2002 Iraqi Elite Cup

The Twelfth Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الثانية عشرة‎), commonly referred to as the 2002 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 2002‎), was the twelfth occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 9 August 2002 and ended on 20 August 2002, where in the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Shorta defeated Al-Talaba 1–0 to win the cup for the third time in a row.[1][2]

2002 Iraqi Elite Cup
CountryIraq
Dates9–20 August 2002
Teams8
ChampionsAl-Shorta
Runners-upAl-Talaba
Third placeAl-Zawraa
Fourth placeAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goal scorer(s)Husham Mohammed
(4 goals)
Best playerAhmad Salah
← 2001
2003 →

Group stage

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Talaba 330061+59
Al-Shorta 320154+16
Al-Najaf 31024403
Duhok 300328−60
Al-Shorta2–0Al-Najaf
T. Abdul-Hussein  7'
Ahmad  63' (pen.)
Al-Talaba2–0Duhok
Nayrouz  5'
Karim  71'
Duhok0–3Al-Najaf
Sadir  55'
Hussein  71'
Najim  83'
Al-Talaba2–0Al-Shorta
A. Salah  20', 38'
Al-Talaba2–1Al-Najaf
Ameen  25'
Karim  44'		 Sadir  42'
Al-Shorta3–2Duhok
Ridha  14',
Habib  45'
Ahmad  69'		 U. Mohammed  (o.g.)
Idan  61'

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Zawraa 330094+59
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 311164+24
Erbil 310248−43
Al-Karkh 301258−31
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2–2Al-Karkh
Ali  61'
Dhahid  80'		 R. Abdul-Hussein  37'
Mutaab
Al-Zawraa4–1Erbil
H. Mohammed  20', 45', 31'
Tallaa  52'
Sattar  76'		 Jawad  78'
Al-Karkh1–3Erbil
Mutaab Nassir  35', 45'
Jawad  42'
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–2Al-Zawraa
Shenaishil  5' Fawzi  53'
H. Mohammed  83'
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–0Erbil
Khudhair  50' (pen.)
Shenaishil  89' (pen.)
Marzook  90+4'
Al-Zawraa3–2Al-Karkh
L. Salah  9'
Ijwad  49'
Sabah  60'		 R. Abdul-Hussein  26'
Khamis  34'

Semifinals
Al-Zawraa0–0 (a.e.t.)Al-Shorta
Hameed
Penalties
Fawzi
Tallaa
Sattar
Jamal
H. Mohammed 		2–3 Ogla
Ridha
Habib
Mohammed Ali
A. Abdul-Hussein
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir
Al-Talaba2–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Abdul-Razzaq  6'
Karim  75'
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Third place match
Al-Zawraa2–1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
H. Mohammed  21'
H. Kadhim  72'		 S. Kadhim  62'
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Final
Al-Talaba0–1Al-Shorta
Rehema  3' (o.g.)
Referee: Mohammed Sahib
Al-Talaba
Al-Shorta
GK21 Saad Nassir
RB13 Bassim Abdul-Hassan
CB12 Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (c)
CB5 Ali Rehema
LB6 Bassim Abbas
RM18 Mahdi Karim
CM20 Bahaa Kadhim
CM15 Hassan Turki
LM22 Fawzi Abdul-Sada
CF7 Ahmad Salah
CF28 Younis Mahmoud
Substitutes:
MF29 Talib Abdul-Latif
FW10 Alaa Kadhim
FW25 Qusay Hashim
Manager:
Thair Ahmed
GK22 Oday Taleb
RB7 Qais Issa
CB4 Mahir Habib (c)
CB5 Munaim Yousif
LB18 Ahmad Kadhim
RM13 Abbas Rahim
CM31 Mohanad Mohammed Ali
CM29 Ali Wahaib
LM9 Ammar Abdul-Hassan
CF6 Taiseer Abdul-Hussein
CF11 Amer Mushraf
Substitutes:
MF8 Mahir Ogla
MF20 Fawzi Abdul-Sattar 85'
FW33 Hashim Ridha
Manager:
Basim Qasim

Assistant referees:
Arslan Qadir
Mohammed Arab
Fourth official:
Najim Abboud

Match rules

Awards
Top Goalscorer[1] Best Player[1] Best Goalkeeper[1]
Husham Mohammed
(Al-Zawraa)		 Ahmad Salah
(Al-Talaba)		 Oday Taleb
(Al-Shorta)

References
  1. Mubarak, Hassanin (March 8, 2018). "Iraq 2002/03". RSSSF.
  2. "2002 Elite Cup". NIIIIS.com.
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