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

King Hussein Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	23 May – 3 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Iraq
Fourth place	Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer	Razzaq Farhan (5 goals)
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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.

Amman 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 Salem Mahmoud Awni Hassounah Rahim Mojahed Fallah Khohi Hussain Isa Ahmad Khodair Talnat Najem Ismaeel Azzam Asheeq Abbas Mou'taz Yagmour Najem Abu Imran Mahyoub El Sadeq

Guest Participate Viktor Kolpakov Bahadyr Kochkarov Kormanbek Ordbayeev Sergi Roveniski

Neutral Nation Ali Al Khaleefi Yosef Al Oqaily Malek Al Shakhi 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]}

May 24, 2000

17:30

Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan
Karimi 6', 73' Hashemian 45'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Salem Mahmoud, Jordan

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May 24, 2000

20:30

Palestine	0–1	Syria
		Al Beetar 80'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 26, 2000

17:30

Kazakhstan	0–4	Syria
		Azzam 26' Boushi 56' Haj Moustafa 57' Al Beetar 82'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 26, 2000

20:30

Iran	1–1	Palestine
Samereh 54'		Lafi 90+2'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 28, 2000

17:30

Palestine	2–3	Kazakhstan
Lafi 55' Al-Faran 83'		Kadyrkulov 29', 88' Bogatyrev 43'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 28, 2000

20:30

Iran	1–0	Syria
Karimi 60' (pen.)

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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

May 23, 2000

17:30

Jordan	2–0	Kyrgyzstan
Abu Zema 28' (pen.) Al-Shagran 68'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 23, 2000

20:30

Iraq	2–1	Lebanon
Obeid 63' (pen.) Fawzi 66'		Zein 15'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 25, 2000

17:30

Lebanon	2–0	Kyrgyzstan
Zein 41' Antar 76'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 25, 2000

20:30

Jordan	0–0	Iraq

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 27, 2000

17:30

Iraq	4–0	Kyrgyzstan
Farhan 28', 35', 75' Mohammed 67'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 27, 2000

20:30

Jordan	0–0	Lebanon

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

May 31, 2000

17:30

Syria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Penalties
	5–3

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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May 31, 2000

20:30

Iran	1–0	Jordan
Karimi 17'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Third place match

June 2, 2000

17:30

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

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Final

June 3, 2000

20:30

Iran	1–0	Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh 36'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

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

• Razzaq Farhan

4 goals

• Ali Karimi

2 goals

• Askhat Kadyrkulov
• Haitham Zein
• Fadi Lafi
• Mohannad Al-Beetar

1 goal

• Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
• Vahid Hashemian
• Ali Samereh
• Hussam Fawzi
• Hamza Hadi
• Ahmad Kadhim
• Hesham Mohammed
• Abbas Obeid
• Abdullah Abu Zema
• Badran Al-Shagran
• Jeris Tadrus
• Vencheslav Bogatyrev
• Roda Antar
• Adel Al-Faran
• Ahmad Azzam
• Mouhanad Boushi
• Nihad Haj Moustafa