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2000 WAFF Championship
1st WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2000
1st WAFF Championship, held in Jordan in 2000
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | WAFF Championship |
| year | 2000 |
| other_titles | King Hussein Cup |
| 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 |
| top_scorer | IRQ Razzaq Farhan (5 goals) |
| nextseason | 2002 |
| second-flagvar = 1980 | third-flagvar = 1991
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 |
|---|---|
| 1st | |
| 1st | |
| (hosts) | 1st |
| (invitee) | 1st |
| (invitee) | 1st |
| 1st | |
| 1st | |
| 1st |
Venues
All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was used, the King Abdullah II Stadium.
| 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:
;West Asian Country
- JOR Salem Mahmoud
- JOR Awni Hassounah
- IRN Rahim Mojahed
- IRN Fallah Khohi
- IRQ Hussain Isa
- IRQ Ahmad Khodair
- LIB Talnat Najem
- LIB Ismaeel Azzam
- SYR Asheeq Abbas
- SYR 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
Hashemian
Boushi Haj Moustafa Al Beetar
Al-Faran Bogatyrev
Group B
Al-Shagran
Fawzi
Antar
Mohammed
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Third place match
Kadhim Hadi
Final
Champion
Statistics
Goalscorers
-
Razzaq Farhan
-
Ali Karimi
-
Askhat Kadyrkulov
-
Haitham Zein
-
Fadi Lafi
-
Mohannad Al-Beetar
-
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
References
References
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