2000 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

The 2000 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the 11th edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between 8 – 22 November 2000. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia won the final against Al-Nassr from the same country for the first time.[2]

2000 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس 2000
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Dates8 – 22 November 2000
Teams10 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal (1st title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored76 (3.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Dosari
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat[1]
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khojali

Qualifying round

Al-Hilal (the hosts) and Al-Ittihad (the holders) qualified automatically.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualifying tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Representatives of Bahrain and Oman withdrew.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Day 1 5 September)
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 1–1 Qatar Al-Rayyan
Day 2 (8 September)
Al-Rayyan Qatar 1–2 Kuwait Al-Arabi
Day 3 (11 September)
Al-Arabi Kuwait 2–3 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
Kuwait Al-Arabi 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
Qatar Al-Rayyan 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source:

Al-Wasl & Al-Arabi advanced to the final tournament. However Al-Wasl withdrew, Al-Rayyan admitted instead.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Cairo, Egypt. Al-Wehda of Yemen withdrew.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Day 1 25 August)
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 2–1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Day 2 (27 August)
Zamalek SC Egypt 2–1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Day 3 (29 August)
Zamalek SC Egypt 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Zamalek SC 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Sudan Al-Merrikh 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Zamalek SC & Al-Nassr advanced to the final tournament. However Zamalek withdrew, Al-Merrikh admitted instead.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Libya representative withdrew.
USM Annaba, Algeria and SCC Mohammédia, Morocco qualified.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Amman, Jordan.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Day 1 5 July)
Al-Wehdat Jordan 5–1 State of Palestine Shabab Khan Yunis
Day 2 (7 July)
Shabab Khan Yunis State of Palestine 1–7 Syria Jableh SC
Day 3 (9 July)
Al-Wehdat Jordan 1–0 Syria Jableh SC
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jordan Al-Wehdat 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
Syria Jableh SC 2 1 0 1 7 2 +5 3
State of Palestine Shabab Khan Yunis 2 0 0 2 2 12 −10 0
Source:

Al-Wehdat & Jableh SC advanced to the final tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 10
Morocco SCC Mohammédia 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
Jordan Al-Wehdat 4 2 1 1 8 9 −1 7
Qatar Al-Ittihad 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4
Qatar Al-Rayyan 4 0 0 4 6 14 −8 0
Source:
Al-Rayyan Qatar1 – 5Morocco SCC Mohammédia
Al Mulla 66' 17' Rokki
24' Benatia
56', 61' Omar
75' Abderrahim
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia3 – 0Jordan Al-Wehdat
M. Al-Dosari 4'
Yazeed 36', 80'
Al-Wehdat Jordan1 – 0Morocco SCC Mohammédia
Abdullah 64'
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia3 – 0Qatar Al-Ittihad
Junior
M. Al-Dosari
Al-Halawi
SCC Mohammédia Morocco2 – 1Qatar Al-Ittihad
Al-Wehdat Jordan4 – 3Qatar Al-Rayyan
Al-Ittihad Qatar1 – 0Qatar Al-Rayyan
SCC Mohammédia Morocco0 – 0Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Al-Ittihad Qatar3 – 3Jordan Al-Wehdat
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia4 – 2Qatar Al-Rayyan

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 3 1 0 11 4 +7 10
Kuwait Al-Arabi 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 9
Algeria USM Annaba 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
Sudan Al-Merrikh 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 3
Syria Jableh SC 4 0 1 3 5 9 −4 1
Source:
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2 – 1Kuwait Al-Arabi
Gato 34'
Al-Temyat 62'		 73' Seator
Attendance: 8 000
USM Annaba Algeria3 – 2Syria Jableh SC
Soltani 23'
Djabelkheir 38'
El Hadi 66'		 10' Al-Mustafa
85' Al-Basha
Jableh SC Syria1 – 2Kuwait Al-Arabi
Al-Mustafa 18' (pen.) 82' Hadi
87' Claudinho
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia5 – 0Sudan Al-Merrikh
A. Al-Dosari 61', 90+2'
Gato 72', 75' (pen.)
Faye 68'
Al-Merrikh Sudan2 – 0Syria Jableh SC
Musa 39'
Selter 76'
Al-Arabi Kuwait2 – 0Algeria USM Annaba
Claudinho 53'
Seator 86'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2 – 2Syria Jableh SC
A. Al-Dosari 13', 35' (pen.) 9' (pen.), 39' (pen.) Al-Mustafa
Al-Merrikh Sudan1 – 3Algeria USM Annaba
Al-Arabi Kuwait3 – 0Sudan Al-Merrikh
USM Annaba Algeria1 – 2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Boudar 23' 39' A. Al-Dosari
58' Gato

Knock-out stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 November – Riyadh
 
 
 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2
 
 22 November – Riyadh
 
 Kuwait Al-Arabi 0
 
 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1
 
 19 November – Riyadh
 
 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal (a.e.t.) 2
 
 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal (a.e.t.) 1
 
 
 Morocco SCC Mohammédia 0
 

Semi-finals
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia2 – 0Kuwait Al-Arabi
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Morocco SCC Mohammédia
Al-Temyat gold-colored soccer ball 118'

Final
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Abu Thnain 53' (o.g.) 11' Al-Shalhoub
gold-colored soccer ball 105'  (pen.) A. Al-Dosari
Attendance: 65 000

Winners
2000 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
Saudi Arabia
Al-Hilal
First title

References
  1. "Jazirah newspaper 11-23-2000".
  2. "Arab Cup Winners Cup 2000 final". Goalzz.com.
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