The Twelfth Mother of all Battles Championship ( ar, بطولة أم المعارك الثانية عشرة), commonly referred to as the 2002 Iraqi Elite Cup ( ar, كأس النخبة العراقي 2002), was the twelfth occurrence of the

Iraqi Elite Cup The Iraqi Elite Cup ( ar, كأس النخبة العراقي), known officially as the Baghdad Championship ( ar, بطولة بغداد) and previously known as the Mother of all Battles Championship ( ar, بطولة أم المعارك, ''Botola ...

. The competition was organised by the

Iraq Football Association The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded ...

and the top eight teams of the

2001–02 Iraqi Elite League The 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League kicked off on 22 September 2001 and ended on 17 May 2002. Al-Talaba won their fifth league title, finishing six points ahead of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and eleven ahead of Al-Shorta. They also won the Iraq FA Cup that se ...

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-Shaab International Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشعب الدولي, lit=The People's Stadium) is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. The 34,200-seater was the home stadium of the Iraq national football team, as well as the lar ...

Al-Shorta Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the b ...

defeated Al-Talaba 1–0 to win the cup for the third time in a row.

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Awards

References

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External links

Iraqi Football Website
2002–03 in Iraqi football Football competitions in Iraq