African_Cup_Winners_Cup
African Cup Winners' Cup
Football competition merged to CAF Cup in 2004
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
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Organising body | CAF |
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Founded | 1975 |
Abolished | 2003 |
Region | Africa |
Number of teams | 32 (first round) |
Last champions | ES Sahel (2nd title) |
Most successful club(s) | Al Ahly (4 titles) |
Website | cafonline.com |
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The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of Tonnerre Yaoundé who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé in the final.[1]
Finals
Main article: List of African Cup Winners' Cup finals
Performance by club
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Performance by country
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- "Tonnerre de Yaoundé le pionnier de la coupe des coupes". legendilic. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- African Cup Winners' Cup - rsssf.com