1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1978 was the 14th 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 24 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches.

Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

Contents

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al-Tahaddy 5-4 Medr Babur 3-1 2-3
AS Corps Enseignant 1-4 Matlama FC 1-2 0-21
Hardware Stars 1-5 Al-Merrikh 1-1 0-4
ASC Garde Nationale 5-3 Wallidan FC 3-1 2-2
Stade Centrafricain 2-4 Olympic Niamey 1-3 1-1
Kampala City Council 3-1 FC Horsed 1-1 2-0
Silures 10-2 Benfica de Bissau 7-0 3-2
Simba SC 2-1 Vantour Club Mangoungou 2-0 0-1

1 Corps Enseignant withdrew after the first leg.

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
JE Tizi-Ouzou 3-0 Al-Tahaddy 1-0 2-0
Green Buffaloes 1-0 Matlama FC 1-0 0-0
Canon Yaoundé 3-2 Al-Merrikh 2-0 1-2
Hafia FC 6-0 ASC Garde Nationale 5-0 1-0
Enugu Rangers w/o Olympic Niamey 1
Kampala City Council w/o Al-Ahly 1
Africa Sports 2-4 Silures 2-1 1-3
AS Vita Club 2-0 Simba SC 1-0 1-0

1 Olympic Niamey and Al-Ahly withdrew.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
JE Tizi-Ouzou 3-3 AS Vita Club 3-2 0-1
Canon Yaoundé 3-1 Green Buffaloes 2-0 1-1
Enugu Rangers 4-1 Kampala City Council 3-1 1-0
Silures 1-8 Hafia FC 0-4 1-4

Semi-Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hafia FC 3-3 AS Vita Club 2-0 1-3
Canon Yaoundé 0-0 (6-5 pen) Enugu Rangers 0-0 0-0

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hafia FC 0-2 Canon Yaoundé 0-0 0-2

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1978
 Canon Yaoundé
Second title

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