1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	JE Tizi-Ouzou (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Vita Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played	53
Goals scored	145 (2.74 per match)

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1981 was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that years club champion of association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 31 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. JE Tizi-Ouzou from Algeria won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	3-1	Starlight Banjul	2-1	1-0
MMM Tamatave	2-6	Costa do Sol	2-4	0-2
Primeiro de Agosto	3-5	AS Vita Club	1-1	2-3
East End Lions	1-2	Silures	1-1	0-1
Al-Ahly (Tripoli)	1-2	JE Tizi-Ouzou	0-0	1-2
SEIB Diourbel	3-3 (3-4 p)	ASEC Mimosas	2-1	1-2
Al-Ahly	4-2	Abaluhya	3-1	1-1
OC Agaza	w/o	Benfica de Bissau	^1
Asante Kotoko	4-1	Invincible Eleven	3-0	1-1
Dynamos FC	6-1	Linare FC	5-0	1-1
Nchanga Rangers	5-0	Mbabane Highlanders	1-0	4-0
Shooting Stars FC	7-3	Township Rollers	7-1	0-2
US Mbila Nzambi	1-1 (4-2 p)	Real Bamako	1-0	0-1
Horseed FC	w/o	Simba SC	^2
Nile Breweries FC	4-1	TP USCA Bangui	2-1	2-0^3

¹ Benfica de Bissau withdrew.
² Simba SC withdrew.
³ TP USCA Bangui withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Costa do Sol	2-6	Nchanga Rangers	1-3	1-3
Silures	3-4	AS Vita Club	0-1	3-3
Horseed FC	1-4	JE Tizi-Ouzou	1-2	0-2^1
Canon Yaoundé	1-3	ASEC Mimosas	0-0	1-3
Asante Kotoko	2-4	AS Kaloum Star	1-0	1-3
Shooting Stars FC	1-5	Dynamos FC	1-2	0-3
US Mbila Nzambi	2-1	OC Agaza	2-0	0-1
Nile Breweries FC	2-5	Al-Ahly	2-0	0-5

¹ Horseed FC withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Vita Club	4-3	Nchanga Rangers	4-1	0-2
JE Tizi-Ouzou	5-2	Dynamos FC	3-0	2-2
AS Kaloum Star	4-2	ASEC Mimosas	2-1	2-1
US Mbila Nzambi	1-4	Al-Ahly	1-1	0-3

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Vita Club	1-0	AS Kaloum Star	1-0	0-0
JE Tizi-Ouzou	w/o	Al-Ahly	^1

¹ Al-Ahly were forced to withdraw due to the political situation in Egypt after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JE Tizi-Ouzou	5-0	AS Vita Club	4-0	1-0

Champion

1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
JE Tizi-Ouzou First title

Notification

• JE Tizi-Ouzou (Jeunesse Eléctronique de Tizi-Ouzou) now called JS Kabylie (Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie)

References

• 1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs - rsssf.com