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
Champions CS Sfaxien (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Saïd Boutaleb (4 goals)
Best player(s) Maher Al-Sayed
Best goalkeeper Tisir Al-Antaif
Fair play award CS Sfaxien

Participants
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

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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:
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)

Al Ahly withdrew.

Al-Hilal Club 3–0 Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal Club advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Originally two teams to qualify.

CS Sfaxien 4–0 CR Belouizdad
CR Belouizdad – Kawkab Marrakech
Kawkab Marrakech – CS Sfaxien

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.

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

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
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:
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
Angidi 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'		 Tambal 49'
Al-Dhay 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
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:
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
 
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
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
Al-Jaish 1–2 (a.e.t.) CS Sfaxien
Hariri 61' Bouaziz 59'
Kerdeih 96' (o.g.)

Winners
2000 Arab Club Champions Cup

CS Sfaxien
First title

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