1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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.

1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Canon Yaoundé (2nd title)
Runners-up Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored107 (2.61 per match)

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 w/o1
ASC Garde Nationale 5–3 Wallidan FC 3–1 2–2
Hardware Stars 1–5 Al-Merrikh 1–1 0–4
Kampala City Council FC 3–1 Horseed FC 1–1 2–0
Stade Centrafricain 2–4 Olympic Niamey 1–3 1–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 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
Africa Sports 2–4 Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–1 1–3
Canon Yaoundé 3–2 Al-Merrikh 2–0 1–2
Enugu Rangers w/o1 Olympic Niamey — —
Green Buffaloes 1–0 Matlama FC 1–0 0–0
Hafia FC 6–0 ASC Garde Nationale 5–0 1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou 3–0 Al-Tahaddy 1–0 2–0
Kampala City Council FC w/o1 Al Ahly — —
AS Vita Club 2–0 Simba SC 1–0 1–0

1 Olympic Niamey and Al Ahly SC withdrew.

Quarter-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé 3–1 Green Buffaloes 2–0 1–1
Enugu Rangers 4–1 Kampala City Council FC 3–1 1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou 3–3 (a) AS Vita Club 3–2 0–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 1–8 Hafia FC 0–4 1–4

Semi-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé 0–0 (6–5 p) Enugu Rangers 0–0 0–0
Hafia FC 3–3 (a) AS Vita Club 2–0 1–3

Final
Hafia FC 0–0 Canon Yaoundé
Canon Yaoundé 2–0 Hafia FC

Champion
1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners

Canon Yaoundé
Second title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Seydouba Bangoura Hafia FC 2
Mayanga Maku AS Vita Club 2
3 Kamel Aouis JE Tizi Ouzou 1
Bachir Douadi JE Tizi Ouzou 1
Amara Touré Hafia FC 1
... Katshimuka AS Vita Club 1
... Lupela AS Vita Club 1

References
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