# 2002 WAFF Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2002_WAFF_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2002_WAFF_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_WAFF_Championship > Source revision: 1314735778 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2nd WAFF Championship, held in Syria in 2002 2002 WAFF Championship Tournament details Host country Syria Dates 30 August – 7 September Teams 6 (from 1 confederation) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Iraq (1st title) Runners-up Jordan Third place Iran Fourth place Syria Tournament statistics Matches played 10 Goals scored 22 (2.2 per match) Top scorer(s) Alireza Nikbakht Razzaq Farhan Muayad Salim Anas Sari (2 goals each) ← 2000 2004 → International football competition The **2002 [West Asian Football Federation Championship](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship)** took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. [Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team) won the final against [Jordan](/source/Jordan_national_football_team) 3–2 after [extra time](/source/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](/source/Kuala_Lumpur). ## Participants All 6 members of [WAFF](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation) 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 Abbasiyyin Stadium 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 Source: [RSSSF.com](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02.html) 30 August 2002 Jordan 1–0 Iran Salim 11' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) 1 September 2002 Lebanon 0–1 Jordan Shelbaieh 4' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) 3 September 2002 Iran 2–0 Lebanon Nikbakht 24' Karimi 90+2'' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) ### 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 Source: [RSSSF.com](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02.html) (H) Hosts 30 August 2002 Syria 2–1 Palestine Ibrahim 21' Haj Moustafa 37' Lafi 39' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) 1 September 2002 Palestine 0–2 Iraq Wahaib 47' Farhan 69' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) 3 September 2002 Iraq 1–0 Syria Kadhim 43' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) ## Knockout phase ### Semi-finals 5 September 2002 Jordan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Syria Salim 38' Al-Zboun 118' Shehadeh 54' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) 5 September 2002 Iraq 0–0 (a.e.t.) Iran Penalties Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Jabar Mohammed Kadhim Akram Abbas 6–5 Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) ### Third place match 7 September 2002 Iran 2–2 Syria Kameli Mofrad 59' Nikbakht 88' Sari 15', 89' Penalties Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Kazemian 4–2 Haj Moustafa Ibrahim Jabban [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) ### Final 7 September 2002 Iraq 3–2 (a.e.t.) Jordan Farhan 32' Y.Mahmoud 89' H.Mahmoud 103' Shehdeh 2' Amer Deeb 30' [Abbasiyyin Stadium](/source/Abbasiyyin_Stadium), [Damascus](/source/Damascus) ## 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](/source/Alireza_Vahedi_Nikbakht) - [Razzaq Farhan](/source/Razzaq_Farhan) - [Moayad Salim](/source/Mo'ayyad_Salim) - [Anas Sari](/source/Anas_Sari) **1 goal** - [Ali Karimi](/source/Ali_Karimi_(footballer%2C_born_1978)) - [Jalal Kameli Mofrad](/source/Jalal_Kameli_Mofrad) - [Haidar Mahmoud](/source/Haidar_Mahmoud) - [Ahmad Kadhim](/source/Ahmad_Kadhim) - [Ali Wahaib](/source/Ali_Wahaib) - [Younis Mahmoud](/source/Younis_Mahmoud) - [Abbas Obeid](/source/Abbas_Obeid) - [Anas Al-Zboun](/source/Anas_Al-Zboun) - [Amer Deeb](/source/Amer_Deeb) - [Mustafa Shehdeh](/source/Mustafa_Shehdeh) - [Mahmoud Shelbaieh](/source/Mahmoud_Shelbaieh) - [Fadi Lafi](/source/Fadi_Lafi) - [Nihad Haj Moustafa](/source/Nihad_Haj_Moustafa) - [Hassan Ibrahim](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassan_Ibrahim_(footballer)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Raghdan Shehadeh](/source/Raghdan_Shehadeh) ## External links - [RSSSF Page on the tournament](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02.html) v t e WAFF Championship Senior