2000 Arab Club Champions Cup

2000 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2000
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
City Jeddah
Dates 21 August - 03 September
Teams 9 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia CS Sfaxien (1st title)
Runners-up Syria Al-Jaish

The 2000 Arab Club Champions Cup 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]

Participants

Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Hosts
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab Holders
Zone 1 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1998–99 Bahraini Premier League winners
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 1998–99 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Zone 2 Egypt Al Ahly 1998–99 Egyptian Premier League winners
Sudan Al-Hilal 1998–99 Sudan Premier League winners
Yemen Al-Ahli 1998–99 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 1998–99 Algerian Championship third
Morocco Kawkab Marrakech 1998–99 Moroccan Championship runners-up
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1998–99 Tunisian Championship third
Zone 4 Jordan Al-Faisaly 1996–97 Jordan League runners-up
State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah Gaza Strip League representative
Syria Al-Jaish 1998–99 Syrian League winners

Preliminary Round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 5 4 1 0 10 1 +9 13
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 5 3 2 0 12 2 +10 11
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 5 2 1 2 8 11 −3 7
Oman Al-Nasr 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 5
Qatar Al-Ittihad 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 5 0 1 4 3 12 −9 1

20 January 2000
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 1 – 1 Oman Al-Nasr

22 January 2000
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 2 – 0 Oman Al-Nasr

23 January 2000
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 0 – 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

25 January 2000
Al-Nasr Oman 1 – 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

25 January 2000
Al-Ittihad Qatar 2 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli

27 January 2000
Al-Nasr Oman 2 – 0 Qatar Al-Ittihad

27 January 2000
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 3 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli

28 January 2000
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 0 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

29 January 2000
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 0 – 0 Oman Al-Nasr

30 January 2000
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 Qatar Al-Ittihad

30 January 2000
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 2 – 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli

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

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al Ahly withdrew.

16 June 1999
Al-Hilal Sudan 3 – 0 Yemen Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Originally two teams to qualify.

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

Zone 4 (East Region)

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

5 July 1999
Al-Faisaly Jordan cancelled State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah

7 July 1999
Al-Jaish Syria cancelled State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah

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

Final Tournament

Group stage

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

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12
Jordan Al-Faisaly 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9
Algeria CR Belouizdad 4 1 1 2 10 10 0 4
Sudan Al-Hilal 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 1

21 August 2000
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 Jordan Al-Faisaly
Al-Meshal  43', 54' Al-Awadat  78'

21 August 2000
CR Belouizdad Algeria 3 – 3 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Talis  10'
Boutaleb  37' (pen.), 81' (pen.) 		Al-Shammari  8'
Zblade  51'
Enad  68'

23 August 2000
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1 – 2 Jordan Al-Faisaly
Al-Anazi  14' Abu-Abed  69'
Tadrus  72'

23 August 2000
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 4 – 0 Sudan Al-Hilal
Al-Dosari  45', 46'
Gahwji  52'
Al-Zahrani  58'

25 August 2000
Al-Hilal Sudan 3 – 0 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Angidi  27', 29'
Zolo  57'

25 August 2000
Al-Faisaly Jordan 3 – 2 Algeria CR Belouizdad
Saleem  20'
Tadrus  36'
Al-Sheikh  76' 		Boutaleb  4'
Badji  73'

27 August 2000
CR Belouizdad Algeria 5 – 2 Sudan Al-Hilal
Ali Moussa  21'
Mezouar  69', 81'
Boutaleb  79'
Settara  86' 		Tambal  49'
Al-Dhay  85'

27 August 2000
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Al-Saeed  62' Al-Dosari  27'
Shaleya  71'

29 August 2000
Al-Faisaly Jordan 5 – 0 Sudan Al-Hilal
Abu-Abed  7'
Tadrus  10'
Al-Sheikh  18'
Jihad  85'
Al-Shboul  89'

29 August 2000
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 Algeria CR Belouizdad
Gahwji  58', 77'

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
Morocco Kawkab Marrakech 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Saudi Arabia Al Shabab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 August 2000
Al-Jaish Syria 4 – 0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Al-Sayed  51', 67'
Mohammed  81'
Azzam  85'

26 August 2000
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 1 – 2 Morocco Kawkab Marrakech
Amer  90' (pen.) Zebdi  31'
Atlas  90+3' (pen.)

28 August 2000
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 4 – 0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Bouaziz  4'
N'Daye  45', 64'
Ben Khaled  56'

28 August 2000
Kawkab Marrakech Morocco 0 – 2 Syria Al-Jaish
Al-Sayed  34'
Azzam  79'

30 August 2000
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1 – 1 Syria Al-Jaish
Ben Khaled  56' Mohammed  81'

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
1 september – Jeddah
 Syria Al-Jaish 2  
 Jordan Al-Faisaly 1  
 
3 september – Jeddah
     Syria Al-Jaish 1
   Tunisia CS Sfaxien (aet) 2
1 september – Jeddah
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1
 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2  

Semi-finals

1 September 2000
Al-Jaish Syria 2 – 1 Jordan Al-Faisaly
Al-Sayed  10'
Azzam  18' 		Al-Sheikh  88'

1 September 2000
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Al-Dosari  23' Ben Khaled  9'
Souayah  80'

Final

3 September 2000
Al-Jaish Syria 1 – 2
(aet) 		Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Hariri  61' Bouaziz  59'
Kerdeih  96' (o.g.)

Winners

2000 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tunisia
CS Sfaxien
First title

References

  1. ↑ "Arab Clubs League Championship - Jeddah 2000". goalzz.com.

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