- 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship
Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = WAFF Championship
year = 2002
othertitles =
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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
matches = 10
goals = 22
attendance =
top_scorer =
player =The 2002
West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. Iraq won the final against Jordan 3-2 afterextra 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 onAugust 13 inKuala Lumpur .Matches and Results
All matches at the
Al Abbassiyyine Stadium ** Top scorer is Nikbakht by 3 goals for Iran **Group 1
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date =August 30 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|JOR
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|IRN
goals1 = Saleem 11'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus
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date =September 1 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|LIB
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fb|JOR
goals1 =
goals2 = Shilbaia 4'
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus
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date =September 3 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|IRN
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|LIB
goals1 = Nikbakht 24'
Karimi 90+2'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus Group 2
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date =August 30 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|SYR
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|PLE
goals1 = Ibrahim 21'
Haj Mustafa 37'
goals2 = Lafi 39'
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus
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date =September 1 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|PLE
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fb|IRQ|1991
goals1 =
goals2 = Shnaiyn 47'
Farhan 69'
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus
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date =September 3 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1991
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|SYR
goals1 = Khadim 43'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus Semifinals
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date =September 5 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|JOR
score = 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|SYR
goals1 = Saleem 38'
Al-Zabon 118'
goals2 = Shahada 54'
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus
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date =September 5 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1991
score = 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|IRN
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus
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penalties1 = A. Abdul-Jabar scored
Abu al-Hail scored
H. Abdul-Jabar scored
Mohammed scored
Khadim saved
Akram scored
Abbas scored
penaltyscore = 6 – 5
penalties2 = Nekounam scored
Bakhtiarizadeh scored
Navidkia scored
Nosrati scored
Nikbakht saved
Bayatiniya scored
Azizadeh savedThird Place Match
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date =September 7 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|IRN
score = 2 – 2
team2 = fb|SYR
goals1 = Kameli Mofrad 59'
Nikbakht 88'
goals2 = Sari 15', 89'
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus Abbasiyyin Stadium
penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Nekounam scored
Bakhtiarizadeh scored
Navidkia scored
Kazemian scored
penaltyscore = 4–2
penalties2 = Haj Mustafa scored
Ibrahim scored
Jabban savedFinal
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date =September 7 ,2002
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1991
score = 3 – 2 (a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|JOR
goals1 = Farhan 32'
Mahmoud 89'
Haidar Mahmoud 103'
goals2 = Abu Rumih 2'
Khalil 30'
stadium = Al Abbassiyyine Stadium,Damascus Result
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