2000 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

The 2000 Crown Prince Cup was the 25th season of the Saudi premier football knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the qualifying rounds on 17 February 2000 and concluded with the final on 12 May 2000.

2000 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates17 February – 12 May 2000
Teams44 (all)
32 (qualifying competition)
16 (main competition)
Defending championsAl-Shabab
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Hilal (3rd title)
Runner-upAl-Shabab
Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Abdullah Al-Jamaan
(5 goals)
← 1999
2001 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

In the final, Al-Hilal defeated defending champions Al-Shabab 3–0 to secure their third title.[1] The final was held at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah for the sixth time. As winners of the tournament, Al-Hilal qualified for the 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Qualifying rounds

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All of the competing teams that are not members of the Premier League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 4 available places in the Round of 16. The qualifying competition began on 17 February 2000. Second Division side Al-Hazem and Third Division sides Al-Maseef, Al-Oyoon and Al-Watani qualified.

First round

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Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Thursday 17 February 2000
Al-Safa (4) 0–5 Al-Qadisiyah (2)
Al-Nahda (3) 5–2 Modhar (3)
Al-Taawoun (2) 0–1 Al-Jabalain (4)
Al-Hazem (3) 1–0 Al-Arabi (4)
Al-Tuhami (4) 0–3 Hajer (2)
Abha (3) 0–1 Al-Maseef (4)
Al-Akhdoud (4) 1–0 Najran (2)
Al-Shoulla (2) 1–2 (asdet) Al-Diriyah (4)
Zahran (4) 2–2 (6–5 p) Okaz (4)
Ohod (2) 2–3 Al-Majd (4)
Al-Qarah (3) 5–1 Al-Rawdhah (3)
Al-Khaleej (2) N/A N/A
Friday 18 February 2000
Al-Watani (4) 1–0 Al-Ansar (2)
Al-Hamadah (3) 1–0 Al-Kholood (3)
Saturday 19 February 2000
Al-Orobah (2) 6–0 Al-Entelaq (4)
Al-Fateh (2) 2–3 (asdet) Al-Oyoon (4)

Second round

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Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Thursday 24 February 2000
Al-Orobah (2) 1–1 (3–4 p) Al-Watani (4)
Al-Maseef (4) 1–0 Hajer (2)
Al-Akhdoud (4) 1–0 Al-Khaleej (2)
Al-Qadisiyah (2) 3–2 Al-Nahda (3)
Al-Oyoon (4) 1–1 (6–5 p) Al-Qarah (3)
Al-Hazem (3) 1–0 Al-Jabalain (4)
Friday 25 February 2000
Al-Hamadah (3) N/A Al-Diriyah (4)
Al-Majd (4) N/A Zahran (4)

Final Round

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Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Thursday 2 March 2000
Al-Hamadah (3) 1–2 (asdet) Al-Hazem (3)
Al-Maseef (4) 3–2 Al-Akhdoud (4)
Al-Qadisiyah (2) 3–4 (asdet) Al-Oyoon (4)
Al-Majd (4) 0–0 (4–5 p) Al-Watani (4)

Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
H Al-Watani 0
A Al-Hilal 4
A Al-Hilal 2
H Al-Hazem 0
A Al-Hazem 1
H Al-Maseef 0
H Al-Hilal 2
A Al-Ittihad 0
A Al-Ittihad 3
H Al-Wehda 0
H Al-Ittihad 2
A Al-Ahli 1
H Sdoos 1
A Al-Ahli 2
Al-Hilal 3
Al-Shabab 0
H Al-Shabab 3
A Al-Nassr 1
H Al-Shabab 6
A Al-Tai 2
A Al-Tai 4
H Al-Raed 0
A Al-Shabab 2
H Al-Ettifaq 1
A Al-Najma 1
H Al-Riyadh 3
A Al-Riyadh 0 (7)
H Al-Ettifaq (pen.) 0 (8)
H Al-Ettifaq (asdet) 3
A Al-Oyoon 2

Round of 16

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The draw for the Round of 16 was held on 4 March 2000.[2] The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 28, 29, 30 and 31 March 2000.[3][4] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

