2000 WAFF Championship

2000 WAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJordan
Dates23 May – 3 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Syria
Third place Iraq
Fourth place Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Razzaq Farhan (5 goals)
2002
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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.[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.

  1. ^ "West Asian Championship [Malek Hussein Cup] (Jordan) 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2020.