1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Dates April - 16 December 1973
Teams 24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions AS Vita Club (1st title)
Runners-up Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played 44
Goals scored 142 (3.23 per match)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th 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 used a knock-out format with ties played home and away.

AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

Contents

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
ASEC Mimosas 5-2 Mighty Barrolle 2-1 3-1
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) 4-6 Modèle Lomé 2-2 2-4
FC Horsed 3-6 Al-Ismaily 3-1 0-5
Kenya Breweries 2-2 (5-4 pen) Tele SC Asmara 1-1 1-1
CARA Brazzaville 3-2 Sports Dynamic 1-0 2-2
Fortior Mahajanga 6-3 Police (Maseru) 5-1 1-2
Mighty Jets 2-21 AS Jeanne d'Arc 2-1 0-1
Young Africans 2-3 Al-Merrikh 1-2 1-1

1 Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hafia FC 5-5 (3-2 pen) ASEC Mimosas 2-1 3-4
Stade Malien 2-1 Modèle Lomé 2-1 0-0
Al-Ismaily 5-1 Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 4-1 1-0
Kenya Breweries 4-3 Simba FC 3-1 1-2
Léopards Douala 2-1 CARA Brazzaville 2-0 0-1
Kabwe Warriors 7-0 Fortior Mahajanga 4-0 3-0
AS Vita Club w/o Mighty Jets 1
Al-Merrikh 1-4 Asante Kotoko 1-1 0-3

1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hafia FC 5-6 Léopards Douala 2-4 3-2
Stade Malien 1-7 AS Vita Club 0-3 1-4
Kenya Breweries 1-21 Al-Ismaily 0-0 1-2
Kabwe Warriors 2-3 Asante Kotoko 2-1 0-2

1 Al-Ismaily withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Semi-Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
AS Vita Club 4-3 Léopards Douala 3-0 1-3
Kenya Breweries 1-4 Asante Kotoko 0-2 1-2

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Asante Kotoko 4-5 AS Vita Club 4-2 0-3

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1973 Winners
AS Vita Club
First Title

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