2000 WAFF Championship

1st WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2000
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)Iraq Razzaq Farhan (5 goals)
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International football competition

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]

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.

Country Appearance
 Iran 1st
 Iraq 1st
 Jordan (hosts) 1st
 Kazakhstan (invitee) 1st
 Kyrgyzstan (invitee) 1st
 Lebanon 1st
 Palestine 1st
 Syria 1st

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:

West Asian Country
  • Jordan Salem Mahmoud
  • Jordan Awni Hassounah
  • Iran Rahim Mojahed
  • Iran Fallah Khohi
  • Iraq Hussain Isa
  • Iraq Ahmad Khodair
  • Lebanon Talnat Najem
  • Lebanon Ismaeel Azzam
  • Syria Asheeq Abbas
  • Syria Mou'taz Yagmour
  • State of Palestine Najem Abu Imran
  • State of Palestine Mahyoub El Sadeq
Guest Participate
  • Kyrgyzstan Viktor Kolpakov
  • Kyrgyzstan Bahadyr Kochkarov
  • Kazakhstan Kormanbek Ordbayeev
  • Kazakhstan Sergi Roveniski
Neutral Nation
  • Qatar Ali Al Khaleefi
  • Saudi Arabia Yosef Al Oqaily
  • Oman Malek Al Shakhi
  • Bahrain Ibrahim Abdel Hameed

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: RSSSF.com[dead link]


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: RSSSF.com[dead link]
(H) Hosts


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'

Champion

 2000 WAFF Championship winners 

Iran
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

4 goals

  • Iran Ali Karimi

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "West Asian Championship [Malek Hussein Cup] (Jordan) 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

External links

  • Details at RSSSF
  • Schedule & results
  • Details at goalzz.com