Bahrain won the title of the West Asian Football Championship, after beating hosts Iraq 1-0 in the final match held in Karbala International Stadium and attended by a large audience of about 30 thousand spectators
The Bahraini team managed to score an early goal in the 39th minute of the game through his player Issa Musa and managed to maintain it until the end of the game to win the title of the championship, and Bahrain succeeded in providing a sophisticated technical level, characterized by high tactical discipline, was enough to reduce the attacks of Mesopotamia lions Led by Iraq, especially in the second half of the game, which ended in the arms of Bahrain goalkeeper Sayed Jafar.
It is noteworthy that the current title is the first for the Bahrain team in the West Asian Championships to receive the material value of $ 100,000 and Iraqi player Hussein Ali won the award for the best player in the tournament and won the tournament's top scorer as well as $ 10,000 for the two awards, and Bahrain goalkeeper Sayed Jaafar won the best goalkeeper award and earned $ 5,000, while Iraq goalkeeper Jalal Hassan won the Player of the Year award