1999 Arab Club Champions Cup

بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1999
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	23 September – 3 October
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations) (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al Shabab (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	36 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saeed Al-Owairan Ali Marwi Mohamed Farouk (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Ahmad Azzam
Best goalkeeper	Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan [1]
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The 1999 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Egypt in the city of Cairo. Al Shabab won the championship for the second time beating in the final Al-Jaish. ^[2]

Participants

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
	Al Ahly	Hosts
	WA Tlemcen	Holders
Zone 1	West Riffa SC	1997–98 Bahraini Premier League winners
	Al-Salmiya	1997–98 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
	Oman Club	1997–98 Omani League fifth
	Al-Arabi (Doha)	1997–98 Qatar Stars League fourth
	Al-Ittihad	1997–98 Saudi Premier League seventh
	Sharjah SC	1997–98 UAE Football League runners-up
Zone 2	Al Shabab	1997–98 Saudi Premier League runners-up
	Al-Hilal Club	1999 Sudan Premier League winners
	Al-Wehda	1997–98 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3	Al-Mahalla	1997–98 Libyan Premier League height
	ASC Sonalec	1997–98 Mauritanean Premier League runners-up
	Olympique Béja	1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National fifth
Zone 4	Al-Wehdat	1996–97 Jordan League winners
	Khadamat Rafah	Gaza Strip League representative
	Al-Jaish	1997–98 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Jeddah in 1999.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	5	5	0	0	15	2	+13	15
Al-Salmiya	5	4	0	1	9	3	+6	12
West Riffa SC	5	3	0	2	12	6	+6	9
Al-Arabi	5	1	1	3	4	12	−8	4
Sharjah SC	5	0	2	3	6	12	−6	2
Oman Club	5	0	1	4	4	15	−11	1

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Al-Ittihad withdrew. West Riffa SC & Al-Salmiya advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Abha.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
Al-Wehda	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
Al-Hilal Club	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

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Al Shabab advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Al-Mahalla disqualified by UAFA. ASC Sonalec withdrew.

Olympique Béja advanced automatically to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Amman.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Jaish	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Al-Wehdat	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Khadamat Rafah	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

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Al-Wehdat & 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.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
Al-Salmiya	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Al-Wehdat	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
WA Tlemcen	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Jaish	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Al Ahly	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Olympique Béja	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
West Riffa SC	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 October – Cairo
	Al Shabab ( p)	1 (3)
					3 October – Cairo
	Al Ahly	1 (2)
					Al Shabab	2
	1 October – Cairo
					Al-Jaish	0
	Al-Jaish	2
	Al-Salmiya	1

Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al Shabab Second title

References

External links

• 14th Arab Club Champions Cup 1999 – rsssf.com