1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April – 26 November 1967
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	TP Englebert (1st title)
Runners-up	Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	72 (3.13 per match)

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1967 was the 3rd 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 18 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from Congo-Kinshasa won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

Prelimanary Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Fonctionnaires	w/o	Augustinians FC	^1
Secteur 6	4-5	Al-Ittihad	3-2	1-3

¹ Augustinians FC withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	w/o	Diamant Yaoundé	^1
Djoliba AC	w/o	Invincible Eleven	^1
Saint-George SA	w/o	Bitumastic	^1
Stade d'Abidjan	2-1	Modèle Lomé	2-1	0-0
Al-Hilal Omdurman	1-4	Olympic (Alexandria)	0-1	1-3
AS Fonctionnaires	1-3	Conakry II	0-2	1-1
TP Englebert	3-3^2	Abeilles FC	2-0	1-3
Asante Kotoko	6-2	AS Saint-Louisienne	3-2	3-0

¹ Diamant Yaoundé, Invincible Eleven and Bitumastic withdrew.
² TP Englebert won after a drawing of lots.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	w/o	TP Englebert	^1
Djoliba AC	2-1	Conakry II	2-1	0-0
Saint-George SA	5-2	Olympic (Alexandria)	3-2	2-0^2
Stade d'Abidjan	3-8	Asante Kotoko	1-3	2-5

¹ Al-Ittihad withdrew.
² Olympic (Alexandria) withdrew after the first leg.

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	3-2	Djoliba AC	1-1	2-1
TP Englebert	4-3	Saint-George SA	3-1	1-2

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	3-3^1	TP Englebert	1-1	2-2 (aet)

¹ At the end of extra time of the second leg, the referee decided that lots would be drawn to attribute the trophy on the next day, but the CAF secretary-general later arrived with regulations that a third match be played. The decider was set for December 27, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but Asante Kotoko did not show up (apparently not having been informed of the match arrangements by the Ghanaian FA), and TP Englebert were declared champions.

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1967 Winners
TP Englebert First Title

External links

• RSSSF summary of results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation