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

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]

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 Club 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 in 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
Source:
Al-Qadsia Kuwait2–0Qatar Al-Ittihad
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates1–1Oman Al-Nasr
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia4–1Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Al-Qadsia Kuwait2–0Oman Al-Nasr
Al-Ittihad Qatar2–3Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates0–4Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Qadsia Kuwait4–1Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Al-Nasr Oman1–4Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Ittihad Qatar2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Al-Nasr Oman2–0Qatar Al-Ittihad
Al-Muharraq Bahrain3–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Al-Qadsia Kuwait0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Muharraq Bahrain0–0Oman Al-Nasr
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–0Qatar Al-Ittihad
Al-Qadsia Kuwait2–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli

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

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al Ahly withdrew.

Al-Hilal Club Sudan3–0Yemen Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal Club advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Originally two teams to qualify.

CS Sfaxien Tunisia4–0Algeria CR Belouizdad
CR Belouizdad Algeria–Morocco Kawkab Marrakech
Kawkab Marrakech Morocco–Tunisia 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 JordancancelledState of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Jaish SyriacancelledState of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Faisaly Jordan–Syria 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
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 Club 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 1
Source:
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–1Jordan Al-Faisaly
Al-Meshal 43', 54' Al-Awadat 78'
CR Belouizdad Algeria3–3Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Talis 10'
Boutaleb 37' (pen.), 81' (pen.)		 Al-Shammari 8'
Zblade 51'
Enad 68'
Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–2Jordan Al-Faisaly
Al-Anazi 14' Abu-Abed 69'
Tadrus 72'
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia4–0Sudan Al-Hilal
Al-Dosari 45', 46'
Gahwji 52'
Al-Zahrani 58'
Al-Hilal Sudan3–0Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Omer Ngidi 27', 29'
Zolo 57'
Al-Faisaly Jordan3–2Algeria CR Belouizdad
Saleem 20'
Tadrus 36'
Al-Sheikh 76'		 Boutaleb 4'
Badji 73'
CR Belouizdad Algeria5–2Sudan Al-Hilal
Ali Moussa 21'
Mezouar 69', 81'
Boutaleb 79'
Settara 86'		 Haitham 49'
Aldai 85'
Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Al-Saeed 62' Al-Dosari 27'
Shaleya 71'
Al-Faisaly Jordan5–0Sudan Al-Hilal
Abu-Abed 7'
Tadrus 10'
Al-Sheikh 18'
Jihad 85'
Al-Shboul 89'
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–0Algeria 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
Source:
CS Sfaxien Tunisia0–0Morocco Kawkab Marrakech
Al-Jaish Syria4–0Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Al-Sayed 51', 67'
Mohammed 81'
Azzam 85'
Al-Muharraq Bahrain1–2Morocco Kawkab Marrakech
Amer 90' (pen.) Zebdi 31'
Atlas 90+3' (pen.)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4–0Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Bouaziz 4'
N'Daye 45', 64'
Ben Khaled 56'
Kawkab Marrakech Morocco0–2Syria Al-Jaish
Al-Sayed 34'
Azzam 79'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–1Syria Al-Jaish
Ben Khaled 56' Mohammed 81'

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Al-Jaish Syria2–1Jordan Al-Faisaly
Al-Sayed 10'
Azzam 18'		 Al-Sheikh 88'
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Al-Dosari 23' Ben Khaled 9'
Souayah 80'

Final

Al-Jaish Syria1–2 (a.e.t.)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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