Saudi Champions Cup

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The Saudi Champions Cup, officially known as "The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Champions Cup" (Arabic:كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين للأبطال), is a cup championship launched on 31/5/2007. Due to be held from the 2007/2008 season onwards, it is expected to become the country's premier football competition. League star player Majeed Al-Deayea is quoted as saying "its a fantastic competition that will grow in stature over the years, I'm proud to be a part of it". The first team to win te new tournament, was Al-Shabab in 2008.

[edit] Format and Participants

The cup is organised as a straight knockout tournament with 8 teams participating.

The top six in the premier league participate along with the winners of the two local cup competitions; The Crown Prince Cup and The Prince Faisal Cup. In the event of duplicate qualifiers, they are replaced in the following order: The Crown Prince Cup runner up, Prince Faisal Cup runner up, 7th place team, and 8th place team.