2000 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 2000 Arab Club Champions Cup in association football was played in Saudi Arabia in the city of Jeddah. CS Sfaxien won the championship for the first time beating in the final Al-Jaish.[1]

2000 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2000
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityJeddah
Dates21 August – 3 September
Teams9 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia CS Sfaxien (1st title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Algeria Saïd Boutaleb (4 goals)
Best player(s)Syria Maher Al-Sayed
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Tisir Al-Antaif
Fair play awardTunisia CS Sfaxien
1999
2001

Participants

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Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
  Al-Ahli Hosts
  Al Shabab Holders
Zone 1   Al-Muharraq 1998–99 Bahraini Premier League winners
  Al-Qadsia 1998–99 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Zone 2   Al Ahly 1998–99 Egyptian Premier League winners
  Al-Hilal Club 1998–99 Sudan Premier League winners
  Al-Ahli 1998–99 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3   CR Belouizdad 1998–99 Algerian Championship third
  Kawkab Marrakech 1998–99 Moroccan Championship runners-up
  CS Sfaxien 1998–99 Tunisian Championship third
Zone 4   Al-Faisaly 1996–97 Jordan League runners-up
  Khadamat Rafah Gaza Strip League representative
  Al-Jaish 1998–99 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

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Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Kuwait City in 2000.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Qadsia 5 4 1 0 10 1 +9 13
  Al-Hilal 5 3 2 0 12 2 +10 11
  Al-Muharraq 5 2 1 2 8 11 −3 7
  Al-Nasr 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 5
  Al-Ittihad 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 4
  Al-Ahli 5 0 1 4 3 12 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Qadsia  2–0  Al-Ittihad
Al-Ahli  1–1  Al-Nasr
Al-Hilal  4–1  Al-Muharraq

Al-Qadsia  2–0  Al-Nasr
Al-Ittihad  2–3  Al-Muharraq
Al-Ahli  0–4  Al-Hilal

Al-Qadsia  4–1  Al-Muharraq
Al-Nasr  1–4  Al-Hilal
Al-Ittihad  2–1  Al-Ahli

Al-Nasr  2–0  Al-Ittihad
Al-Muharraq  3–1  Al-Ahli
Al-Qadsia  0–0  Al-Hilal

Al-Muharraq  0–0  Al-Nasr
Al-Hilal  2–0  Al-Ittihad
Al-Qadsia  2–0  Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal withdrew. Al-Muharraq & Al-Qadsia advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

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Al Ahly withdrew.

Al-Hilal Club  3–0  Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal Club advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

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Originally two teams to qualify.

CS Sfaxien  4–0  CR Belouizdad


Kawkab Marrakech    CS Sfaxien

All teams CR Belouizdad, Kawkab Marrakech and CS Sfaxien advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

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Qualifying tournament held in Amman, Jordan. Khadamat Rafah withdrew.

Al-Faisaly  cancelled  Khadamat Rafah

Al-Jaish  cancelled  Khadamat Rafah

Al-Faisaly    Al-Jaish

All teams Al-Faisaly and Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

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Group stage

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The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Al Shabab withdrew from the tournament, Al-Ahli qualified as hosts.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ahli 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12
  Al-Faisaly 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9
  CR Belouizdad 4 1 1 2 10 10 0 4
  Al-Hilal Club 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3
  Al-Qadsia 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahli  2–1  Al-Faisaly
Al-Meshal   43', 54' Al-Awadat   78'
CR Belouizdad  3–3  Al-Qadsia
Talis   10'
Boutaleb   37' (pen.), 81' (pen.)
Al-Shammari   8'
Zblade   51'
Enad   68'

Al-Qadsia  1–2  Al-Faisaly
Al-Anazi   14' Abu-Abed   69'
Tadrus   72'
Al-Ahli  4–0  Al-Hilal
Al-Dosari   45', 46'
Gahwji   52'
Al-Zahrani   58'

Al-Hilal  3–0  Al-Qadsia
Omer Ngidi   27', 29'
Zolo   57'
Al-Faisaly  3–2  CR Belouizdad
Saleem   20'
Tadrus   36'
Al-Sheikh   76'
Boutaleb   4'
Badji   73'

CR Belouizdad  5–2  Al-Hilal
Ali Moussa   21'
Mezouar   69', 81'
Boutaleb   79'
Settara   86'
Haitham   49'
Aldai   85'
Al-Qadsia  1–2  Al-Ahli
Al-Saeed   62' Al-Dosari   27'
Shaleya   71'

Al-Faisaly  5–0  Al-Hilal
Abu-Abed   7'
Tadrus   10'
Al-Sheikh   18'
Jihad   85'
Al-Shboul   89'
Al-Ahli  2–0  CR Belouizdad
Gahwji   58', 77'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Jaish 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
  CS Sfaxien 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
  Kawkab Marrakech 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
  Al-Muharraq 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
  Al Shabab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
CS Sfaxien  0–0  Kawkab Marrakech

Al-Jaish  4–0  Al-Muharraq
Al-Sayed   51', 67'
Mohammed   81'
Azzam   85'

Al-Muharraq  1–2  Kawkab Marrakech
Amer   90' (pen.) Zebdi   31'
Atlas   90+3' (pen.)

CS Sfaxien  4–0  Al-Muharraq
Bouaziz   4'
N'Daye   45', 64'
Ben Khaled   56'
Kawkab Marrakech  0–2  Al-Jaish
Al-Sayed   34'
Azzam   79'

CS Sfaxien  1–1  Al-Jaish
Ben Khaled   56' Mohammed   81'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 September – Jeddah
 
 
  Al-Jaish2
 
3 September – Jeddah
 
  Al-Faisaly1
 
  Al-Jaish1
 
1 September – Jeddah
 
  CS Sfaxien (aet)2
 
  Al-Ahli1
 
 
  CS Sfaxien2
 

Semi-finals

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Al-Jaish  2–1  Al-Faisaly
Al-Sayed   10'
Azzam   18'
Al-Sheikh   88'

Al-Ahli  1–2  CS Sfaxien
Al-Dosari   23' Ben Khaled   9'
Souayah   80'

Final

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Winners

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2000 Arab Club Champions Cup
 
CS Sfaxien
First title

References

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  1. ^ "Arab Clubs League Championship – Jeddah 2000". goalzz.com.
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