdul-Jabar]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Emad Mohammed|Mohammed]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ahmad Kadhim Assad|Kadhim]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Nashat Akram|Akram]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Bassim Abbas|Abbas]] {{pengoal}}| penaltyscore = 6–5 | penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh|Bakhtiarizadeh]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Mohammad Nosrati|Nosrati]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht|Nikbakht]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Mohsen Bayatinia|Bayatinia]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Hamid Azizzadeh|Azizzadeh]] }}

=== Third place match === {{footballbox | date = 7 September 2002| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} | score = 2–2| team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} | goals1 = [[Jalal Kameli Mofrad|Kameli Mofrad]] {{goal|59}}<br />[[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht|Nikbakht]] {{goal|88}} | goals2 = [[Anas Sari|Sari]] {{goal|15||89}} | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]| penalties1 = [[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh|Bakhtiarizadeh]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Javad Kazemian|Kazemian]] {{pengoal}}| penaltyscore = 4–2 | penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Nihad Haj Moustafa|Haj Moustafa]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hassan Ibrahim (footballer)|Ibrahim]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Tariq Jabban|Jabban]]<br />{{penmiss}} }}

=== Final === {{footballbox | date = 7 September 2002| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}} | score = 3–2 | aet = yes| team2 = {{fb|JOR}} | goals1 = [[Razzaq Farhan|Farhan]] {{goal|32}} <br /> [[Younis Mahmoud|Y.Mahmoud]] {{goal|89}} <br /> [[Haidar Mahmoud|H.Mahmoud]] {{golden goal|103}} | goals2 = [[Mustafa Shehdeh|Shehdeh]] {{goal|2}} <br />[[Amer Deeb]] {{goal|30}} | stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]]}}

==Champion== {{winners|fb|2002 WAFF Championship winners|Iraq|First|1991}}

== Statistics ==

=== Goalscorers === {{Goalscorers |goals=22|matches=10 |ongoing=no

|2 goals= *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Razzaq Farhan]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Mo'ayyad Salim|Moayad Salim]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Anas Sari]]

|1 goal= *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Ali Karimi]] *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Jalal Kameli Mofrad]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Haidar Mahmoud]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Ahmad Kadhim]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Ali Wahaib]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Younis Mahmoud]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Abbas Obeid]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Anas Al-Zboun]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Amer Deeb]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Mustafa Shehdeh]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Mahmoud Shelbaieh]] *{{fbicon|PLE}} [[Fadi Lafi]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Nihad Haj Moustafa]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Hassan Ibrahim (footballer)|Hassan Ibrahim]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Raghdan Shehadeh]] }}

== External links == * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02.html RSSSF Page on the tournament]

{{West Asian Football Federation Championship}} {{Damascus}}

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