2010 King Cup of Champions

2010 King Cup of Champions
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	4 April – 7 May 2010
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ittihad
Runner-up	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	41 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Saad Al-Harthi (5 goals)
	← 2009 2011 →

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	1–0	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:35 (UTC 3)	Flávio 20'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

4 April 2010 2	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
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	4–1	Al-Hazem	Jeddah
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 4	Al-Ahli	0–3	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 5	Al-Fateh	0–5	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 8	Al-Nassr	1–3	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 9	Al-Nassr	3–5	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	2–0	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
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 12	Al-Shabab	1–2	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 13	Al-Shabab	1–3	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