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.