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2000 CAF Champions League
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Dates
| 30 January ? 17 December
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Teams
| 45 (from 45 associations)
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Champions
| Hearts of Oak
(1st title)
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Runners-up
| ES Tunis
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Matches played
| 97
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Goals scored
| 270 (2.78 per match)
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International football competition
The
2000 CAF Champions League
was the 36th awarding of
Africa
's premier club
football
tournament prize organized by the
Confederation of African Football
(CAF), and the 4th prize under the
CAF Champions League
format.
Hearts of Oak SC
of
Ghana
defeated
ES Tunis
of
Tunisia
in the final to win their first title.
Qualifying rounds
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Preliminary round
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1
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix
were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
First round
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APR FC
withdrew after the first leg; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $4000.
2
Black Africa SC
withdrew.
Second round
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Group stage
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Key to colours in group tables
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Group winners advance to the Knockout stage
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Group A
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Group B
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Final
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The 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 Esperance's goalkeeper
Chokri El Ouaer
who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.
Top goalscorers
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The top scorers from the 2000 CAF Champions League are as follows:
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African Champion Clubs' Cup era, 1964?1996
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Finals
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CAF Champions League era, 1997?present
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Finals
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Domestic leagues
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- Algeria
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Egypt
- Libya
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Tunisia
- Uganda
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Domestic cups
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CAF competitions
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