1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 21 December 1971
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (1st title)
Runners-up	Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	117 (2.66 per match)

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th 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 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Merrikh	2-2 (5-4 pen)	Tele SC Asmara	2-1	0-1
Abaluhya United	1-3	Great Olympics	0-0	1-3
ASC Diaraf	3-4	Stade Malien	3-0	0-4
Maseru United	3-5	MMM Tamatave	1-2	2-3
AS Porto Novo	0-3	Victoria Club Mokanda	0-1	0-2
Canon Yaoundé	9-4	AS Solidarité	7-3	2-1
Espérance	1-0	Al-Ahly (Benghazi)	0-0	1-0
Secteur 6	1-2	Enugu Rangers	1-1	0-1
Young Africans	2-0	Lavori Publici	2-0	0-0

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	4-5	Enugu Rangers	3-3	1-2
Al-Merrikh	2-2 (4-5 pen)	Asante Kotoko	2-1	0-1
MMM Tamatave	2-5	Great Olympics	2-1	0-4
Stade Malien	3-4	ASEC Mimosas	2-2	1-2
Victoria Club Mokanda	1-4	Dynamic Togolais	1-2	0-2
AS Vita Club	3-3 (3-4 pen)	Canon Yaoundé	2-0	1-3
Coffee United SC	w/o	Young Africans	^1
Al-Ismaily	w/o	Espérance	^2

¹ Young Africans withdrew.
² Espérance withdrew.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coffee United SC	0-2	Great Olympics	0-0	0-2
Enugu Rangers	0-3	ASEC Mimosas	0-1	0-2
Dynamic Togolais	4-6	Canon Yaoundé	1-2	3-4
Al-Ismaily	0-3	Asante Kotoko	0-0	0-3

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas	3-5	Canon Yaoundé	2-1	1-4
Great Olympics	1-2	Asante Kotoko	1-1	0-1

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	2–2^1	Canon Yaoundé	3–0	0–2

¹ For the final, points aggregate, not goals aggregate, was considered.

Playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Canon Yaoundé	1–0^1	Asante Kotoko

¹ The match was abandoned at 1–0 to Canon Yaoundé due to crowd disturbances. Canon Yaoundé were declared champions.

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 Winners
Canon Yaoundé First Title

External links

• African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation