1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1964-65 Kwame Nkrumah Cup 10 April 1964 – 12 February 1965 14 CMR 1961 Oryx Douala 1 MLI Stade Malien 15 64 MLI Salif Kéïta (3 goals) 1966 The 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs, known as Kwame Nkrumah Cup was the first 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 14 teams. They were split in 3 groups, with each group winner qualifying to the final tournament held in Ghana. Oryx Douala from Cameroon won the final, and became the first CAF club champion. Preliminary round Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over three zones. Real Republicans of Ghana qualified as the host of the final tournament. North-Eastern Zone First round Cotton Factory Club ETH w/o Al-Hilal SUD — — 1897 1956El-Tersana UAR bye — — 1897 1956 |} Second round Cotton Factory Club ETH w/o El-Tersana UAR — — 1897 |} Cotton Factory Club qualified. Western Zone First round Stade Malien MLI 5–1 Espoir de Saint-Louis SEN 4–0 1–1 Sily CK GUI 6–4 Invincible Eleven LBR 4–1 2–3 ASEC Mimosas CIV w/o Étoile Filante TOG — — AS Porto-Novo Dahomey w/o Port Harcourt FC NGR — — |} 5 April 1964 Stade Malien MLI 4–0 SEN Espoir de Saint-Louis Bamako Espoir de Saint-Louis Senegal 1–1 Mali Stade Malien Dakar Stade Malien won 5–1 on aggregate. 12 April 1964 Sily CK Guinea 4–1 Liberia Invincible Eleven Conakry 25 April 1964 Invincible Eleven Liberia 3–2 Guinea Sily CK Monrovia Sily CK won 6–4 on aggregate. ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast w/o Togo Étoile Filante ASEC Mimosas won after Étoile Filante withdrew. AS Porto-Novo Dahomey w/o Nigeria Port Harcourt FC AS Porto-Novo won after Port Harcourt FC withdrew. Second round Sily CK GUI 6–7 Stade Malien MLI 4–2 0–2 2–3 AS Porto-Novo Dahomey 3–5 ASEC Mimosas CIV 2–1 1–4 |} 7 June 1964 Sily CK Guinea 4–2 Mali Stade Malien Conakry 22 June 1964 Stade Malien Mali 2–0 Guinea Sily CK Bamako As the aggregate finished 4–4, a replay was required. 24 June 1964 Stade Malien Mali 3–2 Guinea Sily Club de Kindia Bamako Stade Malien qualified. 19 July 1964 AS Porto-Novo Dahomey 2–1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas Porto Novo 15 November 1964 ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 4–1 Dahomey AS Porto-Novo Bamako ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on aggregate. Third round Stade Malien MLI 9–7 ASEC Mimosas CIV 3–3 6–4 |} 13 December 1964 Stade Malien Mali 3–3 CIV ASEC Mimosas Bamako ASEC Mimosas CIV 4–6 Mali Stade Malien Abidjan Stade Malien won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified. Central-South-Western Zone Oryx Douala CMR 5–4 CS Imana COD 3–2 2–2 1961 1963 |} Oryx Douala CMR 3–2 COD 1963 CS Imana Douala CS Imana COD 1963 2–2 CMR Oryx Douala Kinshasa Oryx Douala won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified. Final tournament The final tournament was held in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. N4 yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third-place match 31 January – Accra GHA 1964 Real Republicans 1 CMR 1961 Oryx Douala 2 4 February – Kumasi ETH 1897 Cotton Factory Club 1 MLI Stade Malien 3 7 February – Accra CMR 1961 Oryx Douala 2 MLI Stade Malien 1 5 February – Accra GHA 1964 Real Republicans 3 ETH 1897 Cotton Factory Club 1 Semi-finals 31 January 1965 Real Republicans Ghana 1964 1–2 Cameroon 1961 Oryx Douala Tawiah 2 Ebellé 63 Epétè 75 Accra Stadium, Accra 50,000 4 February 1965 Cotton Factory Club Ethiopia 1897 1–3 Mali Stade Malien Diallo 68 o.g. Kéïta 5 54 Sinaté 50 Sports Stadium, Kumasi 25,000 Bronze-medal match 5 February 1965 Real Republicans Ghana 1964 3–1 Ethiopia 1897 Cotton Factory Club Pare 57 Gbadamosi 65 Odametey 79 pen. Abdelle 50 Accra Stadium, Accra 50,000 Final 1965 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final 7 February 1965 --:-- 0 Oryx Douala Cameroon 1961 2–1 Mali Stade Malien Koum 41 Ebellé 65 Sinaté 85 Accra Stadium, Accra 30,000 Anthony Arthur (Liberia) Champion 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs CMR 1961 100px Oryx DoualaFirst Title Top scorers The top scorers from the 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows: RankNameTeamGoals1MLI Salif KéïtaMLI Stade Malien32CMR 1961 Walter EbelléCMR 1961 Oryx Douala2MLI Tiémoko SinatéMLI Stade Malien2 External links Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien 44 ans après... RSSSF summary of results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1964–65 Cup of Champions Club