2000 WAFF Championship
# 2000 WAFF Championship

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.

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.

| Amman2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan) | Amman | Amman | Amman |
| - | - | - | - |
| Amman2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan) | King Abdullah II Stadium |
| Amman2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan) | 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:

## 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 |

### Group B

| 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 |

## Champion

* 2000 WAFF Championship winners
* 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

* Razzaq Farhan

4 goals

* Ali Karimi

2 goals

* Askhat Kadyrkulov
* Haitham Zein
* Fadi Lafi
* Mohannad Al-Beetar

1 goal

* Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
* Vahid Hashemian
* Ali Samereh
* Hussam Fawzi
* Hamza Hadi
* Ahmad Kadhim
* Hesham Mohammed
* Abbas Obeid
* Abdullah Abu Zema
* Badran Al-Shagran
* Jeris Tadrus
* Vencheslav Bogatyrev
* Roda Antar
* Adel Al-Faran
* Ahmad Azzam
* Mouhanad Boushi
* Nihad Haj Moustafa
