1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril – 26 November 1967
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Republic Mahmoud Badawi
United Arab Republic Ahmed El-Qazzaz
Ghana Osei Kofi
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierre Kalala
Democratic Republic of the Congo Leonard Saidi
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kamunda Tshinabu
(2 goals each)
1966
1968

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.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Fonctionnaires Republic of Upper Volta w/o1 The Gambia Augustinians FC
Secteur 6 Niger 4-5 Libya Al-Ittihad 3-2 1-3

1 Augustinians FC withdrew.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Libya w/o1 Cameroon Diamant Yaoundé
Djoliba AC Mali w/o1 Liberia Invincible Eleven
Saint-George SA Ethiopia w/o1 Uganda Bitumastic
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast 2–1 Togo Modèle Lomé 2–1 0–0
Al-Hilal Club Sudan 1–4 United Arab Republic Olympic (Alexandria) 0–1 1–3
AS Fonctionnaires Republic of Upper Volta 1–3 Guinea Conakry II 0–2 1–1
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–32 Republic of the Congo Abeilles FC 2–0 1–3
Asante Kotoko Ghana 6–2 Senegal 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Libya w/o1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert
Djoliba AC Mali 2–1 Guinea Conakry II 2–1 0–0
Saint-George SA Ethiopia 5–2 United Arab Republic Olympic (Alexandria) 3–2 2–02
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast 3–8 Ghana Asante Kotoko 1–3 2–5

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

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 3–2 Mali Djoliba AC 1–1 2–1
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–3 Ethiopia Saint-George SA 3–1 1–2

Final

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Asante Kotoko Ghana1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert

Aggregate 3–3, replay required.

TP Englebert
Asante Kotoko
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the CongoCancelled1Ghana Asante Kotoko

1 At the expiration of extra time in 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 Cup regulations requiring that a third match be played.

The decider was set for December 27, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but Asante Kotoko failed to appear (apparently not having been informed of the match arrangements by the Ghanaian FA); as a result, TP Englebert were declared champions.

Champion

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1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Democratic Republic of the Congo
TP Englebert
First Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ghana Osei Kofi Ghana Asante Kotoko 2
United Arab Republic Mahmoud Badawi United Arab Republic El-Olympi 2
United Arab Republic Ahmed El-Qazzaz United Arab Republic El-Olympi 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierre Kalala Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo Léonard Saidi Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kamunda Tshinabu Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 2

References

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  1. ^ Congo-Kinshasa: Second leg of the soccer cup-final for African champion clubs (film). Reuters. 7 December 1967. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ Bahri, Mohamed (17 December 1967). "Une drole de finale". Jeune Afrique (in French). No. 362. Tunis. pp. 42–43.
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