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)	Razzaq Farhan (5 goals)
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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.

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'

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

Syria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq

Penalties
	5–3

Participants

Venues

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

External links