1979 African Cup Winners' Cup

African Cup Winners' Cup 1979 April - 9 December 1979 28 1 CMR Canon Yaoundé 1 KEN Gor Mahia 48 124 1978 1980 The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Canon Yaoundé in two-legged final victory against Gor Mahia. This was the fifth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-eight sides entered the competition, with USCA Bangui, Al Ittihad El Iskandary, Al Nil Wad Medani withdrawing before 1st leg of the first round. No preliminary round took place during this season of the competition. First round Al Nasr (Benghazi) Libya w/o TP USCA Bangui CTA — — 1977 Bendel Insurance F.C. Nigeria 6-1 Petrosport FC Gabon 1-0 5-1 Espoirs Mauritania 1-1 (4-5 p) Wallidan F.C. Gambia 1-0 0-1 1959 SC Gagnoa CIV 4-1 Cedar United Liberia 3-1 1-0 Gor Mahia Kenya w/o Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt — — 1972 Kadiogo FC Upper Volta 1-1 (4-2 p) Asante Kotoko Ghana 1-0 0-1 Maseru United Lesotho 6-6 (a) Notwane FC Botswana 2-1 4-5 1966 CD Maxaquene MOZ 0-4 AS Sotema Madagascar 0-3 0-1 1975 Nsambya FC Uganda w/o Al Neel SC Sudan — — Pan African FC Tanzania 1-1 (5-4 p) Omedla Ethiopia 1-0 0-1 1975 Deportivo Mongomo EQG 2-8 Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 1-3 1-5 Internacional Guinea-Bissau 2-3 Bai Bureh Warriors Sierra Leone 1-1 1-2 CM Belcourt Algeria bye Horoya AC Guinea bye Requins de l'Atlantique FC Benin bye 1975 AS Vita Club Zaire bye |} Second round Bai Bureh Warriors Sierra Leone 0-4 Horoya AC Guinea 0-1 0-3 Bendel Insurance F.C. Nigeria 2-0 SC Gagnoa CIV 1-0 1-0 CM Belcourt Algeria 5-2 Al-Nasr (Benghazi) Libya 4-2 1-0 1977 Gor Mahia Kenya 1-1 (a) Nsambya FC Uganda 0-0 1-1 Kadiogo FC Upper Volta 4-2 Requins de l'Atlantique FC Benin 3-1 1-1 1975 Maseru United Lesotho 1-5 AS Sotema Madagascar 0-1 1-4 1966 Pan African FC Tanzania 2-2 (a) AS Vita Club Zaire 2-1 0-1 Wallidan F.C. Gambia 1-3 Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 1-2 0-1 |} Quarterfinals AS Sotema Madagascar 2-2 (3-5 p) Bendel Insurance F.C. Nigeria 2-0 0-2 CM Belcourt Algeria 1-6 Horoya AC Guinea 0-3 1-3 Kadiogo FC Upper Volta 2-4 Gor Mahia Kenya 1-2 1-2 AS Vita Club Zaire 4-7 Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 3-1 1-6 |} Semifinals Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 1-0 Bendel Insurance F.C. Nigeria 1-0 0-0 Gor Mahia Kenya 3-0 Horoya AC Guinea 1-0 2-0 |} Final Gor Mahia Kenya 0-8 Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 0-2 0-6 |} African Cup Winners' Cup Winners Cameroon Canon Yaoundé First External links Results available on CAF Official Website Category:African Cup Winners' Cup 2