Host country Jordan Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Runners-up Syria | Dates 23 May – 3 June Champions Iran (1st title) | |
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Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship - King Hussein Cup took part in Amman Capital of Jordan. Iran won the final against Syria 1-0. The 8 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.
Contents
The teams have been grouped into 2 groups of 4, playing a round-robin format. Semi-finals and finals will follow, played by the top 2 teams from each group.
Participants
The first West Asian Cup was the only one with two guest member (from Centra Asia Federation). Every country affiliated with WAFF was invited the tournament Jordan - host nation, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon, and given two places to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
A total of eight teams participated.
Venues
All matches took place in Amman. One stadium were used: King Abdullah Stadium. This Stadium was built in 1998.
Match officials
Twenty referees participated in the tournament, ten for linesman: Sixteen from participate teams and four from neutral country.
The following is the list of officials to serve as referees and (in italic) the linesmens: