2000 CAF Champions League final explained

2000 CAF Champions League Final
Event:2000 CAF Champions League
Team1:ES Tunis
Team1association:
Team1score:2
Team2:Hearts of Oak
Team2association:
Team2score:5
Details:On aggregate
Firstleg:First leg
Team1score1:1
Team2score1:2
Date1:2 December 2000
Stadium1:Stade El Menzah
City1:Tunis
Referee1:Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Attendance1:30,000
Secondleg:Second leg
Team1score2:1
Team2score2:3
Date2:17 December 2000
Stadium2:Ohene Djan Stadium
City2:Accra
Referee2:Robin Williams (South Africa)
Attendance2:45,000
Previous:1999
Next: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

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.

TeamRegionPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
ES TunisUNAF (North Africa)1994, 1999
Hearts of OakWAFU (West Africa)1977, 1979

Venues

Stade El Menzah

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

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

ES TunisRound Hears of Oak
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
APR FC7–07–0 (H)withdrew (A)First round Horoya AC4–32–1 (H)2–2 (A)
Djoliba AC4–33–2 (H)1–1 (A)Second round DC Motema Pembe4–34–1 (H)0–2 (A)
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Sable FC4–0 (H)Matchday 1 Al Ahly2–1 (H)
Africa Sports1–2 (A)Matchday 2 Jeanne d'Arc4–2 (A)
Mamelodi Sundowns3–2 (H)Matchday 3 Lobi Stars2–0 (A)
Mamelodi Sundowns0–2 (A)Matchday 4 Lobi Stars2–0 (H)
Sable FC2–1 (A)Matchday 5 Al Ahly SC1–1 (A)
Africa Sports2–0 (H)Matchday 6 Jeanne d'Arc1–1 (H)
Final standings

Format

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

Second leg

Notes and references

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: African Club Competitions 200 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Stokkermans . Karel . 16 June 2019.
  2. Web site: CNS : Cité Natinale Sportive . 2015-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118172530/http://www.cns.nat.tn/fr/article/stade-de-football-d-el-menzah_11 . 2015-01-18 .
  3. Web site: World Stadiums - Stadiums Ghana. www.worldstadiums.com. 2019-12-07. 2021-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505150941/http://www.worldstadiums.com/africa/countries/ghana.shtml. dead.
  4. Web site: Conquerors blow Hurricanes away in Rugby Championship Final - X Live Africa. xliveafrica.com. 2019-12-07. 2017-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816105912/http://xliveafrica.com/2016/02/22/conquerors-blow-hurricanes-away-in-rugby-championship-final/. dead.
  5. News: Accra National Stadium . 2007-04-06 . Cup of Nations Venue Guide . BBC.
  6. http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/champions%20league.pdf Regulations of the CAF Champions League