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 was used: King Abdullah II Stadium. This Stadium was built in 1998.

2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship (Jordan)
Amman
King Abdullah II Stadium
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 linesmen:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 7321051+4
 Syria 6320151+4
 Kazakhstan 33102396
 Palestine 13012352
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

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

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