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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)
2002

The 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship - King Hussein Cup took part in Amman Capital of Jordan. Iran won the final against Syria 1-0. The 8 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.

The teams have been grouped into 2 groups of 4, playing a round-robin format. Semi-finals and finals will follow, played by the top 2 teams from each group.

Participants

The first West Asian Cup was the only one with two guest member (from Centra Asia Federation). Every country affiliated with WAFF was invited the tournament Jordan - host nation, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon, and given two places to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

A total of eight teams participated.

Venues

All matches took place in Amman. One stadium were used: King Abdullah Stadium. This Stadium was built in 1998.

2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan)
Amman
31°55′40.9″N 35°57′11.7″E / 31.928028°N 35.953250°E / 31.928028; 35.953250 (King Abdullah Stadium)
Capacity: 20,000

Match officials

Twenty referees participated in the tournament, ten for linesman: Sixteen from participate teams and four from neutral country.

The following is the list of officials to serve as referees and (in italic) the linesmens:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Syria 6 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4
 Kazakhstan 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6
 Palestine 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
Iran 3 – 0 Kazakhstan
Karimi 6' 73'
Hashemian 45'
Attendance: 3,500

Palestine 0 – 1 Syria
Al Beetar 80'


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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
 Jordan 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2
 Lebanon 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
 Kyrgyzstan 0 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8
Jordan 2 – 0 Kyrgyzstan
Abu Zema 28' (pen.)
Al-Shagran 68'

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

Lebanon 2 – 0 Kyrgyzstan
Zein 41'
Antar 76'

Jordan 0 – 0 Iraq

Iraq 4 – 0 Kyrgyzstan
Razzaq Farhan 28' 35' 75'
Husham Fiead 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
Razzaq Farhan 16' 74'
Ahmad Kadhim 30'
Hamza Hadi 37'
Tadrus 48'

Final

Iran 1 – 0 Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh 36'

Champion

 2000 WAFF Championship Champion 

Iran

First title

References