Race between 32 clubs to win $ 6 million

The biggest tournament of both continents is preparing for the start. Tuesday

The Arab Football Federation prepares the start of the 32nd edition of the Arab Championships in its new Arab Champions Cup, the largest and most important in the history of the Championships. The continental level, is the largest and most important of the Asian and African continents, after April 24, the president of the Turki bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Sheikh Federation during the ceremony of the draw for the first place of 6 million of dollars. Participating Clubs

The first steps of the Arab Cup of Championships began in the first half of May, during a qualifying session in Djibouti for Asiatic Telecom Djibouti and Somalia Bander Somalia clubs. Comoros, and qualify for Asaat Telecom in Jeddah. The second half of the same month qualifying for the role of the 32, where the participation of clubs Faisali Saudi and Salmiya Kuwait and the Lebanese star, the Egyptian Federation of Alexandria and the Union of the conquest of Morocco and Africa-Tunisia and the foundation of Telekom Djibouti and the harmony of Mauritania. Bennani and the Egyptian Union of Alexandria. Al-Ahli, Zamalek, Ismaili, Al Ittihad (Egypt), Al-Tarji, Sfaxien, Al-Sajali (Tunisia), Al-Raja and Al-Wadad (Morocco) (Kuwait), Ramtha (Jordan), Ahli Tripoli (Libya ), Mars (Sudan), Muharraq and Riffa (Bahrain), Oil, Air Force (Iraq) and the Army (Syria), as of July 31

The history of the tournament:
The Arab League of Clubs under all its names, the main competition corner of the Arab Football Federation which since its foundation in 1974, promotes football in the Arab world and contributes largely to its development. By organizing the strongest competitions for clubs in the Arab world.

The kickoff of the Champions League of the Arab Champions League in 1982, which took place in the return system and won the title of the first Iraqi police club, continued 17 times until In 2001, where the latest version was won by Al Sadd Club.

The Arab Football Federation sets up another tournament for the winners' clubs, which started in 1989 as a combined tournament organized by Saudi club Al Ittihad in Jeddah, and won its first title in the Tunisian stadium in 2002 , Tunisia won the title of the Tunisian stadium.

In the interest of the Arab Union to diversify its competitions and enrich its participation after the Champions League and Cup Champions had great successes, launched in 1995 by the I & # 39; 39, Al Hilal Saudi Club in the capital Riyadh and won its first title Al Shabab Saudi Club, The tournament was held in 2001, the last of which took place in Damascus, the Syrian capital, and crowned the Saudi club Al Hilal.

The Arab League has not stopped at this limit of club tournaments: in 2003, it launched a new tournament on the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup in recognition of his efforts and his great work of development for the Arab sport. Hosted by Saudi club Al Ittihad in Jeddah, and in the middle of the same year, the second edition was held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, won by the Egyptian club Zamalek.

The Arab Football Confederation also witnessed the creation of the Federation Cup in 2012, won by the Algerian Capital Club, then the Arab Champions League which started its first edition in 2004 with a system back. In the year 2009, when Esperance Tunisia won its last title, after a few years of suspension of the Arab championship clubs last year, which took place in Egypt in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria, and won the title of the Tunisian club Esperance