2000 African Cup Winners' Cup

The 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-sixth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF.

2000 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 January - 10 December 2000
Teams38 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-up Canon Yaoundé
Tournament statistics
Matches played73
Goals scored177 (2.42 per match)

In a final featuring two giants of African club football, four time African champions Zamalek of Egypt defeated three time African champions Canon Yaoundé of Cameroon 4-3 on aggregate over two-legs.

Association team allocation

A total of 38 teams from 38 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 38 teams that qualified 1 withdrew before fulfilling all of its fixtures and another was disqualified;

Format

The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final.

  • Preliminary round - The 12 lowest ranked teams - whose rankings were determined by their association's performances at previous CAF club tournaments - were drawn against each other in 6 matches consisting of two-legs each.
  • First round - The 6 winners from the preliminary round were then drawn against the remaining 26 clubs, resulting in 16 matches consisting of two-legs each.
  • Second round - The 16 winners from the first round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 8 matches consisting of two-legs each.
  • Quarter-finals - The 8 winners from the second round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 4 matches consisting of two-legs each.
  • Semi-finals - The 4 victorious quarter-finalists were then drawn against each other in 2 semi-finals consisting of two-legs each.
  • Final - The victorious semi-finalists contested a two-legged final to determine the champion.

The away goals rule was used to determine the victors in the event of a match being tied over the two-legs. If it was not possible to determine a winner using the away goals rule, the tie went to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.

Preliminary round

The first legs were played on 29 & 30 January, and the second legs were played on 12 & 14 February 2000.

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS CotonTchad 2-2 JS du Ténéré 2-1 0-1
Wallidan 0-3 Mogas 90 FC 0-1 0-2
Réal Olympique 1-1[1] Rayon Sports 1-1 -
FC Djivan 0-0 (2-0 pen) Red Star 0-0 0-0
Mogoditshane Fighters 1-0 Linare FC 1-0 0-0
Chief Santos 3-7 Sagrada Esperança 1-3 2-4

Notes:

^[1] Following a 1-1 draw at home to Rayon Sports in the first leg, Central African club Réal Olympique failed to show up for the second leg, handing Rayon Sports a walkover into the First Round.

First round

The first legs were played from 17–19 March, and the second legs were played from 31 March-2 April 2000 with the exception of the matches between ASEC Ndiambour and ASEC Mimosas which were played on the 2nd (first leg) and 16th (second leg) of April.

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
JS du Ténéré 1-2 U.S.M. Alger 1-1 0-1
AS Dragons 3-5 Stade Malien 3-2 0-3
Young Africans 1-5 Zamalek 1-1 0-4
Coffee FC 4-2* Telecom Wanderers 3-0 1-2*
Mogas 90 FC 1-3 Club Africain 0-0 1-3
Plateau United 3-3(a) Étoile du Congo 3-2 0-1
Étoile Filante Ouagadougou 0-1 FAR Rabat 0-0 0-1
Rayon Sports 3-2 US Bitam 2-0 1-2
Mbale Heroes 1-4 Al-Merreikh 1-2 0-2
FC Djivan 3-5 SS Saint-Louisienne 1-1 2-4
Coast Stars F.C. 0-4 Canon Yaoundé 0-1 0-3
Mogoditshane Fighters 2-4 Zamsure 1-2 1-2
Al-Ittihad 2-2(3-2 pen) Great Olympics 2-0 0-2
Costa do Sol 2-3 SuperSport United 1-1 1-2
ASC Ndiambour 3-3(a) ASEC 2-0 1-3
Sagrada Esperança 6-1 Agaza Lomé 4-1 2-0

Notes:

^[1] U.S.M. Alger were disqualified after fielding an ineligible player in the second leg tie against JS du Ténéré. U.S.M. Algers' disqualification allowed JS du Ténéré, who had originally lost the tie 2-1 on aggregate, to progress to the Second Round.
^[2] The second leg tie between Telecom Wanderers and Coffee FC in Blantyre was abandoned after 84 minutes. At the time of abandonment Telecom Wanderers were leading 2-1 but losing 4-2 on aggregate to Coffee FC, resulting in Telecom Wanderers' elimination at the hands of Coffee FC.

Second round

The first legs were played on 6 & 7 May (with the exception of the tie between JS du Ténéré & Stade Malien which was played on 14 May), and the second legs were played on 27 & 28 May 2000.

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
JS du Ténéré 2-1 Stade Malien 1-1 1-0
Zamalek 3-3(4-2 pen) Coffee FC 2-1 1-2
Club Africain 4-4(a) Étoile du Congo 4-2 0-2
FAR Rabat 2-2(a) Rayon Sports 1-0 1-2
Al-Merreikh 1-10 SS Saint-Louisienne 0-2 1-8
Canon Yaoundé 5-1 Zamsure 4-1 1-0
Al-Ittihad 2-1 SuperSport United 2-0 0-1
ASC Ndiambour 1-1(a) Sagrada Esperança 0-0 1-1

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 5 & 6 August, and the second legs were played on 19 & 20 August 2000.

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 3-2 ASC Ndiambour 3-1 0-1
FAR Rabat 2-2(pen 4-5) SS Saint-Louisienne 1-1 1-1
Étoile du Congo 2-5 Canon Yaoundé 0-3 2-2
Al-Ittihad 5-3 JS du Ténéré 5-2 0-1

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 14 & 15 October, and the second legs were played on 27 & 30 October 2000.

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 2-0 SS Saint-Louisienne 2-0 0-0
Al-Ittihad 1-2 Canon Yaoundé 1-1 0-1

Final
Main article: 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 4–3 Canon Yaoundé 4–1 0–2

First leg
Zamalek 4 – 1 Canon Yaoundé
Abdel-Moneim  26'
El-Said  31' (pen.)
Bassiouny  51'
El-Doumany  79'		 Mebenga  9'
Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abderrahim El-Arjoun (Morocco)

Second leg
Canon Yaoundé 2 – 0 Zamalek
Tchameni  72'
Batang  90'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Zamalek won the two-legged final 4-3 on aggregate

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