African Champions' Cup

 

African Champions' Cup 1971
First Round
Abaluhya United          Ken  Great Olympics           Gha   0-0  1-3  1-3x
Al-Merreikh              Sud  Tele SC Asmara           Eth   2-1  0-1  2-2  5-4p
Canon Yaoundé            Cam  AS Solidarité            Gab   7-3  2-1  9-4
ASC Diaraf               Sen  Stade Malien             Mli   3-0  0-4  3-4
Espérance                Tun  Al-Ahly (Benghazi)       Lby   0-0  1-0  1-0
Maseru United            Les  MMM Tamatave             Mad   1-2  2-3  3-5
AS Porto Novo            Dah  Victoria Club Mokanda    CoB   0-1  0-2  0-3
Secteur 6                Nig  Enugu Rangers            Nga   1-1  0-1  1-2
Young Africans           Tan  Lavori Publici           Som   2-0  0-0  2-0
AS Kaloum Star           Gui  bye
ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC  bye
Asante Kotoko            Gha  bye
Coffee                   Uga  bye
Dynamic Togolais         Tog  bye
Ismaili                  Egy  bye
AS Vita Club             Zai  bye
x Abaluhya United were later renamed AFC Leopards

Second Round
AS Kaloum Star           Gui  Enugu Rangers            Nga   3-3  1-2  4-5z
Al-Merreikh              Sud  Asante Kotoko            Gha   2-1  0-1  2-2  4-5p
Coffee FC                Uga  Young Africans           Tan      w/o       x
Ismaili                  Egy  Espérance                Tun      w/o       x
Stade Malien             Mli  ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC   2-2  1-2  3-4
MMM Tamatave             Mad  Great Olympics           Gha   2-1  0-7  2-8
Victoria Club Mokanda    CoB  Dynamic Togolais         Tog   1-2  0-2  1-4y
AS Vita Club             Zai  Canon Yaoundé            Cam   2-0  1-3  3-3  3-4p
x Young Africans and Espérance withdrew before 1st leg
y Dynamic Togolais were dissolved in 1974
z 1st leg May 16, 2nd leg May 29 in Port Harcourt

Quarterfinals
Coffee FC                Uga  Great Olympics           Gha   0-0  0-2  0-2
Dynamic Togolais         Tog  Canon Yaoundé            Cam   1-2  3-4  4-6
Enugu Rangers            Nga  ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC   0-1  0-2  0-3
Ismaili                  Egy  Asante Kotoko            Gha   0-0  0-3  0-3

Semifinals
ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC  Canon Yaoundé            Cam   2-1  1-4  3-5
Great Olympics           Gha  Asante Kotoko            Gha   1-1  0-1  1-2

Final (Dec 5 and 19)
Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi and Militaire Garoua, Yaoundé
Asante Kotoko            Gha  Canon Yaoundé            Cam   3-0  0-2x
x for the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered

Final Playoff (Dec 21)
Militaire Garoua, Yaoundé
Canon Yaoundé            Cam  Asante Kotoko            Gha   abd
match abandoned at 1-0 to Canon Yaoundé, result stood

First African Champions' Cup for Canon (Yaounde) and second for Cameroon. Scandalous final, but Canon was awarded.

The heroes one by one. Only the French paid attention to the unknown African players – among them the great Jean Manga-Onguene. The centre-forward never moved to European club.