1998 Arab Club Champions Cup

1998 Arab Club Champions Cup

بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1998
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	Jeddah
Dates	19–30 November
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations) (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	WA Tlemcen (1st title)
Runners-up	Al Shabab
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hamzah Idris (5 goals)
Best player	Abdullah Al-Sheehan
Best goalkeeper	Hichem Mezaïr

The 1998 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia in the city of Jeddah. WA Tlemcen won the championship for the first time beating in the final Al Shabab.^[1]

Participants

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
	Al-Ittihad	Hosts
	Club Africain	Holders
Zone 1	West Riffa SC	1996–97 Bahraini Premier League winners
	Al-Arabi (Kuwait City)	1996–97 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
	Sur SC	1996–97 Omani League runners-up
	Al-Arabi (Doha)	1996–97 Qatar Stars League winners
	Al-Hilal	1996–97 Saudi Premier League 3rd
	Al-Wasl	1996–97 UAE Football League winners
Zone 2	Al Ahly	1996–97 Egyptian Premier League winners
	Al Shabab	1996–97 Saudi Premier League 4th
	Al-Merrikh	1996–97 Sudan Premier League winners
	Al-Wehda	1996–97 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3	WA Tlemcen	1996–97 Algerian Championnat National 5th
	Al Tahaddy	1996–97 Libyan Premier League winners
	CA Bizertin	1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National 4th
Zone 4	Al-Wehdat	1996–97 Jordan League winners
	withdrew	Lebanese League representative
	withdrew	West Bank or Gaza Strip League representative
	Tishreen	1996–97 Syrian League winners

Preliminary Round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Muscat on February 1998.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Hilal	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
West Riffa SC	5	2	2	1	6	7	−1	8
Al-Wasl	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
Sur SC	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
Al-Arabi (Doha)	5	0	3	2	5	7	−2	3
Al-Arabi (Kuwait City)	5	0	3	2	3	6	−3	3

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Al-Hilal withdrew. West Riffa SC & Al-Wasl advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Cairo. Al-Merrikh & Al-Wehda withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ahly	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Al Shabab	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
Al-Merrikh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al-Wehda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Al Ahly qualifyed but withdrew, Al Shabab replaced it and advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

CA Bizertin withdrew.

WA Tlemcen & Al Tahaddy advanced automatically to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Tishreen, Lebanon & Palestine representative teams withdrew.

Al-Wehdat advanced automatically 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-Wasl	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Al-Ittihad	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
Al Tahaddy	3	0	2	1	2	8	−6	2
Al-Wehdat	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
WA Tlemcen	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
West Riffa SC	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
Club Africain	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

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Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 november – Jeddah
	Al-Wasl	1
	WA Tlemcen	3
					30 november – Jeddah
					WA Tlemcen	3
					Al Shabab	1
	27 november – Jeddah
	Al Shabab	1
	Al-Ittihad	0

Semi-Finals

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Final

Winners

1998 Arab Club Champions Cup
WA Tlemcen First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Hamzah Idris	Al Shabab	5

Awards

Highest Scorer

• Hamzah Idris

Man of the Competition

• Abdullah Al-Sheehan

Best Goalkeeper

• Hichem Mezaïr

Fair Play team of the tournament

• Al Shabab

References

External links

• 13th Arab Club Champions Cup 1998 – rsssf.com