1978 African Cup Winners' Cup

1978 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates April - 10 December 1978
Teams 22 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Horoya AC (1st title)
Runners-up MA Hussein Dey
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 101 (2.66 per match)
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The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Horaya in two-legged final victory against NA Hussein Dey. This was the fourth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-two sides entered the competition, with Sodiam withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.

Contents

Preliminary round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Madina ——1 Sodiam Sports w/o w/o
Lavori Publici 0-2 Al Hilal Omdurman 0-1 0-1
Simba FC 2-22 Saint George F.C. 1-1 1-1
Sucoma Chikwawa 1-2 Fortior Mahajanga 1-1 0-1
UDIB Bissau 3-3 Espoirs 3-1 0-2
Zumunta AC 0-8 Horoya AC 0-3 0-5

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Caïman de Douala 3-3 FC 105 Libreville 2-0 1-3
Inter Club Brazzaville 4-1 S.C. Alliance 0-0 4-1
KMKM Zanzibar 3-1 Simba FC 2-0 1-1
RC Kadiogo 2-0 Espoirs 2-0 0-0
MA Hussein Dey 3-2 Al Madina 2-1 1-1
Mufulira Wanderers 4-2 Fortior Mahajanga 3-1 1-1
Shooting Stars F.C. 3-4 Horoya AC 3-1 0-3
Zamalek 3-2 Al Hilal Omdurman 1-1 2-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Horoya AC 7-4 Caïman de Douala 4-1 3-3
MA Hussein Dey 5-1 Inter Club Brazzaville 3-0 2-1
Mufulira Wanderers ——1 KMKM Zanzibar w/o w/o
Zamalek 2-2 RC Kadiogo 2-1 0-1

Semifinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
RC Kadiogo 3-3 Horoya AC 3-2 0-1
Mufulira Wanderers 2-2 MA Hussein Dey 2-1 0-1

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
MA Hussein Dey 2-5 Horoya AC 1-3 1-2

Champions

 African Cup Winners' Cup Winners 

Horoya AC
First title

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