The 1998 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in

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in the city of

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won the championship for the first time beating in the final Al Shabab.

Participants

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from

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held in

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in February 1998. ---- ---- ---- ---- '' Al-Hilal withdrew. West Riffa SC & Al-Wasl advanced to the final tournament.''

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in

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& Al-Wehda withdrew. ---- ''

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qualified but withdrew, Al Shabab replaced it and advanced to the final tournament.''

Zone 3 (North Africa)

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin ( ar, النادي الرياضي البنزرتي) or CAB is a football club from Bizerte in Tunisia. It was founded on June 20, 1928. CA Bizertin have won the Tunisian League four times, the Tunisian Cup three times, ...

withdrew. ''

& Al Tahaddy advanced automatically to the final tournament.''

Zone 4 (East Region)

Tishreen, Lebanon & Palestine representative teams withdrew. ''

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advanced automatically to the final tournament.''

Final tournament

Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

;Highest Scorer *

Hamzah Idris Hamzah Idris Falatah ( ar, حمزة إدريس فلاتة, born 8 October 1972) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He played as a striker for Ohud from 1992 to 1995 and then for Al Ittihad until he retired in 2007. For Saudi Arabia national tea ...

;Man of the Competition * Abdullah Al-Sheehan ;Best Goalkeeper *

Hichem Mezaïr Mohamed Hichem Mezaïr (born October 16, 1976 in Tlemcen) is an Algerian former football (soccer), footballer. Career Mezaïr was a member of the Algeria national football team, Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team, which finished second in it ...

;Fair Play team of the tournament * Al Shabab

References

External links

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