1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Dates April - 22 December 1972
Teams 26 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Hafia FC (1st title)
Runners-up Simba FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played 45
Goals scored 154 (3.42 per match)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 26 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away.

Hafia FC from Guinea won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time and the first Guinean team to win the trophy.

Contents

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Aigle Nkongsamba 3-2 Olympique Real 3-1 0-1
ASFA Ouagadougou 1-4 Djoliba AC 1-3 0-1
Majantja 2-11 Kabwe Warriors 2-2 0-9
Saint-George SA 4-2 Lavori Publici 3-1 1-1
TP Mazembe 3-1 AS Police 2-0 1-1
AS Saint Michael 2-1 Young Africans 2-0 0-1
Hafia FC 5-2 ASFAN 4-1 1-1
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) 6-2 AS Cotonou 3-0 3-2
Hearts of Oak w/o Abaluhya United 1
Al-Ahly (Tripoli) w/o Al-Merrikh 2

1Abaluhya United withdrew.
2Al-Merrikh withdrew.

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Dynamic Togolais 4-5 Aigle Nkongsamba 1-1 3-4
Al-Ismaily 2-3 (3-4 pen) Al-Ahly (Tripoli) 0-1 2-1
Simba FC 5-1 Saint-George SA 4-0 1-1
Africa Sports 3-7 TP Mazembe 1-2 2-5
Kabwe Warriors 5-1 AS Saint Michael 2-1 3-0
Canon Yaoundé 4-6 Hafia FC 3-2 1-4
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) 2-2 Djoliba AC 2-0 0-21
WNDC Ibadan 1-3 Hearts of Oak 1-0 0-3

1 After the match had finished 2-0 to Djoliba AC, leaving the aggregate level at 2-2, Forces Armées refused to take part in the penalty shootout to protest the officiating; they were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
TP Mazembe 6-2 Aigle Nkongsamba 4-1 2-1
Hafia FC 4-2 Djoliba AC 3-0 1-2
Hearts of Oak 8-4 Kabwe Warriors 7-2 1-2
Al-Ahly (Tripoli) 1-4 Simba FC 1-1 0-3

Semi-Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
TP Mazembe 3-4 Hafia FC 3-2 0-21
Hearts of Oak 1-2 Simba FC 1-1 0-1

1 TP Mazembe withdrew after the 1st leg.

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hafia FC 7-4 Simba FC 4-2 3-2

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1972 Winners
Hafia FC
First Title

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