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2000 WAFF Championship

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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]

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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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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:

Group stage edit

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Semi-finals edit

Syria  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
Penalties
5–3
Iran  1–0  Jordan
Karimi   17'

Third place match edit

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

Final edit

Iran  1–0  Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh   36'

Champion edit

 2000 WAFF Championship winners 
 
Iran
First title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

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

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

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

External links edit

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