2000 WAFF Championship
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.
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Jordan |
| Dates | 23 May – 3 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
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| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 34 (2.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
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.
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2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan) |
Amman | ||
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| King Abdullah II Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 20,000 | |||
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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:
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
| Iran | 3–0 | |
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Karimi  Hashemian |
| Kazakhstan | 0–4 | |
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| Azzam Boushi Haj Moustafa Al Beetar |
| Palestine | 2–3 | |
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| Lafi Al-Faran |
Kadyrkulov Bogatyrev |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
(H) Host.
| Jordan | 2–0 | |
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| Abu Zema Al-Shagran |
| Lebanon | 2–0 | |
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| Zein Antar |
| Iraq | 4–0 | |
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| Farhan Mohammed |
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Third Place Match
Final
| Iran | 1–0 | |
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| Bakhtiarizadeh |