2000 CAF Champions League final

2000 CAF Champions League final Ohene Djan Stadium hosted the podium where Hearts of Oak lifted the trophy 2000 CAF Champions League ES Tunis TUN 30px 2 Hearts of Oak GHA 30px 5 On aggregate First leg 1 2 2 December 2000 Stade El Menzah Tunis Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) 30,000 Second leg 1 3 17 December 2000 Ohene Djan Stadium Accra Robin Williams (South Africa) 45,000 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup00.html African Club Competitions 200 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Stokkermans Karel 16 June 2019 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)TUN ES TunisUNAF (North Africa)1994, 1999GHA Hearts of OakWAFU (West Africa)1977, 1979 Venues Stade El Menzah thumb|200px|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.http://www.cns.nat.tn/fr/article/stade-de-football-d-el-menzah_11 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 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.http://www.worldstadiums.com/africa/countries/ghana.shtml 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 Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union.http://xliveafrica.com/2016/02/22/conquerors-blow-hurricanes-away-in-rugby-championship-final/ 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 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,http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/sport/football/africa/cup_of_nations/accra.stm Accra National Stadium 2007-04-06 Cup of Nations Venue Guide BBC and was also the venue of the 1978 final. Road to final 2000 CAF Champions League TUN ES TunisRoundGHA Hears of OakOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legRWA 1962 APR FC7–07–0 (H)withdrew (A)First roundGUI Horoya AC4–32–1 (H)2–2 (A)MLI Djoliba AC4–33–2 (H)1–1 (A)Second roundCOD 1997 DC Motema Pembe4–34–1 (H)0–2 (A)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultCMR Sable FC4–0 (H)Matchday 1EGY Al Ahly2–1 (H)CIV Africa Sports1–2 (A)Matchday 2SEN Jeanne d'Arc4–2 (A)RSA Mamelodi Sundowns3–2 (H)Matchday 3NGA Lobi Stars2–0 (A)RSA Mamelodi Sundowns0–2 (A)Matchday 4NGA Lobi Stars2–0 (H)CMR Sable FC2–1 (A)Matchday 5EGY Al Ahly SC1–1 (A)CIV Africa Sports2–0 (H)Matchday 6SEN Jeanne d'Arc1–1 (H)n Group A Group A WinnerFinal standingsn Group B Group B Winner 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).Regulations of the CAF Champions League Matches First leg 2 December 2000 --:-- 1 ES Tunis TUN 1–2 GHA Hearts of Oak Zitouni 36 Addo 52 Kuffour 79 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 30,000 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Second leg 17 December 2000 --:-- 0 Hearts of Oak GHA 3–1The 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. TUN ES Tunis Kuffour 83 89 Addo 90 Gabsi 18 Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra 45,000 Robin Williams (South Africa) Notes and references Notes References Final 2000 Category:December 2000 sports events in Africa Category:Espérance Sportive de Tunis matches Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. matches Category:21st century in Tunis Category:21st century in Accra Category:Sports competitions in Tunis Category:Football in Accra Category:Football matches in Tunisia Category:Football matches in Ghana Category:2000–01 in Tunisian football Category:2000 in Ghanaian sport