At the Al-Qadisiya stadium.
NB: originally scheduled for October 2001, but postponed due to the September 11
attacks on the USA. Oman were originally scheduled to take part in group A
(with Kuwait and Qatar; Iran, Palestine and Syria were to form group B) but
withdrew and the format was changed to one group. Only Kuwait fielded its
strongest side, though missing their two top strikers (Jassim Al-Houwaidi and
Bashar Abdullah). None of the matches is a FIFA A-international.
[Apr 4]
Iran 2-2 Palestine
[Hussein Biatina 9, Rasoul Khatibi 90; Khaled Awad 31, Ziad Al-Kurd 75]
Kuwait 3-1 Qatar
[Faraj Laheeb 37, 59, 92; Moujib Hamed 56]
[Apr 6]
Palestine 2-0 Qatar
[Ziad Al-Kurd (2)]
Kuwait 1-1 Syria
[Nuhier Al-Shimiri 32pen; Mohammad Yahia Al-Rashid 21]
[Apr 8]
Iran 2-1 Qatar
[Javed Kazemian 9, Javed Nekounam 85; Abdulaziz Hassan 22]
Syria 2-1 Palestine
[Ammar Habib 23, Raja Nafee 89; Imad Ayyoub 48]
[Apr 10]
Kuwait 7-0 Palestine
[Badr Al-Shimari 17, Faraj Laheeb 21, Hamad Al-Tayyar 31,
Mohamed Al-Faylakawi 66, Khalaf Al-Salama 67, 87, Saleh Al-Briki 68pen]
Iran 1-1 Syria
[Javed Nikonam 37; Raja Nafee 84]
[Apr 12]
Kuwait 0-0 Iran
Syria 1-1 Qatar
[Raja Nafee 43; Bilal Hamda 61]
Final Table:
1.Kuwait 4 2 2 0 11- 2 8
2.Iran 4 1 3 0 5- 4 6
Syria 4 1 3 0 5- 4 6
4.Palestine 4 1 1 2 5-11 4
5.Qatar 4 0 1 3 3- 8 1
Top Scorers:
4 Faraj Laheeb (Kuwait)
3 Raja Nafee (Syria)
Ziad Al-Kurd (Palestine)
NB: this was the 2nd edition of the West Asian Games; the first in 1997 was
won by Iran; it had 5 participants and Kuwait were third.
With thanks to Mohamed Chbaro (sp_editor@terra.net.lb)
Prepared and maintained by Milad Niqui and Neil Morrison the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Milad Niqui
(mniqui@cs.kun.nl)
and Neil Morrison
(nfm24@cam.ac.uk)
Last updated: 28 Jul 2006
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