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)

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withdrew. ''

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

Zone 4 (East Region)

Tishreen, Lebanon & Palestine representative teams withdrew. '' Al-Wehdat 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 ;Man of the Competition * Abdullah Al-Sheehan ;Best Goalkeeper *

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;Fair Play team of the tournament * Al Shabab

References

External links

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