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	0-2^1
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