1979 African Cup Winners' Cup

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1979 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates	April - 9 December 1979
Teams	28 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (1st title)
Runners-up	Gor Mahia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	124 (2.58 per match)
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International football competition

The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Canon Yaoundé in two-legged final victory against Gor Mahia. This was the fifth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-eight sides entered the competition, with USCA Bangui, Al Ittihad El Iskandary, Al Nil Wad Medani withdrawing before 1st leg of the first round. No preliminary round took place during this season of the competition.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Nasr (Benghazi)	w/o	TP USCA Bangui	—	—
Bendel Insurance F.C.	6-1	Petrosport FC	1-0	5-1
Espoirs	1-1 (4-5 p)	Wallidan F.C.	1-0	0-1
SC Gagnoa	4-1	Cedar United	3-1	1-0
Gor Mahia	w/o	Al Ittihad Alexandria	—	—
Kadiogo FC	1-1 (4-2 p)	Asante Kotoko	1-0	0-1
Maseru United	6-6 (a)	Notwane FC	2-1	4-5
CD Maxaquene	0-4	AS Sotema	0-3	0-1
Nsambya FC	w/o	Al Neel SC	—	—
Pan African FC	1-1 (5-4 p)	Omedla	1-0	0-1
Deportivo Mongomo	2-8	Canon Yaoundé	1-3	1-5
Internacional	2-3	Bai Bureh Warriors	1-1	1-2
CM Belcourt	bye
Horoya AC	bye
Requins de l'Atlantique FC	bye
AS Vita Club	bye

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bai Bureh Warriors	0-4	Horoya AC	0-1	0-3
Bendel Insurance F.C.	2-0	SC Gagnoa	1-0	1-0
CM Belcourt	5-2	Al-Nasr (Benghazi)	4-2	1-0
Gor Mahia	1-1 (a)	Nsambya FC	0-0	1-1
Kadiogo FC	4-2	Requins de l'Atlantique FC	3-1	1-1
Maseru United	1-5	AS Sotema	0-1	1-4
Pan African FC	2-2 (a)	AS Vita Club	2-1	0-1
Wallidan F.C.	1-3	Canon Yaoundé	1-2	0-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Sotema	2-2 (3-5 p)	Bendel Insurance F.C.	2-0	0-2
CM Belcourt	1-6	Horoya AC	0-3	1-3
Kadiogo FC	2-4	Gor Mahia	1-2	1-2
AS Vita Club	4-7	Canon Yaoundé	3-1	1-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	1-0	Bendel Insurance F.C.	1-0	0-0
Gor Mahia	3-0	Horoya AC	1-0	2-0

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gor Mahia	0-8	Canon Yaoundé	0-2	0-6

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Canon Yaoundé First title

External links

Results available on CAF Official Website

v t e 1979 in African football (CAF)
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Domestic leagues	Algeria 78–79 Angola 79 Cameroon 79 Libya 78–79 Senegal 78–79 Tunisia 78–79 Uganda 79
Domestic cups	Algeria 78–79 Uganda 79
CAF competitions	African Cup of Champions Clubs CAF Cup Winners' Cup

v t e African Cup Winners' Cup seasons
Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
In 2004, the African Cup Winners' Cup merged with the CAF Cup to form the CAF Confederation Cup.

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