2000 WAFF Championship

July 2020 1st WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2000 WAFF Championship 2000 King Hussein Cup Jordan 23 May – 3 June 8 1 1 1 IRN 1 SYR 1980 IRQ 1991 JOR 16 34 IRQ 1991 Razzaq Farhan (5 goals) 2002 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.West Asian Championship [Malek Hussein Cup] (Jordan) 2000 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/westasia00.html 2020-07-12 RSSSF 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 to the tournament: Jordan—host nation—, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon, while two places were given to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. A total of eight teams participated. CountryAppearanceIRN1stIRQ 19911stJOR (hosts)1stKAZ (invitee)1stKGZ (invitee)1stLBN1stPLE1st SYR 19801st Venues All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was used, the King Abdullah II Stadium. Jordan none 200 Jordan 31.928030 35.953246 AmmanAmman King Abdullah II Stadium Capacity: 20,000 300px 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: West Asian Country JOR Salem Mahmoud JOR Awni Hassounah IRN Rahim Mojahed IRN Fallah Khohi IRQ 1991 Hussain Isa IRQ 1991 Ahmad Khodair LIB Talnat Najem LIB Ismaeel Azzam SYR 1980 Asheeq Abbas SYR 1980 Mou'taz Yagmour PLE Najem Abu Imran PLE Mahyoub El Sadeq Guest Participate KGZ Viktor Kolpakov KGZ Bahadyr Kochkarov KAZ Kormanbek Ordbayeev KAZ Sergi Roveniski Neutral Nation QAT Ali Al Khaleefi KSA Yosef Al Oqaily OMA Malek Al Shakhi BHR Ibrahim Abdel Hameed Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n y IRN IRN SYR SYR 1980 KAZ KAZ PLE PLE 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 2 3 9 0 1 2 3 5 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF.comJanuary 2025 medicmedic May 24, 2000 17:30 IRN 3–0 KAZ Karimi 6 73Hashemian 45 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman 3,500 Salem Mahmoud, Jordan May 24, 2000 20:30 PLE 0–1 SYR 1980 Al Beetar 80 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 26, 2000 17:30 KAZ 0–4 SYR 1980 Azzam 26Boushi 56Haj Moustafa 57Al Beetar 82 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 26, 2000 20:30 IRN 1–1 PLE Samereh 54 Lafi 90+2 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 28, 2000 17:30 PLE 2–3 KAZ Lafi 55Al-Faran 83 Kadyrkulov 29 88Bogatyrev 43 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 28, 2000 20:30 IRN 1–0 SYR 1980 Karimi 60 pen. King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Group B main WDL Group B Q n y IRQ IRQ 1991 JOR JOR LIB LIB KGZ KGZ 2 1 0 6 1 1 2 0 2 0 H 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 8 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF.comJanuary 2025 medicmedic May 23, 2000 17:30 JOR 2–0 KGZ Abu Zema 28 pen.Al-Shagran 68 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 23, 2000 20:30 IRQ 1991 2–1 LIB Obeid 63 pen.Fawzi 66 Zein 15 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 25, 2000 17:30 LIB 2–0 KGZ Zein 41Antar 76 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 25, 2000 20:30 JOR 0–0 IRQ 1991 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 27, 2000 17:30 IRQ 1991 4–0 KGZ Farhan 28 35 75Mohammed 67 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman May 27, 2000 20:30 JOR 0–0 LIB King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Knockout phase Semi-finals May 31, 2000 17:30 SYR 1980 0–0 (a.e.t.) IRQ 1991 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman 5–3 May 31, 2000 20:30 IRN 1–0 JOR Karimi 17 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Third place match June 2, 2000 17:30 IRQ 1991 4–1 JOR Farhan 16 74Kadhim 30Hadi 37 Tadrus 48 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Final June 3, 2000 20:30 IRN 1–0 SYR 1980 Bakhtiarizadeh 36 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Champion fb 2000 WAFF Championship winners Iran First Statistics Goalscorers 34 16 no IRQ 1991 Razzaq Farhan IRN Ali Karimi KAZ Askhat Kadyrkulov LIB Haitham Zein PLE Fadi Lafi SYR 1980 Mohannad Al-Beetar IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh IRN Vahid Hashemian IRN Ali Samereh IRQ 1991 Hussam Fawzi IRQ 1991 Hamza Hadi IRQ 1991 Ahmad Kadhim IRQ 1991 Hesham Mohammed IRQ 1991 Abbas Obeid JOR Abdullah Abu Zema JOR Badran Al-Shagran JOR Jeris Tadrus KAZ Vencheslav Bogatyrev LIB Roda Antar PLE Adel Al-Faran SYR 1980 Ahmad Azzam SYR 1980 Mouhanad Boushi SYR 1980 Nihad Haj Moustafa References External links Details at RSSSF Schedule & results Details at goalzz.com 2000 Category:2000 in Asian men's international football Category:1999–2000 in Jordanian football 2000 Category:May 2000 sports events in Asia Category:June 2000 sports events in Asia