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The 2017–18 Crown Prince Cup was the 43rd and final unfinished season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament for football teams of the Saudi Professional League. It began on 7 September 2017 and would have been concluded with the final in March 2018. However, it was abolished early during the first stage.

Al-Ittihad are the defending champions after a 1–0 win over Al-Nassr in the final.

On 19 September 2017, the General Sports Authority decided to cancel and abolish the tournament and start the new edition next season.

Changes and Format

For the first time, the Crown Prince Cup tournament will be contested by the 14 teams of the Pro League, having been decreased from the 30-team format that had been used since the 2013–14 season. Under this new format, the finalists from the previous season will receive a bye to the knockout stage while the remaining 12 enter at the preliminary round. The Crown Prince Cup is played as a knockout cup competition with each tie being played as a single match with the winner advancing to the next round.

On 16 June 2017 it was announced by the SAFF that VAR would be implemented in the tournament.

Participating teams

Pro League (14 Teams)

First stage

Round of 16

The Round of 16 matches are to be played from 7 September to 30 October 2017. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

7 September 2017 5	Ohod	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Al-Fateh	Medinah
20:35	Andria 83' Badi  106' Ashoor  120+1'	Report	Al-Fuhaid  41' Oueslati 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Hussain Abu Shaheen
	Penalties
	Andria Ronaldo Ahmed Mohsen Badi		Oueslati Al-Mousa João Pedro Hazzazi Al-Juahaim

8 September 2017 1	Al-Raed	1–0	Al-Faisaly	Buraidah
19:00	Shikabala 3' Al-Rashidi  51' Otaif  61'	Report	Luisinho  29' Mendash  88'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 780 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

9 September 2017 2	Al-Fayha	1–0	Al-Taawoun	Al Majma'ah
18:50	Asprilla 13' Tombakti  28' Al-Mutairi  51'	Report	Al-Mousa  52' Al-Zubaidi  89'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 791 Referee: Abdullah Al-Nuhait

9 September 2017 4	Al-Shabab	1–0	Al-Batin	Riyadh
20:05	Al-Fahad  64' Pizzelli 68' Salem  81'	Report	Jhonnattann  40' Waqes  58' Alhinho  72' Jorge Santos  90'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

Top goalscorers

As of 9 September 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andria	Ohod	1
	Abdelkader Oueslati	Al-Fateh
	Shikabala	Al-Raed
	Danilo Asprilla	Al-Fayha
	Marcos Pizzelli	Al-Shabab

Note: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.

References

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• Saudi Crown Prince Cup seasons
• 2017–18 domestic association football cups
• 2017–18 in Saudi Arabian football