1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1997
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
City Tunis
Sfax
Teams 10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-up Egypt Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 53 (3.53 per match)

The 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Tunisian side Club Africain, the hosts. It was the 13th tournament and was held from 14 to 23 November 1997.

Preliminary Round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al Ahly and Al-Ahli advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Sfax, Tunisia.

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
Algeria WA Tlemcen 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
Morocco OC Khouribga 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
Libya Al-Shat 3 0 0 3 0 8 8 0

9 November 1997
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 4 – 0 Libya Aschat S.C.
Gomis  26'
Bouaziz  32'
Trabelsi  37'
Bechaouch  80'

11 November 1997
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2 - 0 Algeria WA Tlemcen
Ylyes
Bouaziz

CS Sfaxien and WA Tlemcen advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Am'ari 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
Tunisia Club Africain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
Algeria WA Tlemcen 3 1 1 1 7 1 +6 4
Jordan Al-Wehdat 3 0 0 3 3 13 10 0


Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Egypt Al-Ahly 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
Kuwait Kazma 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 3
State of Palestine Shabab Al-Am'ari 3 0 0 3 1 13 12 0


Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
21 november – Tunis
 Egypt Al-Ahly 3  
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 0  
 
23 november – Tunis
     Tunisia Club Africain (aet) 2
   Egypt Al-Ahly 1
21 november – Tunis
 Tunisia Club Africain (p) 2 (4)
 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2 (1)  


Semi-Finals


Final

23 November 1997
Club Africain Tunisia 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Egypt Al-Ahly
Rouissi  4'
Limam  114'
Maher  20'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 45.000

Winners

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tunisia
Club Africain
First title

External links

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