# 2011 King Cup of Champions

The 2011 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 36th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 4th under the current edition.
The tournament was won by Al-Ahli, who beat defending champions Al-Ittihad 4–2 on penalties in the final. It was their first title in current edition and eleventh title overall, they also qualified for 2012 AFC Champions League.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualifying method | App* | Last App |
| Al-Hilal | 2010–11 Professional League champions | 4th | 2010 |
| Al-Ittihad | 2010–11 Professional League runners-up | 4th | 2010 |
| Al-Ettifaq | 2010–11 Professional League 3rd place | 3rd | 2009 |
| Al-Shabab | 2010–11 Professional League 4th place | 4th | 2010 |
| Al-Nassr | 2010–11 Professional League 5th place | 4th | 2010 |
| Al-Ahli | 2010–11 Professional League 6th place | 4th | 2010 |
| Al-Faisaly | 2010–11 Professional League 7th place | 1st | none |
| Al-Wehda | 2010–11 Crown Prince Cup runners-up 2010–11 Professional League 13th place | 4th | 2010 |
* Number of appearance in King Cup of Champions since the 2008 season .

## Fixtures and results
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Al-Faisaly | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Al-Faisaly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Hilal | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Al-Ittihad | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Al-Nassr | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Al-Ittihad | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad (a) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad (a) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | Al-Ittihad | 0 (2) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Al-Ahli (p) | 0 (4) |
| 13 | Al-Wehda (a) | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Al-Ahli (p) | 0 (4) |
| 3 | Al-Ettifaq | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Al-Ettifaq | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | Al-Wehda | 2 | 1 | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 6 | Al-Ahli | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Al-Ahli | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 |
| 6 | Al-Ahli | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 13 | Al-Wehda | 3 |

### Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played on 28, 29 May and 10, 11 June 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Hilal | 5–1 | Al-Faisaly | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Al-Nassr | 4–4 (a) | Al-Ittihad | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Al-Wehda | 5–5 (a) | Al-Ettifaq | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| Al-Shabab | 1–3 | Al-Ahli | 0–3 | 1–0 |

#### First leg
##### Notes

* ^ The SAFF Disciplinary Committee decided to award the quarter-final first leg to Al-Ahli against Al-Shabab as a 3–0 forfeit win after Al-Shabab were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. The game originally ended 2–1 to Al-Shabab.

#### Second leg
### Semi-finals

Semi-finals were played on 15, 16, 19 & 20 June 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Hilal | 1–4 | Al-Ittihad | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Al-Wehda | 3–6 | Al-Ahli | 2–2 | 1–4 |

#### Second leg
### Third place

Third place game was played on 23 June 2011.

### Final
#### Winner

* King Cup of Champions 2011 Winners
* Al-Ahli 11th Title