2010 King Cup of Champions

2010 King Cup of Champions
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates4 April – 7 May 2010
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Ittihad
Runner-upAl-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored41 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Saad Al-Harthi (5 goals)
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The 2010 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 35th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 3rd under the current edition. Al-Shabab were the defending champion but they were eliminated by Al-Ittihad in semi-finals.

Al-Ittihad won their first title in the current edition and seventh overall after beating Al-Hilal 5–4 on penalties in the final.

Participating teams

Team Qualifying method App* Last App
Al-Hilal 2009–10 Professional League champions 3rd 2009
Al-Ittihad 2009–10 Professional League runners-up 3rd 2009
Al-Nassr 2009–10 Professional League 3rd place 3rd 2009
Al-Shabab 2009–10 Professional League 4th place 3rd 2009
Al-Wehda 2009–10 Professional League 5th place 3rd 2009
Al-Ahli 2009–10 Professional League 6th place 3rd 2009
Al-Hazm 2009–10 Professional League 7th place 3rd 2009
Al-Fateh 2009–10 Professional League 8th place 1st none

* Number of appearance in King Cup of Champions since the 2008 season.

Fixtures and results

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
6 Al-Ahli 0 3 3
3 Al-Nassr 3 1 4
3 Al-Nassr 3 1 4
1 Al-Hilal 5 1 6
1 Al-Hilal 3 5 8
8 Al-Fateh 1 0 1
1 Al-Hilal 0 (4)
2 Al-Ittihad (p) 0 (5)
2 Al-Ittihad 4 0 4
7 Al-Hazm 1 0 1
2 Al-Ittihad 2 2 4 Third place
4 Al-Shabab 0 1 1
4 Al-Shabab 1 0 1 4 Al-Shabab 1
5 Al-Wehda 0 0 0 3 Al-Nassr 3

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played on 4, 5, 8 & 9 April 2010.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shabab 1–0 Al-Wehda 1–0 0–0
Al-Hilal 8–1 Al-Fateh 3–1 5–0
Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Hazm 4–1 0–0
Al-Ahli 3–4 Al-Nassr 0–3 3–1

First leg

4 April 2010 1 Al-Shabab 1–0Al-WehdaRiyadh
20:35 (UTC+3) Flávio 20' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi
4 April 2010 2 Al-Hilal 3–1Al-FatehRiyadh
20:35 (UTC+3) Al-Shalhoub 26' (pen.)
Khairat 28'
Al-Mehyani 69'		 Al-Hadrami 82' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini
4 April 2010 3 Al-Ittihad 4–1Al-HazemJeddah
20:50 (UTC+3) Al-Saqri 19'
Ziaya 28' (pen.)
Noor 75'
Chermiti 86'		 Ji 72' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al-Qahtani
5 April 2010 4Al-Ahli0–3 Al-Nassr Jeddah
20:30 (UTC+3) Al-Harthi 54', 61', 71' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Second leg

8 April 2010 5Al-Fateh0–5 Al-Hilal Al-Hasa
20:35 (UTC+3) Al-Abed 11'
Al-Qahtani 44', 61' (pen.)
Al-Shalhoub 64'
Al-Mehyani 72'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani
8 April 2010 6 Al-Hazem 0–0 Al-Ittihad Ar Rass
20:35 (UTC+3) Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
8 April 2010 7 Al-Wehda 0–0 Al-Shabab Mecca
20:35 (UTC+3) Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri
9 April 2010 8Al-Nassr1–3 Al-Ahli Riyadh
20:35 (UTC+3) Feindouno 26' Simões 11', 44' (pen.), 69' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Semi-finals

Semi-finals were played on 20–21 April and 2–3 May 2010.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Nassr 4–6 Al-Hilal 3–5 1–1
Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Shabab 2–0 2–1

First leg

20 April 2010 9Al-Nassr3–5 Al-Hilal Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Figueroa 62', 86' (pen.)
Belal 79'		 Al-Qahtani 8', 27'
Rădoi 25' (pen.), 90'
Nami 59'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
21 April 2010 10 Al-Ittihad 2–0Al-ShababJeddah
21:00 (UTC+3) Abushgeer 50'
Ziaya 56'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Second leg

2 May 2010 11 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Nassr Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Neves 29' Al-Harthi 57' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
3 May 2010 12Al-Shabab1–2 Al-Ittihad Riyadh
21:05 (UTC+3) Flávio 51' Kariri 39'
Hazazi 90'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Third Place

Third place game was played on 6 May 2010.[1]

6 May 2010 13Al-Shabab1–3 Al-Nassr Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Otaif 45' (pen.) Figueroa 11' (pen.)
Al-Harthi 40'
Al-Sahlawi 72'		 Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

Final

Al-Hilal0–0 (a.e.t.)Al-Ittihad
Penalties
Al-Qahtani soccer ball with check mark
Al-Mehyani soccer ball with check mark
Lee Young-pyo soccer ball with check mark
Wilhelmsson soccer ball with check mark
Al-Fraidi soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Kariri
soccer ball with check mark Ziaya
soccer ball with check mark Chermiti
soccer ball with check mark Al-Raheeb
soccer ball with check mark Noor

Winner

King Cup of Champions
2010 Winners
Al-Ittihad
7th Title

References

  1. ^ a b c "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup of Champions 2010". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.