1989 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 1989 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Morocco in the city of Marrakesh. Wydad Athletic Club won the competition for the first time beating in the final Al-Hilal.[1]

1989 Arab Club Champions Cup
كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال 1989
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityMarrakesh
Dates19 November – 2 December
Teams10 (from 2 confederations) (from 8 associations)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco Wydad Athletic Club (1st title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Third placeAlgeria JS Kabylie
Fourth placeTunisia Étoile du Sahel
1988
1990

Participants

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Participants
ZoneTeamQualifying method
Kawkab MarrakechHosts
Al-EttifaqHolders
Zone 1 Al-Muharraq1987–88 Bahraini Premier League winners
Fanja SC1987–88 Omani League winners
Zone 2 Al Ahly1987–88 Egyptian Premier League runners-up
Al-Hilal1987–88 Saudi Premier League winners
Al-MatabehSomali First Division representative
Al-Mourada1987–88 Sudan Premier League winners
Zone 3 JS Kabylie1987–88 Algerian Championnat National runners-up
CLAS CasablancaMoroccan Championship Sixth place
Wydad Athletic ClubMoroccan Throne Cup winners
Étoile du Sahel1987–88 Tunisian Championship Fifth place
Zone 4 Al-Tayaran1987–88 Iraqi League Third place
Al-Ansar SC1987–88 Lebanese Premier League winners

Preliminary round

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Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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Al-Muharraq and Fanja SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

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Preliminary round tournament held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al-Hilal3210122+105
Al Ahly[a]3210123+95
Al-Mourada31026602
Al-Matabeh3003423−190
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Al Ahly withdrew from the final tournament after qualification, it had been replaced by Wydad Casablanca.
Al-Hilal 2 – 0 Al-Mourada
Al Ahly 9 – 1 Al-Matabeh

Al-Hilal 1 – 1 Al Ahly
Al-Mourada 5 – 2 Al-Matabeh

Al Ahly 2 – 1 Al-Mourada
Al-Hilal 9 – 1 Al-Matabeh

Al-Hilal advanced to the final tournament. Al Ahly withdrew from the final tournament after qualification, it had been replaced by Wydad Casablanca.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

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Preliminary round tournament held in Sousse, Tunisia.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Étoile du Sahel211031+23
JS Tizi Ouzou20203302
CLAS Casablanca201125−31
Source: [citation needed]
Étoile du Sahel 1 – 1 JS Tizi Ouzou
Bouazra –' –'

JS Tizi Ouzou and Étoile du Sahel advanced to the final tournament.
JS Tizi Ouzou renamed JS Kabylie from the season 1989-90 and played under this name in the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

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Preliminary round tournament held in Baghdad, Iraq. Syria, Jordan and Palestine withdrew their participant.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al-Tayaran220030+34
Al-Ansar200203−30
Source: [citation needed]

Al-Tayaran and Al-Ansar SC advanced to the final tournament.

Final Tournament

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Final tournament held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 19 November to 2 December 1989.

Group stage

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Group A

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TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
JS Kabylie413043+15
Al-Hilal[a]420264+24
Al-Tayaran412164+24
Kawkab Marrakech412146−24
Al-Muharraq411225−33
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Hilal qualified after a drawing of lots with Al-Tayaran.
JS Kabylie 1 – 1 Al-Tayaran
–'Hamad –'




Al-Tayaran 3 – 0 Al-Muharraq
Hamad –', –'
Hashim –'
JS Kabylie 2 – 1 Al-Hilal
Saïb 22'
Meftah 80'
Al-Habashi 6'
Referee: Yousef Belal (Libya)

Group B

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TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Étoile du Sahel422074+36
Wydad Casablanca421153+25
Al-Ettifaq41214404
Al-Ansar412145−14
Fanja SC401304−41
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ansar 2 – 2 Étoile du Sahel
–'
–'
Brigui –', –'




Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Marrakesh
 
 
Étoile du Sahel (p)0 (4)
 
2 December – Marrakesh
 
Al-Hilal0 (5)
 
Al-Hilal1
 
Marrakesh
 
Wydad Casablanca3
 
JS Kabylie2
 
 
Wydad Casablanca3
 
Third place
 
 
Marrakesh
 
 
Étoile du Sahel0
 
 
JS Kabylie1

Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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Al-Hilal 1 – 3 Wydad Casablanca
Referee: Osama Al Shami (Syria)

Winners

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1989 Arab Club Champions Cup winners

Wydad Casablanca
First title

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarès du Wydad". Wydad Al Oumma. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24.
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