2002 Arab Unified Club Championship Explained

Tourney Name:Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs
Year:2002
Other Titles:بطولة الاندية العربية الموحدة 2002
بطولة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للأندية العربية 2002
Country:Saudi Arabia
Dates:17 January – 2 February 2003
Associations:1
Champion Other: Al-Ahli (Jeddah)
Count:1
Second Other: Club Africain
Third Other: Al-Ittihad
Fourth Other: Stade Tunisien
Top Scorer: Adel Sellimi
(5 goals)
Player: Talal Al-Meshal[1]
Goalkeeper: Abdullah Al Ammami
Prevseason:2001
Nextseason:2003

2002 Arab Unified Club Championship, known officially as the 2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, was the 18th UAFA Club Cup, and the 1st since the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup were unified. The tournament was originally scheduled for 18 – 31 August 2002 in Morocco, hosted by MAS Fez. it was then postponed to 17 January – 2 February 2003, to be held in Fez and Casablanca, and finally moved to Jeddah.

Final stage

WA Casablanca enter as Moroccan club chosen by organisers in October, but could not enter the Jeddah tournament; they were replaced by Al-Ittihad Jeddah as second club of the host country.
Palestine representatives Al-Aqsa SC had to withdraw due to the Israeli government restricting the freedom of movement of Palestines in the occupied territories.

First round

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Second round

Group A

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Group B

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Knock-out stage

Semifinals

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Third place match

Third place match not played, Al-Ittihad awarded third place.

Final

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: طلال وبركات أفضل النجوم العرب .