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.
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) ES TunisUNAF (North Africa)1994, 1999 Hearts of OakWAFU (West Africa)1977, 1979
Venues
Stade El Menzah
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. 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. Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union.
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, and was also the venue of the 1978 final.
Road to final
ES TunisRound Hears of OakOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg APR FC7–07–0 (H)withdrew (A)First round Horoya AC4–32–1 (H)2–2 (A) Djoliba AC4–33–2 (H)1–1 (A)Second round DC Motema Pembe4–34–1 (H)0–2 (A)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Sable FC4–0 (H)Matchday 1 Al Ahly2–1 (H) Africa Sports1–2 (A)Matchday 2 Jeanne d'Arc4–2 (A) Mamelodi Sundowns3–2 (H)Matchday 3 Lobi Stars2–0 (A) Mamelodi Sundowns0–2 (A)Matchday 4 Lobi Stars2–0 (H) Sable FC2–1 (A)Matchday 5 Al Ahly SC1–1 (A) Africa Sports2–0 (H)Matchday 6 Jeanne d'Arc1–1 (H)Final standings
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
Second leg
Notes and references Notes
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