2000 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-sixth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF.
In a final featuring two giants of African club football, four time African champions Zamalek of Egypt defeated three time African champions Canon Yaoundé of Cameroon 4–3 on aggregate over two-legs.
Association team allocation
A total of 38 teams from 38 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 38 teams that qualified 1 withdrew before fulfilling all of its fixtures and another was disqualified;- Central African club Réal Olympique failed to show up for its Preliminary Round second leg match against Rayon Sports.
- Algerian club U.S.M. Alger was disqualified for fielding an ineligible player during their second leg tie against JS du Ténéré in the First Round.
Format
The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final.- Preliminary round – The 12 lowest ranked teams – whose rankings were determined by their association's performances at previous CAF club tournaments – were drawn against each other in 6 matches consisting of two-legs each.
- First round – The 6 winners from the preliminary round were then drawn against the remaining 26 clubs, resulting in 16 matches consisting of two-legs each.
- Second round – The 16 winners from the first round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 8 matches consisting of two-legs each.
- Quarter-finals – The 8 winners from the second round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 4 matches consisting of two-legs each.
- Semi-finals – The 4 victorious quarter-finalists were then drawn against each other in 2 semi-finals consisting of two-legs each.
- Final – The victorious semi-finalists contested a two-legged final to determine the champion.