1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tourney nameArab Club Champions Cup
Year1999
Other titlesبطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1999
CountryEgypt
CityCairo
Dates23 September – 3 October
Num teams8
Confederations2
Associations7
Venues1
Cities1
Champion otherAl Shabab
Count2
Second otherAl-Jaish
Matches15
Goals36
Top scorerSaeed Al-Owairan
Ali Marwi
Mohamed Farouk
(3 goals each)
PlayerAhmad Azzam
GoalkeeperAbdulrahman Al-Hamdan[1]
Prevseason1998
Nextseason2000

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
ZoneTeamQualifying method
Al AhlyHosts
WA TlemcenHolders
Zone 1West Riffa SC1997–98 Bahraini Premier League winners
Al-Salmiya1997–98 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
Oman Club1997–98 Omani League fifth
Al-Arabi (Doha)1997–98 Qatar Stars League fourth
Al-Ittihad1997–98 Saudi Premier League seventh
Sharjah SC1997–98 UAE Football League runners-up
Zone 2Al Shabab1997–98 Saudi Premier League runners-up
Al-Hilal Club1999 Sudan Premier League winners
Al-Wehda1997–98 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3Al-Mahalla1997–98 Libyan Premier League height
ASC Sonalec1997–98 Mauritanean Premier League runners-up
Olympique Béja1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National fifth
Zone 4Al-Wehdat1996–97 Jordan League winners
Khadamat RafahGaza Strip League representative
Al-Jaish1997–98 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Jeddah in 1999.





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

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Abha.



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.



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

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals


References

  1. ^ "Jazirah newspaper 1999-10-04"
  2. ^ "Arab Clubs League Championship – Cairo 1999". goalzz.com