# 2000 WAFF Championship

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1st WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2000

2000 WAFF Championship King Hussein Cup Tournament details Host country Jordan Dates 23 May – 3 June Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Venue 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 Razzaq Farhan (5 goals) 2002 →

International football competition

The **2000** **West Asian Football Federation Championship**, also known as the **King Hussein Cup**, was the first edition of the [WAFF Championship](/source/WAFF_Championship); it took part in [Amman](/source/Amman), the capital of Jordan. [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team) won the final against [Syria](/source/Syria_national_football_team) 1–0. The eight entrants were [Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team), Iran, Syria, [Palestine](/source/Palestine_national_football_team), [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon_national_football_team), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan_national_football_team) (invited nation), [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan_national_football_team) (invited nation), and host nation [Jordan](/source/Jordan_national_football_team). The finals took place between 23 May and 3 June 2000.[1]

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](/source/Central_Asian_Football_Association). Every country affiliated with [WAFF](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation) was invited the tournament: [Jordan](/source/Jordan_national_football_team)—host nation—, [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team), [Syria](/source/Syria_national_football_team), [Palestine](/source/Palestine_national_football_team), [Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team), and [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon_national_football_team), while two places where given two [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan_national_football_team) and [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan_national_football_team). 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](/source/Amman). One stadium was used, the [King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium).

Amman 2000 WAFF Championship (Jordan) Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 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:

West Asian Country Salem Mahmoud Awni Hassounah Rahim Mojahed Fallah Khohi Hussain Isa Ahmad Khodair Talnat Najem Ismaeel Azzam Asheeq Abbas Mou'taz Yagmour Najem Abu Imran Mahyoub El Sadeq Guest Participate Viktor Kolpakov Bahadyr Kochkarov Kormanbek Ordbayeev Sergi Roveniski Neutral Nation Ali Al Khaleefi Yosef Al Oqaily Malek Al Shakhi Ibrahim Abdel Hameed

## 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

Source: [RSSSF.com](http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/waff00.html)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

May 24, 2000

17:30

Iran 3–0 Kazakhstan Karimi 6', 73' Hashemian 45'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Salem Mahmoud, [Jordan](/source/Jordan)

May 24, 2000

20:30

Palestine 0–1 Syria Al Beetar 80'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 26, 2000

17:30

Kazakhstan 0–4 Syria Azzam 26' Boushi 56' Haj Moustafa 57' Al Beetar 82'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 26, 2000

20:30

Iran 1–1 Palestine Samereh 54' Lafi 90+2'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 28, 2000

17:30

Palestine 2–3 Kazakhstan Lafi 55' Al-Faran 83' Kadyrkulov 29', 88' Bogatyrev 43'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 28, 2000

20:30

Iran 1–0 Syria Karimi 60' (pen.)

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

### 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

Source: [RSSSF.com](http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/waff00.html)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]
(H) Hosts

May 23, 2000

17:30

Jordan 2–0 Kyrgyzstan Abu Zema 28' (pen.) Al-Shagran 68'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 23, 2000

20:30

Iraq 2–1 Lebanon Obeid 63' (pen.) Fawzi 66' Zein 15'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 25, 2000

17:30

Lebanon 2–0 Kyrgyzstan Zein 41' Antar 76'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 25, 2000

20:30

Jordan 0–0 Iraq

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 27, 2000

17:30

Iraq 4–0 Kyrgyzstan Farhan 28', 35', 75' Mohammed 67'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 27, 2000

20:30

Jordan 0–0 Lebanon

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

## Knockout phase

### Semi-finals

May 31, 2000

17:30

Syria 0–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq Penalties 5–3

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

May 31, 2000

20:30

Iran 1–0 Jordan Karimi 17'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

### Third place match

June 2, 2000

17:30

Iraq 4–1 Jordan Farhan 16', 74' Kadhim 30' Hadi 37' Tadrus 48'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

### Final

June 3, 2000

20:30

Iran 1–0 Syria Bakhtiarizadeh 36'

[King Abdullah II Stadium](/source/King_Abdullah_II_Stadium), [Amman](/source/Amman)

## 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](/source/Razzaq_Farhan)

**4 goals**

- [Ali Karimi](/source/Ali_Karimi_(footballer%2C_born_1978))

**2 goals**

- [Askhat Kadyrkulov](/source/Askhat_Kadyrkulov)

- [Haitham Zein](/source/Haitham_Zein)

- [Fadi Lafi](/source/Fadi_Lafi)

- [Mohannad Al-Beetar](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohannad_Al-Beetar&action=edit&redlink=1)

**1 goal**

- [Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh](/source/Sohrab_Bakhtiarizadeh)

- [Vahid Hashemian](/source/Vahid_Hashemian)

- [Ali Samereh](/source/Ali_Samereh)

- [Hussam Fawzi](/source/Hussam_Fawzi)

- [Hamza Hadi](/source/Hamza_Hadi)

- [Ahmad Kadhim](/source/Ahmad_Kadhim)

- [Hesham Mohammed](/source/Hesham_Mohammed)

- [Abbas Obeid](/source/Abbas_Obeid)

- [Abdullah Abu Zema](/source/Abdullah_Abu_Zema)

- [Badran Al-Shagran](/source/Badran_Al-Shagran)

- [Jeris Tadrus](/source/Jeris_Tadrus)

- [Vencheslav Bogatyrev](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vencheslav_Bogatyrev&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Roda Antar](/source/Roda_Antar)

- [Adel Al-Faran](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adel_Al-Faran&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Ahmad Azzam](/source/Ahmad_Azzam)

- [Mouhanad Boushi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mouhanad_Boushi&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Nihad Haj Moustafa](/source/Nihad_Haj_Moustafa)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["West Asian Championship \[Malek Hussein Cup\] (Jordan) 2000"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/westasia00.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

## External links

- [Details at RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff.html)

- [Schedule & results](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220117/http://www.the-waff.com/schedual.asp?pageID=42&parentid=3&lang=eng&competID=1)

- [Details at goalzz.com](http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=390)

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