The 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship, also known as the King Hussein Cup, was the first edition of the

WAFF Championship The West Asian Football Federation Championship (), or simply WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the ...

; it took part in Amman, the capital of Jordan.

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

won the final against Syria 1–0. The eight entrants were

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

, Iran, Syria, Palestine,

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

(invited nation),

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

(invited nation), and host nation

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. 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:

—host nation—,

, Syria, Palestine,

, and

, while two places where given two

and

. A total of eight teams participated.

Venues

All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was used, the

King Abdullah II Stadium The King Abdullah II Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Amman, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, ...

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

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Group B

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

External links

Details at RSSSF

Schedule & results

Details at goalzz.com
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