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. CountryAppearancePrevious best performance2ndChampions (2000) 2ndThird place (2000) 2ndFourth place (2000) 2ndGroup stage (2000) 2nd Group stage (2000) (hosts)2ndRunners-up (2000)
Venue Damascus Abbasiyyin Stadium Capacity: 30,000
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout phase Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Champion
Statistics
Goalscorers
External links RSSSF Page on the tournament