1981 African Cup Winners' Cup

1981 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates	April - 5 December 1981
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Union Douala (1st title)
Runners-up	Stationery Stores F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	127 (2.7 per match)
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The 1981 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Union Douala in two-legged final victory against Stationary Stores F.C. This was the seventh season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-two sides entered the competition, with Estrela Negra de Bissau, Coastal Union, El Zamalek, Mbabane Highlanders, CS Nere, Zoundourma and Espérance Sportive de Tunis all withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round and AS Saint Michael withdrawing after the 1st leg of the first round. No preliminary round took place during this season of the competition.

1 First round
2 Second round
3 Quarterfinals
4 Semifinals
5 Final
6 External links

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CAPS United F.C.	——¹	AS Saint Michael	8-1	w/o
Gbessia A.C.	——²	Estrela Negra de Bissau	w/o	w/o
Gor Mahia	——²	Coastal Union	w/o	w/o
Lavori Publici	——²	El Zamalek	w/o	w/o
Lubumbashi Sport	4-4	FC 105 Libreville	4-3	0-1
Kadiogo F.C.	4-4	AC Semassi F.C.	3-2	1-2
Kampala City Council FC	1-2	Entente Sportive de Sétif	1-0	0-2
Matlama F.C.	1-3	Power Dynamos F.C.	1-1	0-2
Nacional Benguela	1-3	Union Douala	1-7	0-6
Palmeiras de Beira	——²	Mbabane Highlanders	w/o	w/o
Réveil Club de Daloa	2-2	Djoliba Athletic Club	2-1	0-1
Real Republicans (Freetown)	3-2	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2-2	1-4
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.	——²	CS Nere	w/o	w/o
Stationery Stores F.C.	1-1³	Al-Ahly (Benghazi)	1-0	0-1
Tout Puissant Mazembe	7-0	ASDR Fatima	5-0	2-0
Zoundourma	Cancelled⁴	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	——	——

1:AS Saint Michael withdrew after 1st leg.
2:Estrela Negra de Bissau, Coastal Union, El Zamalek, Mbabane Highlanders and CS Nere withdrew before 1st leg.
3:Stationery Stores F.C. won 5-4 on PSO.
4:Both teams withdrew before 1st leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CAPS United F.C.	1-1¹	Stationery Stores F.C.	1-0	0-1
Djoliba Athletic Club	4-0	AC Semassi F.C.	3-0	1-0
FC 105 Libreville	1-4	Union Douala	1-3	0-1
Gor Mahia	3-1	Lavori Publici	3-0	0-1
Palmeiras de Beira	1-6	Power Dynamos F.C.	1-1	0-5
Real Republicans (Freetown)	1-4	Gbessia A.C.	1-2	0-2
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.	3-1	Tout Puissant Mazembe	2-1	1-0
Entente Sportive de Sétif	Bye²

1:Stationery Stores F.C. won 3-1 on PSO.
2:Entente Sportive de Sétif were to play the winners of Zoundourma vs Espérance Sportive de Tunis.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djoliba Athletic Club	2-1	Gor Mahia	2-0	0-1
Gbessia A.C.	1-4	Stationery Stores F.C.	0-1	1-3
Power Dynamos F.C.	2-3	Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.	1-0	1-3
Union Douala	6-1	Entente Sportive de Sétif	5-0	1-1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stationery Stores F.C.	1-0	Djoliba Athletic Club	0-0	1-0
Union Douala	4-4	Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.	2-1	2-3

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Douala	2-1	Stationery Stores F.C.	0-0	2-1

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Union Douala First title

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