2000 WAFF Championship

The 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship, also known as the King Hussein Cup, was the first edition of the WAFF Championship; it took part in Amman, the capital of Jordan. Iran won the final against Syria 1–0. The eight entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Kazakhstan (invited nation), Kyrgyzstan (invited nation), and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 23 May and 3 June 2000.[1]

2000 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
Dates23 May – 3 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Syria
Third place Iraq
Fourth place Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Razzaq Farhan (5 goals)

The teams were grouped into two groups of four, playing a round-robin format. Semi-finals and finals followed, played by the top two teams from each group.

Participants

The first West Asian Cup was the only one with two guest members, from the Central Asian Football Association. Every country affiliated with WAFF was invited the tournament: Jordan—host nation—, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon, while two places where given two Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. A total of eight teams participated.

Venues

All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was used, the King Abdullah II Stadium.

2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan)
 Amman
King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Match officials

Twenty referees and ten linesmen participated in the tournament: sixteen from participating teams, and four from neutral countries.

The following is the list of officials who served as referees and (in italic) linesmen:

Squads
Main article: 2000 WAFF Championship squads

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Syria 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
 Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
 Palestine 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source:
Iran 3–0 Kazakhstan
Karimi  6', 73'
Hashemian  45'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Salem Mahmoud, Jordan
Palestine 0–1 Syria
Al Beetar  80'
Kazakhstan 0–4 Syria
Azzam  26'
Boushi  56'
Haj Moustafa  57'
Al Beetar  82'
Iran 1–1 Palestine
Samereh  54' Lafi  90+2'
Palestine 2–3 Kazakhstan
Lafi  55'
Al-Faran  83'		 Kadyrkulov  29', 88'
Bogatyrev  43'
Iran 1–0 Syria
Karimi  60' (pen.)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Jordan (H) 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
 Lebanon 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Jordan 2–0 Kyrgyzstan
Abu Zema  28' (pen.)
Al-Shagran  68'
Iraq 2–1 Lebanon
Obeid  63' (pen.)
Fawzi  66'		 Zein  15'
Lebanon 2–0 Kyrgyzstan
Zein  41'
Antar  76'
Jordan 0–0 Iraq
Iraq 4–0 Kyrgyzstan
Farhan  28', 35', 75'
Mohammed  67'
Jordan 0–0 Lebanon

Knockout phase

Semi-finals
Syria 0–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Penalties
5–3
Iran 1–0 Jordan
Karimi  17'

Third Place Match
Iraq 4–1 Jordan
Farhan  16', 74'
Kadhim  30'
Hadi  37'		 Tadrus  48'

Final
Iran 1–0 Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh  36'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 34 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. "West Asian Championship [Malek Hussein Cup] (Jordan) 2000". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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