28 March 2000 1Al-Raed (1)0–4 Al-Tai (1) Buraidah
20:00 Report Al-Saqri   24'
Al-Ghazi   45'
Al-Rashid   83'
Al-Suleiman   90'
Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al-Jarwan
28 March 2000 2 Al-Ettifaq (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.)Al-Oyoon (4)Dammam
20:00 Al-Fuhaid   45'
Al-Ali   58'
Al-Dossari   96'
Report Al-Assaf   40'
Al-Ghareeb   81' (pen.)
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan
29 March 2000 4Al-Maseef (4)0–1 Al-Hazem (3) Abha
16:00 Report Al-Rumaihi   30' Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al-Yami
29 March 2000 3 Al-Shabab (1) 3–1Al-Nassr (1)Riyadh
20:00 Al-Dawod   23'
Suroor   40'
Al-Otaibi   72'
Report Yazid   55' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari
30 March 2000 5Al-Watani (4)0–4 Al-Hilal (1) Tabuk
16:00 Report Al-Mofarij   16'
Al-Jamaan   39', 73', 77'
Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium
Referee: Saleh Al-Shahrani
30 March 2000 6Sdoos (1)1–2 Al-Ahli (1) Riyadh
20:00 Al-Taweel   71' (pen.) Report Pérez   14', 88' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Yousef Al-Aqili
31 March 2000 7Al-Wehda (1)0–3 Al-Ittihad (1) Mecca
20:00 Report T. Al-Muwallad   66'
Al-Zahrani   72'
Idris   90'
Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Zaid
31 March 2000 8 Al-Riyadh (1) 3–1Al-Najma (1)Riyadh
20:00 Al-Sobhi   50'
Diop   57' (pen.)
Al-Dossari   88'
Report Al-Munaif   47' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Ghimlas

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the Quarter-finals was held on 1 April 2000.[5] The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 8 and 9 April 2000.[6][7][8] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

8 April 2000 11Al-Hazem (3)0–2 Al-Hilal (1) Buraidah
16:00 Report Al-Jamaan   18'
Dokhi   82'
Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Suwail
9 April 2000 10 Al-Shabab (1) 6–2Al-Tai (1)Riyadh
20:15 Suroor   6'
Al-Qanat   13'
Al-Otaibi   65', 78'
Majrashi   69'
Al-Owairan   87'
Report Al-Rashid   45', 90' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Omar
9 April 2000 12 Al-Ittihad (1) 2–1Al-Ahli (1)Jeddah
20:30 Al-Hadaithi   88', 90+2' Report Masaad   22' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Semi-finals

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The draw for the Semi-finals was held on 10 April 2000.[9] The Semi-finals fixtures were played on 13 and 14 April 2000.[10][11][12] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

13 April 2000 14Al-Ettifaq (1)1–2 Al-Shabab (1) Dammam
20:30 Al-Ali   60' Report Al-Waked   17'
Al-Khathran   88'
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Dhafer Abo Zanda
14 April 2000 13 Al-Hilal (1) 2–0Al-Ittihad (1)Riyadh
20:30 Al-Jamaan   48'
Al-Jaber   75'
Report Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Referee: Yousef Al-Aqili

Final

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The 2000 Crown Prince Cup Final was played on 12 May 2000 at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabab.[13][14] This was the sixth Crown Prince Cup final to be held at the stadium. The two sides met once in the final with Al-Shabab winning in 1999. This was a repeat of last season's final. This was Al-Shabab's sixth final and Al-Hilal's fourth final. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Hilal3–0Al-Shabab
Sérgio   62'
Al-Shalhoub   90'
Al-Ghamdi   90+4'
Report
Referee: Mohammed Al-Suwail

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Abdullah Al-Jamaan Al-Hilal 5
2   Marzouk Al-Otaibi Al-Shabab 3
  Badr Al-Rashid Al-Tai
4   Ricardo Pérez Al-Ahli 2
  Salem Suroor Al-Shabab
  Sulaiman Al-Hadaithi Al-Ittihad
  Hussain Al-Ali Al-Ettifaq

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "الأزرق.. أكل (الأخضر واليابس)".
  2. ^ "القرعة تبتسم ل(١٤) فريقاً وتكشر للنصر وحامل اللقب".
  3. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2000 - دور الـ 16".
  4. ^ "اليوم في افتتاح مسابقة كأس سمو ولي العهد".
  5. ^ "قرعة ربع نهائي الكأس تبتسم للهلال والشباب ولقاء متكافئ يجمع الرياض والاتفاق".
  6. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2000 - دور الـ 8".
  7. ^ "عصر ومساء اليوم مباراتان في بريدة والدمام ضمن الدور ربع النهائي لمسابقة كأس سمو ولي العهد".
  8. ^ "في ختام لقاءات دور الثمانية لمسابقة كأس سمو ولي العهد".
  9. ^ "قرعة نصف نهائي كأس ولي العهد تسفر عن:".
  10. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2000 - دور الـ 4".
  11. ^ "مساء اليوم على أستاذ الأمير محمد بن فهد بالدمام ولتحديد الطرف الأول لنهائي كأس سمو ولي العهد".
  12. ^ "القمة.. هلالية أم اتحادية...؟".
  13. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2000 - النهائي".
  14. ^ "كأس ولي العهد.. للزعيم أم الليث...؟!".