2000 WAFF Championship

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{short description|1st WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2000}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = WAFF Championship | year = 2000 | other_titles = King Hussein Cup | image = | size = | caption = | country = Jordan | dates = 23 May – 3 June | num_teams = 8 | confederations = 1 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion = IRN | count = 1 | second = SYR | second-flagvar = 1980 | third = IRQ | third-flagvar = 1991 | fourth = JOR | matches = 16 | goals = 34 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Razzaq Farhan]] (5 goals) | player = | prevseason = | nextseason = [[2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship|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 national football team|Iran]] won the final against [[Syria national football team|Syria]] 1–0. The eight entrants were [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], Iran, Syria, [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]], [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]], [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] (invited nation), [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] (invited nation), and host nation [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]. The finals took place between 23 May and 3 June 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Asian Championship [Malek Hussein Cup] (Jordan) 2000|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/westasia00.html|access-date=2020-07-12|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>

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 [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] was invited the tournament: [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]—host nation—, [[Iran national football team|Iran]], [[Syria national football team|Syria]], [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]], [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], and [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]], while two places where given two [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]. A total of eight teams participated.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" ! style="width:160px;" |Country ! style="width:100px;" |Appearance |- |{{fb|IRN}} |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|IRQ|1991}} |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|JOR}} (hosts) |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|KAZ}} (invitee) |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|KGZ}} (invitee) |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|LBN}} |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|PLE}} |align="center" |1st |- |{{fb|SYR|1980}} |align="center" |1st |}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- |rowspan="5"| {{location map+|Jordan|float=none|width=200|places= {{location map~|Jordan|lat=31.928030|long=35.953246|label='''[[Amman]]'''}} }} !colspan=3|[[Amman]] |- | [[King Abdullah II Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''20,000''' |- | [[File:King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan.jpg|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:

{{col-begin-small}} {{col-3}} ;West Asian Country *{{flagicon|JOR}} Salem Mahmoud *{{flagicon|JOR}} ''Awni Hassounah'' *{{flagicon|IRN}} Rahim Mojahed *{{flagicon|IRN}} ''Fallah Khohi'' *{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} Hussain Isa *{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} ''Ahmad Khodair'' *{{flagicon|LIB}} Talnat Najem *{{flagicon|LIB}} ''Ismaeel Azzam'' *{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Asheeq Abbas *{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} ''Mou'taz Yagmour'' *{{flagicon|PLE}} Najem Abu Imran *{{flagicon|PLE}} ''Mahyoub El Sadeq'' {{col-3}}

;Guest Participate: *{{flagicon|KGZ}} Viktor Kolpakov *{{flagicon|KGZ}} ''Bahadyr Kochkarov'' *{{flagicon|KAZ}} Kormanbek Ordbayeev *{{flagicon|KAZ}} ''Sergi Roveniski'' {{col-3}}

;Neutral Nation: *{{flagicon|QAT}} ''Ali Al Khaleefi'' *{{flagicon|KSA}} Yosef Al Oqaily *{{flagicon|OMA}} ''Malek Al Shakhi'' *{{flagicon|BHR}} Ibrahim Abdel Hameed {{col-end}}

==Group stage==

===Group A=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group A |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=n |ptsfirst=y

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{{footballbox|date= May 24, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 3–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|KAZ}} |goals1 = [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|6||73}} [[Vahid Hashemian|Hashemian]] {{goal|45}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] |attendance = 3,500 |referee = Salem Mahmoud, [[Jordan]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 24, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}} |score = 0–1 |report= |team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Mohannad Al Beetar|Al Beetar]] {{goal|80}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 26, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|KAZ}} |score = 0–4 |report= |team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Ahmad Azzam|Azzam]] {{goal|26}} [[Mouhanad Boushi|Boushi]] {{goal|56}} [[Nihad Haj Moustafa|Haj Moustafa]] {{goal|57}} [[Mohannad Al Beetar|Al Beetar]] {{goal|82}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 26, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 1–1 |report= |team2 = {{fb|PLE}} |goals1 = [[Ali Samereh|Samereh]] {{goal|54}} |goals2 = [[Fadi Lafi|Lafi]] {{goal|90+2}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 28, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}} |score = 2–3 |report= |team2 = {{fb|KAZ}} |goals1 = [[Fadi Lafi|Lafi]] {{goal|55}} [[Adel Al-Faran|Al-Faran]] {{goal|83}} |goals2 = [[Askhat Kadyrkulov|Kadyrkulov]] {{goal|29||88}} [[Vencheslav Bogatyrev|Bogatyrev]] {{goal|43}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 28, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 1–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} |goals1 = [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|60|pen.}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }}

