2017 Iraq FA Cup Final | |
Event: | 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup |
Team1: | Al-Zawraa |
Team1score: | 1 |
Team2: | Naft Al-Wasat |
Team2score: | 0 |
Date: | 22 August 2017 |
Stadium: | Al-Sinaa Stadium |
City: | Baghdad |
Referee: | Mohanad Qasim |
Attendance: | 10,000 |
Previous: | 2016 |
Next: | 2019 |
The 2017 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 26th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Naft Al-Wasat, at Al-Sinaa Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 22 August 2017 to be the final match of the competition.
Al-Zawraa made their record 17th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Naft Al-Wasat, based in Najaf, became the first ever team from outside Baghdad to reach the final. Al-Zawraa won the match 1–0 with a stoppage time goal from Alaa Abdul-Zahra, for the club's record 15th title.[1]
The winners of the cup, Al-Zawraa, qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup as well as the 2017 Iraqi Super Cup, which they won by beating league champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Al-Zawraa | Round | Naft Al-Wasat | |||||||
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Opponent | Result | 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup | Opponent | Result | |||||
Al-Maslaha | 4–3 (H) | Round of 32 | Ghaz Al-Shamal | 1–0 (H) | |||||
Naft Al-Junoob | 1–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Karbala | Walkover | |||||
Naft Maysan | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Al-Talaba | Walkover | |||||
Amanat Baghdad | 3–1 (A) | Semi-finals | Al-Minaa | 1–1 (4–3 p.) (H) |
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