2000 WAFF Championship

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
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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

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

• Template:Flagicon Salem Mahmoud
• Template:Flagicon Awni Hassounah
• Template:Flagicon Rahim Mojahed
• Template:Flagicon Fallah Khohi
• Template:Flagicon Hussain Isa
• Template:Flagicon Ahmad Khodair
• Template:Flagicon Talnat Najem
• Template:Flagicon Ismaeel Azzam
• Template:Flagicon Asheeq Abbas
• Template:Flagicon Mou'taz Yagmour
• Template:Flagicon Najem Abu Imran
• Template:Flagicon Mahyoub El Sadeq

Guest Participate

• Template:Flagicon Viktor Kolpakov
• Template:Flagicon Bahadyr Kochkarov
• Template:Flagicon Kormanbek Ordbayeev
• Template:Flagicon Sergi Roveniski

Neutral Nation

• Template:Flagicon Ali Al Khaleefi
• Template:Flagicon Yosef Al Oqaily
• Template:Flagicon Malek Al Shakhi
• Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Abdel Hameed

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Champion

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External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Schedule & results
• Details at goalzz.com