1989 African Cup Winners' Cup

1989 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates April - 9 December 1989
Teams 33 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Sudan Al Merreikh (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria Bendel United F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played 57
Goals scored 113 (1.98 per match)

The 1989 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Merreikh in two-legged final victory against Bendel United F.C. This was the fifteenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-three sides entered the competition, with UDIB, Al Ahly (Tripoli) and Nakivubo Villa SC all withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round.

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moneni Pirates Swaziland 2-1 Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force FC 2-0 0-1

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASI Abengourou Ivory Coast w/o1 Guinea-Bissau UDIB w/o w/o
Al-Merreikh Sudan w/o2 Libya Al-Ahly (Tripoli) w/o w/o
Olympique Kakandé Guinea 0-1 Tunisia CA Bizerte 0-0 0-1
Coastal Union Tanzania 2-5 Mozambique Costa do Sol 2-3 0-2
Diamond Stars F.C. Sierra Leone 0-2 Nigeria Bendel United 0-0 0-2
Dynamos F.C. Zimbabwe 1-2 Madagascar FC BFV 1-1 0-1
Etincelles FC Rwanda 2-1 Burundi Vital'O 1-1 1-0
ASF Bobo Burkina Faso 2-23 Senegal ASC Linguère 1-0 1-2
Gor Mahia Kenya w/o4 Uganda Nakivubo Villa w/o w/o
Liberté FC Niger 1-4 Algeria Union d'Alger[N 1] 1-0 0-4
Moneni Pirates Swaziland 1-6 Zambia Power Dynamos 1-1 0-5
Panthère du Ndé Cameroon 1-2 Liberia LPRC Oilers 0-0 1-2
Stade Malien Mali 3-0 Tunisia CO Transports 3-0 0-0
TP USCA Bangui Central African Republic 3-5 Zaire AS Kalamu 3-3 0-2
Union Vesper Equatorial Guinea 0-3 Republic of the Congo Patronage Sainte-Anne 0-1 0-2
Vantour Mangoungou Gabon 2-3 Angola Sagrada Esperança 1-0 1-3

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASI Abengourou Ivory Coast 3-4 Liberia LPRC Oilers 3-2 0-2
FC BFV Madagascar 4-3 Zambia Power Dynamos 1-2 3-1
CA Bizerte Tunisia 1-2 Sudan Al-Merreikh 1-0 0-2
Costa do Sol Mozambique 1-2 Kenya Gor Mahia 1-2 0-0
Etincelles FC Rwanda 0-1 Zaire AS Kalamu 0-0 0-1
ASF Bobo Burkina Faso 1-5 Nigeria Bendel United 1-3 0-2
Patronage Sainte-Anne Republic of the Congo 2-1 Angola Sagrada Esperança 2-1 0-0
Stade Malien Mali 1-11 Algeria Union d'Alger[N 1] 1-0 0-1

Quarter Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merreikh Sudan 3-1 Republic of the Congo Patronage Sainte-Anne 2-1 1-0
Bendel United Nigeria 3-0 Zaire AS Kalamu 2-0 1-0
Gor Mahia Kenya 3-1 Liberia LPRC Oilers 0-0 3-1
USM Alger Algeria 1-21 Madagascar FC BFV 1-3 n/p

Semi Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bendel United Nigeria 4-1 Madagascar FC BFV 4-1 0-0
Gor Mahia Kenya 1-2 Sudan Al-Merreikh 1-0 0-2

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merreikh Sudan 1-0 Nigeria Bendel United 1-0 0-0

Champions

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Sudan
Al-Merreikh
First title

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Union d'Alger was the name of USM Alger between 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, so in september 1989 the club played the quarter-finals under it's historical name, USM Alger.

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