Saudi Champions Cup

The Saudi Champions Cup, officially known as "The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Champions Cup" (Arabic:كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين للأبطال), is a cup championship launched on 31/5/2007. Due to be held from the 2007/2008 season onwards, it is expected to become the country's premier football competition. League star player Majeed Al-Deayea is quoted as saying "its a fantastic competition that will grow in stature over the years, I'm proud to be a part of it". The first team to win te new tournament, was Al-Shabab in 2008.

Format and Participants

The cup is organised as a straight knockout tournament with 8 teams participating.

The top six in the premier league participate along with the winners of the two local cup competitions; The Crown Prince Cup and The Prince Faisal Cup. In the event of duplicate qualifiers, they are replaced in the following order: The Crown Prince Cup runner up, Prince Faisal Cup runner up, 7th place team, and 8th place team.

Qualification and Prize Money

The winner of the cup qualifies to the AFC Asian Champions League.

The prize money is awarded as follows:

* Winner: 4 million Saudi Riyals
* Runner up: 2.5 million Riyals
* Third place: 1.5 million Riyals