1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hafia FC

The 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs 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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Tahaddy	5-4	Medr Babur	3-1	2-3
AS Corps Enseignement	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	Horsed FC	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 AS Corps Enseignement 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

1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Canon Yaoundé Second title

References

RSSSF.com

International men's club football
FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs
Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Top-division clubs
Asia	AFC – Champions League AFC Cup Top-division clubs
Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top-division clubs
North, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League Top-division clubs
Oceania	OFC – Champions League Top-division clubs
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top-division clubs
See also: International women's club football

African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League

African Champions Cup era, 1964–1996
Seasons	1964–65 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Finals	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Champions League era, 1997–present
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Finals	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
List of finals Records and statistics

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