2000 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2000 Crown Prince Cup

Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	17 February – 12 May 2000
Teams	44 (all) 32 (qualifying competition) 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Shabab
Champions	Al-Hilal (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Shabab
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al-Hilal
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Abdullah Al-Jamaan (5 goals)
← 1999 2001 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

Al-Raed (1) v Al-Tai (1)

28 March 20001	Al-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

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Oyoon (4)

28 March 20002	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

Al-Maseef (4) v Al-Hazem (3)

29 March 20004	Al-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

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Nassr (1)

29 March 20003	Al-Shabab (1)	3–1	Al-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

Al-Watani (4) v Al-Hilal (1)

30 March 20005	Al-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

Sdoos (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

30 March 20006	Sdoos (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

Al-Wehda (1) v Al-Ittihad (1)

31 March 20007	Al-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

Al-Riyadh (1) v Al-Najma (1)

31 March 20008	Al-Riyadh (1)	3–1	Al-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

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).

Al-Hazem (3) v Al-Hilal (1)

8 April 200011	Al-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

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Riyadh (1)

8 April 20009	Al-Ettifaq (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Al-Riyadh (1)	Dammam
20:30		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Beshri
	Penalties
	Al-Mogahwi Saif Al-Dossari Al-Fuhaid Al-Dubikhi Al-Muwallad Shehri Al-Bahri		Diop Al-Jebreen Robson Al-Qumayzi R. Al-Dossari Al-Mufarrij Al-Qarni Al-Suwailem

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Tai (1)

9 April 200010	Al-Shabab (1)	6–2	Al-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

Al-Ittihad (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

9 April 200012	Al-Ittihad (1)	2–1	Al-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

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).

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Shabab (1)

13 April 200014	Al-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

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Ittihad (1)

14 April 200013	Al-Hilal (1)	2–0	Al-Ittihad (1)	Riyadh
20:30	Al-Jamaan 48' Al-Jaber 75'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Yousef Al-Aqili

Final

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).

12 May 2000

20:45

Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Shabab
Sérgio 62' Al-Shalhoub 90' Al-Ghamdi 90+4'	Report

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Mohammed Al-Suwail

Top goalscorers

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

• 1999–2000 Saudi Premier League

References

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...؟!".