2000 WAFF Championship

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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
ChampionsFile:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Third placeFile:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq 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
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1st
File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq 1st
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (hosts) 1st
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan (invitee) 1st
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan (invitee) 1st
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1st
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 1st
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 1st

Venues

All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was used, the King Abdullah II Stadium.

Amman
King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
File:King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan.jpg

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:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: RSSSF.com[dead link‍]
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg3–0File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 73'
Hashemian File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Salem Mahmoud, Jordan
Palestine File:Flag of Palestine.svg0–1File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Al Beetar File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg0–4File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Azzam File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'
Boushi File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Haj Moustafa File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Al Beetar File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg1–1File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine
Samereh File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Lafi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'
Palestine File:Flag of Palestine.svg2–3File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Lafi File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Al-Faran File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		 Kadyrkulov File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 88'
Bogatyrev File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg1–0File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (pen.)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (H) 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: RSSSF.com[dead link‍]
(H) Hosts
Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg2–0File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
Abu Zema File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.)
Al-Shagran File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg2–1File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
Obeid File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (pen.)
Fawzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'		 Zein File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg2–0File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
Zein File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'
Antar File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'
Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg0–0File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg4–0File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
Farhan File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 35', 75'
Mohammed File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'
Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg0–0File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Syria File:Flag of Syria.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Penalties
5–3
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg1–0File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'

Third place match

Iraq File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg4–1File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Farhan File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 74'
Kadhim File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'
Hadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'		 Tadrus File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'

Final

Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg1–0File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'

Champion

 2000 WAFF Championship winners 
File:Flag of Iran.svg
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

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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

External links

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