2000 CAF Champions League final

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2000 CAF Champions League Final
Event2000 CAF Champions League
ES Tunis Hearts of Oak
Tunisia Ghana
2 5
On aggregate
First leg
ES Tunis Hearts of Oak
1 2
Date2 December 2000
VenueStade El Menzah, Tunis
RefereeLim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Attendance30,000
Second leg
Hearts of Oak ES Tunis
3 1
Date17 December 2000
VenueOhene Djan Stadium, Accra
RefereeRobin Williams (South Africa)
Attendance45,000
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2000. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat Espérance of Tunisia 5–2.[1]

Qualified teams[edit]

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Tunisia ES Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 1994, 1999
Ghana Hearts of Oak WAFU (West Africa) 1977, 1979

Venues[edit]

Stade El Menzah[edit]

Stade El Menzah in Tunis, Tunisia hosted the first leg.

Stade Olympique El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia.

It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium. Since then, it is an integral part of Tunisia's main sports complex. Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there. The stadium is completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It has a capacity of 39,858 seats.[2] The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration.

Ohene Djan Stadium[edit]

The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium is a multi-use, 39,800 all-seater stadium in Accra.[3] Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union.[4]

The stadium was inaugurated in 1952 by a football match played between Accra XI and Kumasi XI.

The stadium is also the home of one of Africa's most popular clubs, Hearts of Oak as well as Great Olympics, but Ghana's national team matches are sometimes played there.

During the 2000 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria, the stadium hosted 9 matches,[5] and was also the venue of the 1978 final.

Road to final[edit]

Further information: 2000 CAF Champions League
Tunisia ES Tunis Round Ghana Hears of Oak
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Rwanda APR FC 7–0 7–0 (H) withdrew (A) First round Guinea Horoya AC 4–3 2–1 (H) 2–2 (A)
Mali Djoliba AC 4–3 3–2 (H) 1–1 (A) Second round Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 4–3 4–1 (H) 0–2 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Cameroon Sable FC 4–0 (H) Matchday 1 Egypt Al Ahly 2–1 (H)
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1–2 (A) Matchday 2 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 4–2 (A)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3–2 (H) Matchday 3 Nigeria Lobi Stars 2–0 (A)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–2 (A) Matchday 4 Nigeria Lobi Stars 2–0 (H)
Cameroon Sable FC 2–1 (A) Matchday 5 Egypt Al Ahly SC 1–1 (A)
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 2–0 (H) Matchday 6 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 (H)

Group A Winner
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia ES Tunis 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Final
2 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 0 2 11 11 0 12
3 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
4 Cameroon Sable FC 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
 Final standings

Group B Winner
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ghana Hearts of Oak 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14 Final
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8
3 Nigeria Lobi Stars 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
4 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 6 0 3 3 6 12 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Format[edit]

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[6]

Matches[edit]

First leg[edit]

ES Tunis Tunisia1–2Ghana Hearts of Oak
  • Zitouni 36'
Attendance: 30,000

Second leg[edit]

Hearts of Oak Ghana3–1[a]Tunisia ES Tunis
Attendance: 45,000

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with ES Tunis leading 1–0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box.ES Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected. It was also marred by the antics of Espérance's goalkeeper Chokri El Ouaer who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned since Espérance had exhausted their substitution. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "African Club Competitions 200". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "CNS : Cité Natinale Sportive". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  3. ^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums Ghana". www.worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  4. ^ "Conquerors blow Hurricanes away in Rugby Championship Final - X Live Africa". xliveafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. ^ "Accra National Stadium". Cup of Nations Venue Guide. BBC. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  6. ^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League
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