Tournaments Jordan 2000 Syria 2002 Iran 2004 Jordan 2007 Iran 2008 Jordan 2010 Kuwait 2012 Qatar 2013 Iraq 2019 Oman 2026 Squads 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2019 2026 Under-23 Tournaments Qatar 2015 Saudi Arabia 2021 Saudi Arabia 2022 Iraq 2023 Saudi Arabia 2024 Oman 2025 Squads 2015 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Under-20 Palestine 2019 Iraq 2021 Saudi Arabia 2024 Kuwait 2026 Under-17 Iran 2005 Syria 2007 Jordan 2009 Palestine 2013 Jordan 2015 Jordan 2018 Jordan 2019 Saudi Arabia 2021 Jordan 2022 Oman 2023 Jordan 2024 Jordan 2025 v t e Damascus Historic and other landmarks Al-Azem Palace Bayt Farhi Khan As'ad Pasha Straight Street Mausoleum of Saladin Umayyad Mosque Citadel of Damascus Grand Serail of Damascus Khadra Palace Nur al-Din Bimaristan Maktab Anbar Muhajreen Palace Hejaz Train Station Statue of Saladin Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Temple of Jupiter Tishreen Palace Al-Shaab Palace October War Panorama Madrasas and takiyyas Al-Adiliyah Madrasa Al-Shamiyah al-Kubra Madrasa Al-Fathiyah Madrasa Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa Al-Rukniyah Madrasa Al-Sahiba Madrasa Salimiyya Madrasa Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa Al-Zahiriyah Library Nur al-Din Madrasa Salimiyya Takiyya Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosques Al-Muallaq Al-Tawba Aqsab Darwish Pasha Hanabila Ibn 'Arabi Mosque (Salimiyya Mosque) Murad Pasha Nabi Habeel Sayyida Ruqayya Sinan Pasha Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosque Umayyad Yalbugha Churches Catholic Chapel of Saint Ananias Chapel of Saint Paul Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul Eastern Orthodox Mariamite Cathedral Oriental Orthodox Syriac Cathedral of Saint George Synagogues Elfrange Synagogue Jobar Synagogue Menarsha Synagogue Racqy Synagogue Historic gates Bab al-Faradis Bab al-Jabiyah Bab al-Saghir Bab al-Salam Bab Kisan Bab Sharqi Bab Tuma Souqs and caravanserais Jaqmaq Caravansarai As'ad Pasha Caravansarai Sulayman Pasha Caravansarai Al-Harir Caravansarai Midhat Pasha Souq Al-Hamidiyah Souq Al-Buzuriyah Souq Culture and education National Museum of Damascus National Library of Syria Damascus Opera House Damascus University National University Hospital Syrian Virtual University International University for Science and Technology Syrian Private University Arab International University Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology Higher Institute of Music in Damascus Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts National Institute of Public Administration Damascus Community School Lycée Charles de Gaulle Shami Hospital Entertainment Bakdash (ice cream parlor) Bawabet Dimashq Havana Cafe Beit al-Mamlouka Hotel Blue Tower Hotel Four Seasons Hotel Damascus Streets and squares Baghdad Street Marjeh Square Rawda Square Sabaa Bahrat Square Umayyad Square Yusuf al-Azma Square Nature Barada River Pharpar River Mount Qasioun Ghouta Sport Venues Abbasiyyin Stadium Al-Fayhaa Sports Complex Al-Fayhaa Stadium Al-Jalaa Stadium Tishreen Stadium Al-Muhafaza Stadium Al-Fayhaa Sports Arena Clubs Al-Jaish SC Al-Muhafaza SC Al-Nidal SC Al-Shorta SC Al-Wahda SC Barada SC Damascus Al-Ahli Municipal districts Old Damascus Sarouja Qanawat Jobar Al-Midan Al-Shaghour Qadam Kafr Sousa Mezzeh Dummar Barzeh Qaboun Rukn al-Din Al-Salihiyah Muhajreen Yarmouk Timeline (List of rulers) Aram Siege (634) Jund Dimashq Burid dynasty Siege (1148) Eyalet Affair Protocol State Battle (1941) International Airport 1976 Pan Arab Games World Military Cup 1977 International Film Festival 1981 Azbakiyah bombing 1986 bombings 1992 Pan Arab Games Spring 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship 2004 WABA Champions Cup Declaration 2008 Arab Capital of Culture 2008 Arab League summit 2008 car bombing 2011 bombings 2011–2012 clashes January 2012 al-Midan bombing March 2012 bombings April 2012 bombings May 2012 bombings Battle (2012) July 2012 bombing 2017 bombings 2024 Fall Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2002 WAFF Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_WAFF_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_WAFF_Championship?action=history)). 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