===Group B=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group B |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=n |ptsfirst=y

|team1=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ|1991}} |team2=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}} |team3=LIB|name_LIB={{fb|LIB}} |team4=KGZ|name_KGZ={{fb|KGZ}} |win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=1|loss_IRQ=0|gf_IRQ=6|ga_IRQ=1 |win_JOR=1|draw_JOR=2|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=2|ga_JOR=0|status_JOR=H |win_LIB=1|draw_LIB=1|loss_LIB=1|gf_LIB=3|ga_LIB=2 |win_KGZ=0|draw_KGZ=0|loss_KGZ=3|gf_KGZ=0|ga_KGZ=8

{{footballbox|date= May 23, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}} |score = 2–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|KGZ}} |goals1 = [[Abdullah Abu Zema|Abu Zema]] {{goal|28|pen.}} [[Badran Al-Shagran|Al-Shagran]] {{goal|68}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 23, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}} |score = 2–1 |report= |team2 = {{fb|LIB}} |goals1 = [[Abbas Obeid Jassim|Obeid]] {{goal|63|pen.}} [[Hussam Fawzi|Fawzi]] {{goal|66}} |goals2 = [[Haitham Zein|Zein]] {{goal|15}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 25, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|LIB}} |score = 2–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|KGZ}} |goals1 = [[Haitham Zein|Zein]] {{goal|41}} [[Roda Antar|Antar]] {{goal|76}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 25, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}} |score = 0–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}} |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 27, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}} |score = 4–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|KGZ}} |goals1 = [[Razzaq Farhan|Farhan]] {{goal|28||35||75}} [[Hesham Mohammed|Mohammed]] {{goal|67}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 27, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}} |score = 0–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|LIB}} |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }}

==Knockout phase==

===Semi-finals=== {{footballbox|date= May 31, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}} |score = 0–0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]]) |report= |team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}} |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] |penalties1 = |penaltyscore = 5–3 |penalties2 = }} ---- {{footballbox|date= May 31, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 1–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|JOR}} |goals1 = [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|17}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }}

===Third place match=== {{footballbox|date= June 2, 2000 |time=17:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}} |score = 4–1 |report= |team2 = {{fb|JOR}} |goals1 = [[Razzaq Farhan|Farhan]] {{goal|16||74}} [[Ahmad Kadhim Assad|Kadhim]] {{goal|30}} [[Hamza Hadi Muhsin|Hadi]] {{goal|37}} |goals2 = [[Jeris Tadrus|Tadrus]] {{goal|48}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }}

===Final=== {{footballbox|date= June 3, 2000 |time=20:30 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 1–0 |report= |team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}} |goals1 = [[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh|Bakhtiarizadeh]] {{goal|36}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdullah II Stadium]], [[Amman]] }}

==Champion== {{winners|fb|2000 WAFF Championship winners|Iran|First}}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers=== {{Goalscorers |goals=34|matches=16 |ongoing=no

|5 goals= *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Razzaq Farhan]]

|4 goals= *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Ali Karimi]]

|2 goals= *{{fbicon|KAZ}} [[Askhat Kadyrkulov]] *{{fbicon|LIB}} [[Haitham Zein]] *{{fbicon|PLE}} [[Fadi Lafi]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohannad Al-Beetar]]

|1 goal= *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh]] *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Vahid Hashemian]] *{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Ali Samereh]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Hussam Fawzi]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Hamza Hadi]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Ahmad Kadhim]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Hesham Mohammed]] *{{fbicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Abbas Obeid]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Abdullah Abu Zema]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Badran Al-Shagran]] *{{fbicon|JOR}} [[Jeris Tadrus]] *{{fbicon|KAZ}} [[Vencheslav Bogatyrev]] *{{fbicon|LIB}} [[Roda Antar]] *{{fbicon|PLE}} [[Adel Al-Faran]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ahmad Azzam]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mouhanad Boushi]] *{{fbicon|SYR|1980}} [[Nihad Haj Moustafa]] }}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html Details at RSSSF] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220117/http://www.the-waff.com/schedual.asp?pageID=42&parentid=3&lang=eng&competID=1 Schedule & results] * [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=390 Details at goalzz.com]

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