Soccer West Asian Championship 2004

Soccer West Asian Championship 2004
Number of nations	6 finalists
venue	Iran
opening	June 17, 2004
Endgame	June 25, 2004
Games	10
Gates	37 (3.7 per game)
Top scorer	Ali Daei (5 goals)

The 2004 West Asian Cup was the third edition of the competition. The tournament was held in Iran between June 17, 2004 and June 25, 2004 .

All matches took place in the Azadi Stadium .

The Iranian national team was able to use the home advantage and became West Asian football champions for the second time after 2000 with a 4-1 win in the final over Syria .

Attendees

The six participating teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. In the group stage, the teams played against each other once in the league system . The group winner and the runner-up reached the semifinals. The winners of the semi-finals played the final. Third place is not played out.

The draw for the preliminary round resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B
Iraq	Iran
Jordan	Lebanon
Palestine	Syria

Games and results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jordan	2	1	1	0	003: 100	+2	04th
2.	Iraq	2	1	0	1	002: 300	−1	03
3.	Palestine	2	0	1	1	002: 300	−1	01

June 17, 2004
Palestine	-	Jordan	1: 1 (1: 1)
June 19, 2004
Iraq	-	Palestine	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 21, 2004
Jordan	-	Iraq	2: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran	2	2	0	0	011: 100	+10	06th
2.	Syria	2	1	0	1	004: 800	−4	03
3.	Lebanon	2	0	0	2	002: 700	−5	00

June 17, 2004
Iran	-	Lebanon	4: 0 (1: 0)
June 19, 2004
Syria	-	Lebanon	3: 1 (3: 0)
June 21, 2004
Syria	-	Iran	1: 7 (0: 3)

Semifinals

June 23, 2004
Jordan	-	Syria	1: 1 n.V., 3: 4 n.E.
June 23, 2004
Iran	-	Iraq	2: 1 (1: 1)

3rd place match

June 25, 2004
Jordan	-	Iraq	3: 1 (1: 0)

final

June 25, 2004
Iran	-	Syria	4: 1 (1: 1)

Winner of the 2004 West Asian Cup: Iran

Web links

• Results at Rsssf.com