2008 North African Cup Winners Cup

The 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of the competition created by the Federation of North African Football. ES Tunis were the champions, defeating JSM Béjaïa 2-1 over two legs.

Participating teams

 AlgeriaJSM Béjaïa (Algerian Cup Winners 2007-08)
 EgyptAl-Masry2 (Invited)
 LibyaKhaleej Sirte (Libyan Cup Winners 2007-08)
 MoroccoMaghreb Fez (Coupe du Trône Runners-Up 2007-08)1
 TunisiaES Tunis (Tunisia Cup Winners 2007-08)

1 FAR Rabat won the Coupe du Trône, but as they are already playing the North African Cup of Champions, Maghreb Fez were invited to compete instead.

2 Al Zamalek withdrew.

The System

The Libyan representative and the Moroccan representative will contest a two-legged tie, first leg on November 19, second leg November 25, to qualify for the semi-finals, the draw for which will be made on November 23 in Tunis. The semi-finals will be played sometime in December, with the final being played in January 2009.

The Awards

  • The Champions: $100,000
  • The Runner-up: $50,000
  • 3rd & 4th Place: $20,000 (shared)

The Qualifying Round

Libya Khaleej Sirte 0 - 4 Morocco Maghreb Fez

First leg

Maghreb Fez 3 – 0 Khaleej Sirte
Fall  9'  56'
Mraini  69'
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

Khaleej Sirte 0 – 1 Maghreb Fez
Bouden  90+2'
Attendance: 1,500

Maghreb Fez advance to the Semi Finals with an aggregate score of 4-0

Semi finals

The draw for this round of the competition was made on November 23 in Tunis. The first legs will be played on December 18, and the second legs will be played either on December 24 or December 26. JSM Béjaïa, Al-Masry and ES Tunis were automatically given byes to this round of the competition. These three teams and the winner of the qualifying stage will make up the semi-finals.

Draw

First Legs

Egypt Al-Masry 1 - 0 Algeria JSM Béjaïa (December 5)
Tunisia ES Tunis 4 - 4 Morocco Maghreb Fez (December 18)

Al-Masry 1 – 0 JSM Béjaïa
Abdel Azim  26' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
ES Tunis 4 – 4 Maghreb Fez
Ltaïef  23' (pen.), 41'
Al Sheikh  25'
Youssefi  72'		 Fall  15'
Sissi  43', 60'
Alharari  66'
Attendance: 25,000

Second Legs

Morocco Maghreb Fez 0 - 1 Tunisia ES Tunis (December 24)
Algeria JSM Béjaïa 2 - 0 Egypt Al-Masry (December 26)

Maghreb Fez 0 – 1 ES Tunis
Bouazzi  90+2'

ES Tunis advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 5-4

JSM Béjaïa 2 – 0 Al-Masry
Bouksessassa  9' Red card 36'
Boulemdaïs  77'

JSM Béjaïa advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1

Final

First leg

JSM Béjaïa 0 – 0 ES Tunis
Referee: Libya Adil al Ra'ee

Second leg

ES Tunis 2 – 1 JSM Béjaïa
Konan  6'
Bouazzi  38'		 Yannick N'Djeng  63'
Referee: Morocco Abdallah al Ashairy
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