2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship

2000 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Jordan
Dates 23 May – 3 June
Teams 8 (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 played 16
Goals scored 34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iraq Razzaq Farhan (5 goals)

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 West Asian Football Federation Championship (Jordan)
Amman
34°53′40.38″S 56°9′10.08″W / 34.8945500°S 56.1528000°W / -34.8945500; -56.1528000 (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:

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 Vektor Kolbakov
  • Kyrgyzstan Bahadeer Koshorov
  • 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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 7321051+4
 Syria 6320151+4
 Kazakhstan 33102396
 Palestine 13012352

May 24, 2000 17:30
Iran  3 – 0  Kazakhstan
Karimi  6'  73'
Hashemian  45'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Salem Mahmoud, Jordan

May 24, 2000 20:30
Palestine  0 – 1  Syria
Al Beetar  80'

May 26, 2000 17:30
Kazakhstan  0 – 4  Syria
Azzam  26'
Al Boushy  56'
Al-Haj Mustafa  57'
Al Beetar  82'

May 26, 2000 20:30
Iran  1 – 1  Palestine
Samereh  54' Lafi  90+2'

May 28, 2000 17:30
Palestine  2 – 3  Kazakhstan
Lafi  55'
Al-Faran  83'
Kadyrkulov  29'  88'
Bogatyrev  43'

May 28, 2000 20:30
Iran  1 – 0  Syria
Karimi  60' (pen.)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 7321061+5
 Jordan 5312020+2
 Lebanon 4311132+1
 Kyrgyzstan 03003088

May 23, 2000 17:30
Jordan  2 – 0  Kyrgyzstan
Abu Zema  28' (pen.)
Al-Shagran  68'

May 23, 2000 20:30
Iraq  2 – 1  Lebanon
Abbas Obeid  63' (pen.)
Hussam Fawzi  66'
Zein  15'

May 25, 2000 17:30
Lebanon  2 – 0  Kyrgyzstan
Zein  41'
Antar  76'

May 25, 2000 20:30
Jordan  0 – 0  Iraq

May 27, 2000 17:30
Iraq  4 – 0  Kyrgyzstan
Razzaq Farhan  28'  35'  75'
Husham Fiead  67'

May 27, 2000 20:30
Jordan  0 – 0  Lebanon

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

May 31, 2000 17:30
Syria  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
  Penalties  
5 – 3

May 31, 2000 20:30
Iran  1 – 0  Jordan
Karimi  17'

Third Place Match

June 2, 2000 17:30
Iraq  4 – 1  Jordan
Razzaq Farhan  16'  74'
Ahmad Kadhim  30'
Hamza Hadi  37'
Tadrus  48'

Final

June 3, 2000 20:30
Iran  1 – 0  Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh  36'

Champion

 2000 WAFF Championship Champion 

Iran
First title

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